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ROHATYN JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
RL0063
Location:
OldCem
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
fragment 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:
Name English:
Name Ukrainian:
Surname Original:
Surname English:
Surname Ukrainian:
Father Original:
חיים מרדכי
Father English:
Chaim Mordechai
Father Ukrainian:
Хаїм Мордехай
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Husband Ukrainian:
Gender:
Death Date Hebrew:
--
Death Date:
Age:
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Primary Symbol:
Epitaph Original:
'חיים מרדכי נ'י
'ת'נ'צ'ב'ה
Epitaph English:
[child] of Chaim Mordechai, may his candle burn,
may his/her soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
Epitaph Ukrainian:
[Син / донька] Хаїма Мордехая нехай його свіча горить
Нехай його / її душа буде зав’язана у Вузол Життя
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Stone Condition:
fair; only the bottom portion survives, with one and a half lines of the epitaph, which is partially damaged
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.
ID Tag Poistion:
Recovery Date:
2011
Recovery GPS:
Other Notes:
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # M49.
Last Revision:
2026-04-30
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