Stone ID:

S29A

Location:

Wall of Memory

Grounded/Loose:

grounded

Intact/Fragment:

intact Group:

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Material:

Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

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Name Original:

בנימין צבי

Name English:

Binyamin Tzvi

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Father Original:

חיים

Father English:

Chaim

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

17-Shevat-5691

Death Date:

1931-02-04*

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Primary Symbol:

deer

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
a man flawless and reputable
God-fearing, kept company with
the righteous, [h]
Binyamin Tzvi
son of [h] Chaim, died
on the 17th day of the month of
Sh'vat (in the) year 5691
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

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Stone Condition:

severe crack through epitaph field and some loss of characters in epitaph, but good otherwise; traces of black paint remain in epitaph characters, and red paint in the name of the deceased

Conservation:

Recovered from a walkway behind the house at vul. Adama Mitskevycha 8 in downtown Dobromyl in March 2016, then installed in a newly-constructed Wall of Memory at the Dobromyl Jewish cemetery in May and June 2016; see the web page About Dobromyl for more information.

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Recovery Date:

2016-03-12

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Other Notes:

[N3] The literal 'God-fearing' is a translation that is widely-accepted, meaning 'devout'. 'God' is inscribed 'ד rather than 'ה, the standard abbreviation for Hashem השם [The Name]. Appearing only in writing, 'ד represents an even-higher level of 'distancing' than that provided by 'ה, but is nevertheless voiced 'Hashem'.
[N3-4] Literally 'stood at the threshold of the shadows of the righteous'.
[N5] Tzvi is the Hebrew word for deer, hence the motif on the gravestone. The deer is pictured 'holding' two tablets of stone, upon which פ נ is inscribed.

See About Dobromyl for an index to headstone locations in the Wall of Memory.
Stone is recorded as Grounded because it is fixed in the Wall of Memory.

Last Revision:

2024-04-28

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