Stone ID:

RL0070

Location:

OldCem

Grounded/Loose:

loose

Intact/Fragment:

fragment Group:

Location X/Y:

Location GPS:

Material:

limestone

Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

Inscription Character Height, cm:

Name Original:

Name English:

Juda ‡

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Schecter ‡

Father Original:

Father English:

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

14-Tevet-5674

Death Date:

1914-01-12*

Age:

43 ‡

Birth Date:

Profession:

Primary Symbol:

crown

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here is buried
on 14th Tevet 5674
this mound bears witness, and this
matzevah bears witness to the burial
of a man [of perfect and generous heart](?)

Acrostic Original:

Acrostic English:

Additional Original:

Additional English:

Stone Condition:

fair; only the top portion survives, with a large symbol and four 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 2012. Mr. Vorobets later arranged to have the stone moved to the old Jewish cemetery in spring 2015.

ID Tag Poistion:

Recovery Date:

2012

Recovery GPS:

Other Notes:

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 likely belongs to Juda Schecter, reported as died on 11 January 1914 at age 43 in Firlejów (today Lypivka, a village about 13km north of Rohatyn), with his death confirmed by examination two days later (the 13th) by Dr. Stryslowki, and his burial in Rohatyn two days after his death (the 13th). AGAD record 300/0/3689 volume IV, sheet 205 line 4.
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # M29.

Last Revision:

2026-04-30

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