LVIV JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
LVN333
Location:
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
Location X/Y:
Location GPS:
Material:
sandstone
Color: pink Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
Inscription Character Height, cm:
Name Original:
חיים מאיר
Name English:
Chaim Meir
Surname Original:
Surname English:
Father Original:
משה
Father English:
Moshe
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Gender:
male
Death Date Hebrew:
--
Death Date:
Age:
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
Epitaph Original:
אל 1)
מלא רחמים שוכן במרומים 2)
המציא מנוחה נכונה על כנפי 3)
השכינה במעלות קדושים וטהורים 4)
כזוהר הרקיע מזהירים את נשמת 5)
ר' חיים מאיר ב'ר' משה שהלך 6)
לעולמו בעבור שנדבו צדקה 7)
בעד הזכרת נשמתו בגן עדן תהא 8)
מנוחתו לכן בעל הרחמים יסתירהו 9)
בסתר כנפיו לעולמים ויצרור בצרור החיים 10)
את נשמתו ד' הוא נחלתו וינוח על 11)
!משכבו בשלום ונאמר אמן 12)
מלא רחמים שוכן במרומים 2)
המציא מנוחה נכונה על כנפי 3)
השכינה במעלות קדושים וטהורים 4)
כזוהר הרקיע מזהירים את נשמת 5)
ר' חיים מאיר ב'ר' משה שהלך 6)
לעולמו בעבור שנדבו צדקה 7)
בעד הזכרת נשמתו בגן עדן תהא 8)
מנוחתו לכן בעל הרחמים יסתירהו 9)
בסתר כנפיו לעולמים ויצרור בצרור החיים 10)
את נשמתו ד' הוא נחלתו וינוח על 11)
!משכבו בשלום ונאמר אמן 12)
Epitaph English:
O Power,
full of mercy, who dwells on high,
establish proper peace on the wings
of the Divine Presence, on the levels of the holy and pure,
[who] shine like the radiance of the sky, [for] the soul
of Chaim Meir, son of Rabbi Moshe, who has departed
to his world, a benefactor, I will give alms
in memory of his soul; may his rest be in the Garden of Eden.
Therefore, O Lord of mercy, cover him
with the shadow of Your wings forever, and bind his soul with the bond of (eternal) life.
God is his inheritance, and may he rest
in his resting place in peace. And we say Amen.
full of mercy, who dwells on high,
establish proper peace on the wings
of the Divine Presence, on the levels of the holy and pure,
[who] shine like the radiance of the sky, [for] the soul
of Chaim Meir, son of Rabbi Moshe, who has departed
to his world, a benefactor, I will give alms
in memory of his soul; may his rest be in the Garden of Eden.
Therefore, O Lord of mercy, cover him
with the shadow of Your wings forever, and bind his soul with the bond of (eternal) life.
God is his inheritance, and may he rest
in his resting place in peace. And we say Amen.
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Additional Original:
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Stone Condition:
although this stone is broken, the full lengthy epitaph is intact and legible
Conservation:
This headstone and hundreds of others were excavated in early July 2020 from under the soil surface of an enclosed yard of the
Ukrainian National Museum-Memorial of Victims of the Occupation Regimes in Lviv, also called the "Prison on Łącki Street" or in transliterated Ukrainian, simply "Lontsky". It is almost certain that the stones were stolen from the new Jewish cemetery adjacent to the Yanivskyi Cemetery northwest of the Lviv city center during the the German occupation of World War II, and used as paving for the prison yard.
Shortly after the excavation the headstones were photographed on two separate occasions by Sasha Nazar and Oleksandr Papevskiy; together those images added more than 350 new headstones to this database. Five years later and with cooperation of the site's authorities, in June 2025 the headstones were stacked onto pallets and then in July 2025 they were returned to the new Jewish cemetery in Lviv under the direction of Sasha Nazar of the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website.
Shortly after the excavation the headstones were photographed on two separate occasions by Sasha Nazar and Oleksandr Papevskiy; together those images added more than 350 new headstones to this database. Five years later and with cooperation of the site's authorities, in June 2025 the headstones were stacked onto pallets and then in July 2025 they were returned to the new Jewish cemetery in Lviv under the direction of Sasha Nazar of the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website.
ID Tag Poistion:
Recovery Date:
2025-07
Recovery GPS:
Other Notes:
Last Revision:
2025-05-01
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