Stone ID:

RL0004

Location:

NewCem

Grounded/Loose:

loose

Intact/Fragment:

intact Group:

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Material:

sandstone

Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

Inscription Character Height, cm:

Name Original:

שלמה זלמן

Name English:

Shlomo Zalman

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Kirschenbaum

Father Original:

יהודה

Father English:

Yehuda

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

28-Tammuz-5695

Death Date:

1935-07-28

Age:

62 ‡

Birth Date:

Profession:

rabbi

Primary Symbol:

lion

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here is buried Rabbi Shlomo Zalman, son of Yehuda, may his memory be blessed
died
28th Tammuz
[5]695
this gravestone and this mound bear witness
to the burial of a man
who was respected and came from a respected family
his sons and daughters and grandchildren weep bitterly
about the one taken from them, the bud(?) of their family
and the crown of their heads until the end of his days
seventy years of his life
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

Acrostic Original:

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Additional Original:

SALOMON KIRSCHENBAUM
geb. 1871 gest. 28/7 1935

Additional English:

Salomon Kirschenbaum
born 1871 died 28 July 1935

Stone Condition:

excellent

Conservation:

the stone was already recovered and returned to the new cemetery before 2011

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Other Notes:

At the top of the front face, two lions flank and support the tree of life.
Where names or other data are derived from records and not from the headstone itself, a double dagger (‡) symbol is appended to indicate the separate origin of the information.
This stone belongs to Salomon Kirschenbaum, reported as died on 29 July 1935 at age 62 in Rohatyn, with his death confirmed by examination the same day (the 29th) by Dr. Stein. AGAD record 300/0/3689 volume IV, sheet 369 line 27.
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # NC4.

Last Revision:

2026-03-16

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