Stone ID:

RL0101

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:

שלמה

Name English:

Shlomo

Name Ukrainian:

Шломо

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Father Original:

היראמ' יהודא

Father English:

Yehuda Leib

Father Ukrainian:

Єгуда Лейб

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Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

02-Tishrei-5675

Death Date:

1914-09-22

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Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

and he who feared God, was pure (?)
and dear to God (?)
and to man, he followed righteousness and mercy
our teacher, Shlomo, son of the righteous
... Yehuda Leib, the shochet and bodek
... on the second day of Rosh Hashanah [5]675
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

Epitaph Ukrainian:

І який боявся Бога, чистолюбний (?)
і милий Богові (?)
Та людині, слідував праведності та милосердю
Наш вчитель, пан Шломо, син праведного
… Єгуди Лейба шойхета і бодека
… дня 2 Рош га-Шана [5]675 року
Нехай його душа буде зав’язана у Вузол Життя

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Stone Condition:

the stone is broken into at least three pieces, with parts of the epitaph missing; the surface is in fair to good condition, with the surviving lines legible

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.

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Recovery Date:

2012

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Other Notes:

A bodek as mentioned in the epitaph is an inspector of ritual purity, here for the slaughter and butchering of animals.
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # M54.

Last Revision:

2026-09-14

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