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LVIV JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
LVN013
Location:
NewCem
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
intact Group:
Location X/Y:
Location GPS:
49.8509 24.0021
Material:
sandstone
Color: pink Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
Inscription Character Height, cm:
Name Original:
מלכה
Name English:
Malka
Surname Original:
רְאוּבֵן
Surname English:
Rubin
Father Original:
יוסף דוד רובין
Father English:
Yosef David Rubin
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Gender:
female
Death Date Hebrew:
15-Tishrei-5683
Death Date:
1936-10-01*
Age:
13
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
tree(s)
Epitaph Original:

'פ'נ
הבתולה הצנועה ולב טוב
'מגדולי חייהם מלכה בת הרצ
''ר' יוסף דוד רְאוּבֵן(?) שלטא
בעמהם עצי לבנון מעיר סאסיב
נולדה בשנת תרפ'ג ובשנת תרצ'ז
רב סוכות [עלה?] נשמתה הטהורה[ע]
ושמה תתלונן בנעימות במעון שמהות
'ת'נ'צ'ב'ה
Epitaph English:
here is buried
a girl of chastity and good heart
among the great ones, Malka daughter of a righteous man
Yosef David Rubin, 13 [years] old
... ... ... from the town of Sasiv
born in the year [5]683, and in the year [5]697
on the eve of Sukkot, her soul departed to the light
and her name... ... ... ... ...
may her soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
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Additional English:
Stone Condition:
the stone is slightly broken and rather worn but the epitaph is very legible
Conservation:
This headstone and more than a hundred others were recovered from under the asphalt paving of vul. Hanna Barvinok southwest of the Lviv city center over several days in June 2018, in a volunteer event organized by the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society of Lviv and the Lviv Volunteer Center. The stones were then moved to the new Jewish cemetery adjacent to the Yanivskyi Cemetery northwest of the city center, from which they were likely originally stolen during the German occupation of World War II.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website and Case Study 13 on the website A Guide to Jewish Cemetery Preservation in Western Ukraine.
ID Tag Poistion:
Recovery Date:
2018-06
Recovery GPS:
49.8285 24.0034
Other Notes:

Last Revision:
2025-02-14
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