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ROHATYN JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
RL0133
Location:
OldCem
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
fragment Group: RL0133
Location X/Y:
Location GPS:
49.4077 24.6159
Material:
sandstone
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:
מענדיל
Father English:
Mendel
Father Ukrainian:
Мендель
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Husband Ukrainian:
Gender:
female
Death Date Hebrew:
21-Adar-5679
Death Date:
1919-02-21*
Age:
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
Epitaph Original:
כא' אד[ר ר]אשון
שנת תרע'ט
(?)האשה [הצ]נועה
מרת …ה בת
(?)מו''ה יאיד חנחה
… מענדיל
'ת'נ'צ'ב'ה
Epitaph English:
21 Adar I
the year [5]679
a chaste woman (?)
... daughter of
our teacher ...
Mendel ...
may her soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
Epitaph Ukrainian:
21 Адара першого
Року [5]679
Жінка цнотлива (?)
Пані … донька
Нашого вчителя, пана …
Мендель …
Нехай його/її душа буде зав’язана у Вузол Життя
Acrostic Original:
Acrostic English:
Additional Original:
Additional English:
Stone Condition:
fair; only the bottom portion survives, with two 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 2013. Mr. Vorobets later arranged to have the stone moved to the old Jewish cemetery in spring 2015.
ID Tag Poistion:
Recovery Date:
2013
Recovery GPS:
Other Notes:
This fragment belongs with stone RL0133; the epitaph here combines both fragments. When combined, it appears that name Mendel is that of the father of the deceased.
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # M97b.
Last Revision:
2026-09-15
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