Stone ID:

RX0224

Location:

missing

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incised letter

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Name Original:

אסתר מלכה

Name English:

Esther Malka

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Lifczys ‡

Father Original:

אביגדור

Father English:

Avigdor

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Gender:

female

Death Date Hebrew:

-Tevet-5673

Death Date:

1912-12/1913-01

Age:

70 ‡

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Primary Symbol:

curtains

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... Tevet [5]673
a woman of honor...
... renowned
... in a tent(?)
... kind
Esther Malka(?)
daughter of the righteous
... from ... ...
... Avigdor, may the memory of the righteous be blessed
may her soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

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Other Notes:

The symbols at the top of the headstone include curtains and a candelabrum of unknown type.
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 Ester Małke Lifczys, reported as died on 10 January 1913 at age 70 in Rohatyn, with her death confirmed by examination the next day (the 11th) by Dr. Stein, and her burial in Rohatyn two days after her death (the 12th). AGAD record 300/0/3689 volume IV, sheet 192 line 5.
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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