Stone ID:

RL0040

Location:

OldCem

Grounded/Loose:

loose

Intact/Fragment:

fragment Group:

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Material:

limestone

Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

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Name Original:

יוסף

Name English:

Yosef

Name Ukrainian:

Йосеф

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Father Original:

צדוק

Father English:

Zadok

Father Ukrainian:

Цадок

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Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

17-Iyar-5603

Death Date:

1843-05-17*

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Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

on 17 Iyar in the year
5603 a man
our exemplary and honest teacher
... Yosef son of
our teacher Zadok
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

Epitaph Ukrainian:

17 Іяра року
5603 Чоловік
Досконалий і чесний, наш вчитель, пан
… Йосеф син
Нашого вчителя, пана Цадока.
Нехай його душа буде зав’язана у Вузол Життя

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Stone Condition:

good, but the face is worn and discolored with a partially-illegible epitaph; the upper edge is lost with at least one line of epitaph; the bottom edge is also broken

Conservation:

The stone was one of many found at undocumented locations around Rohatyn and recovered under the direction of Mykhailo Vorobets and moved to the new Jewish cemetery in 2011. Mr. Vorobets later arranged to have the stone moved to the old Jewish cemetery in spring 2015.

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Recovery Date:

2011

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Other Notes:

English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).

Last Revision:

2026-04-29

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