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ROHATYN JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
RL0011
Location:
OldCem
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
intact Group:
Location X/Y:
Location GPS:
49.4077 24.6159
Material:
limestone
Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
Inscription Character Height, cm:
Name Original:
יעקב אברהם
Name English:
Yaakov Avraham
Surname Original:
Surname English:
Father Original:
יצחק אריה
Father English:
Yitzhak Arieh
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Gender:
male
Death Date Hebrew:
17-Nisan-5619
Death Date:
1859-04-21*
Age:
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
Epitaph Original:
'פ'נ
'ביום א' ד'ח'ו'ה'מו
'של פסח שנת ת'ר'י'ט
'איש תם וישר מ'ו'ה
יעקב אברהם בן
מ'ו'ה'ר'ר' יצחק אריה
'ת'נ'צ'ב'ה
Epitaph English:
here is buried
died on the first day of Chol HaMoed
of Pesach in the year [5]619
a man of integrity and honesty, our teacher
Yaakov Avraham son of
our teacher Yitzhak Arieh
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
Acrostic Original:
Acrostic English:
Additional Original:
Additional English:
Stone Condition:
very good, with a very legible epitaph; the upper left corner is broken and the bottom portion is also lost, but none of the epitaph is missing
Conservation:
the stone was found with others adjacent to an electrical transformer across vul. Zelena from house 41, just above the creek which runs from the village of Kuttsi to Rohatyn; the stone was first moved by local people to the new Jewish cemetery in 2011, then moved in 2015 to the old Jewish cemetery
ID Tag Poistion:
Recovery Date:
2011
Recovery GPS:
49.4099 24.6357
Other Notes:
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # M5.

Last Revision:
2026-03-16
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