Stone ID:

RX0225

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missing

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incised letter

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Name Original:

בריינא

Name English:

Brajne

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Feder ‡

Father Original:

שמחה

Father English:

Simcha

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Yosl Hilfer ‡

Gender:

female

Death Date Hebrew:

19-Tishrei-5673

Death Date:

1912-09-30*

Age:

70 ‡

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Primary Symbol:

7-arm candelabrum

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Epitaph English:

here is buried
day three of Chol HaMoed Sukkot [5]673
this hill is a witness, and this matzevah is a witness
to the burial
of a pure and chaste woman
Brajne, daughter of our teacher
our teacher Simcha, 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.
The death date "Chol HaMoed Sukkot" refers to the intermediate days of the Sukkot holiday, in this case the 3rd of those days, i.e. the 5th or 4th day of the holiday depending on whether the diaspora calendar is followed. Hence the death date on the Hebrew calendar is probably 19 Tishrei 5673, but may be 18 Tishrei.
This stone likely belongs to Brajne Feder, wife of Yosl Hilfer, reported as died on 29 September 1912 at age 70 in Rohatyn, with her death confirmed by examination the same day by Dr. Terlecki, and her burial in Rohatyn one day after her death (the 30th). AGAD record 300/0/3689 volume IV, sheet 186 line 64.
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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