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LVIV JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
LVN069
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:
רייזיל
Name English:
Reizel
Surname Original:
קאליש
Surname English:
Kalisch
Father Original:
צבי
Father English:
Tzvi
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Gender:
female
Death Date Hebrew:
24-Tishrei-5696
Death Date:
1935-10-21*
Age:
47
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
3-arm candelabrum
Epitaph Original:

פ'נ' אשה צנועה
(?)ייזיל קאליש ב'ר' צבי[ר]
(?)נפטרה כ'ד'(?) תשרי תרצ'ו
'ת'נ'צ'ב'ה
Epitaph English:
here is buried a chaste woman
Reizel Kalisch daughter of Tzvi(?)
died 24(?) Tishrei [5]696
may her soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
Acrostic Original:
Acrostic English:
Additional Original:
[Tu spoczywa
Najukochańsza Żona?]
RÓZIA KALISCH(?)
[zm.] … … w 47 (?)r. życia
[SPOKÓJ JEJ DUSZY!]
Additional English:
[Here rests]
[Most Beloved Wife?]
RÓZIA KALISCH(?)
[Died] ... ... in the 47th(?) year of her life
[REST HER SOUL!]
Stone Condition:
the stone is quite worn and rough, but portions of the epitaph are still 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:
2025-01-18
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