Stone ID:

RX0223

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missing

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incised letter

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Name Original:

מאטיל

Name English:

Matel

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Silber ‡

Father Original:

יהודא

Father English:

Yehuda

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Gender:

female

Death Date Hebrew:

07-Tishrei-5673

Death Date:

1912-09-18*

Age:

54 ‡

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Primary Symbol:

7-arm candelabrum

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Epitaph English:

here is buried
on the 7th day of Tishrei [5]673
here lies in peace a woman
honest and chaste, God-fearing
who kept the commandments, opened her hands
to the poor and needy
helped those in need, the respected
Matel, daughter
of our teacher Yehuda, blessed be his memory
may her soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

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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 Matel Silber, reported as died on 17 September 1912 at age 54 in Rohatyn, with her death confirmed by examination the next day (the 18th) by Dr. Terlecki, and her burial in Rohatyn two days after her death (the 19th). AGAD record 300/0/3689 volume IV, sheet 186 line 62.
The headstone image seen here is an excerpt from what is believed to be a prewar photograph of Rohatyn’s old Jewish cemetery, from a collection created by Tomasz Wiśniewski, used here by permission granted to Rohatyn Jewish Heritage. All of the stones in these photographs were stolen from the old cemetery for use in road construction during the German occupation of Rohatyn in WWII; to date none have been recovered, and all remain missing.
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).

Last Revision:

2026-03-10

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