]> 2026-07-21T14:49:45+00:00 Image:1.4.4-Trade-Ex2-1 3012 en Communal and Social Life Economics '''Tombstone of Dov Ber Birkenthal in the Jewish cemetery of Bolekhiv, 1805. ''' Galicia 1772-1914 1.4.4-Trade-Ex2-1 2026-07-12T15:52:38Z 2461234.1615509 1.4.4-Trade-Ex2-1 3012 [2,"smw-datavalue-wikipage-property-invalid-title","HasImageDescription","Photograph: Boris Khaimovich, 2013.\n\nThe figure of a bear at the top of the monument alludes to the deceased's name: Dov (Hebrew), Ber (Yiddish)\u2014 a bear. \nThe crown that the bear holds in its paws symbolizes the piety and decency of the deceased (per Pirke Avot 4:13: \u201cRabbi Shimon would say: There are three crowns\u2014the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood and the crown of sovereignty\u2014but the crown of good name surmounts them all\u201d).\n\nEpitaph:\n\n\u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d0 \u05d8 \u05d0\u05d3\u05e8\n \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05ea\u05e7\u05e1\u05d4 [10.03.1805[ \u05dc[\u05e4\u05e8\u05d8]\n \u05e0\u05e4\u05d8[\u05e8] \u05d4[\u05e8\u05d1] \u05d4[\u05d7\u05db\u05dd] \u05d4\u05e8\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \n\u05d4\u05e0\u05d2\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d4\u05de\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05e1\u05dd\n\u05d4\u05e0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d4\u05d9\u05e9\u05d9\u05e9\n \u05de\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1 \u05d1\u05e2\u05e8\n\u05d1\u05d4\u05e8\u05e8 [\u05d1\u05df \u05d4\u05e8\u05d1 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9] \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d0\n\u05d1\u05d9\u05e8\u05e7\u05e2\u05e0\u05d8\u05d0\u05d4\u05dc\n\u05ea\u05e0\u05e6\u05d1\u05d4 [\u05ea\u05d4\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05ea\u05d5 \u05e6\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e6\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd]\n\nEpitaph translation:\nOn Sunday, the 9th of Adar II\n[5]665 [=March 10, 1805]\nThe wise, scholarly rabbi passed away \nThe well-known leader\nThe aged benefactor\nOur teacher Rabbi Dov Ber\nSon of Rabbi Yehuda\nBirkenthal\nMay his soul be bound in the bonds of life\n\n(Translated by Elli Fischer)"] 1.4.4-Trade-Ex2-1# ERR6fc44bb749f92846c81bc768cdccdbb1 Person:Birkenthal 3004 en Birkenthal Extension:Ex-1.4.4-2 0 en Extension:Ex-1.4.4-2 HasImage 102 en HasImage HasMainPicture 102 en HasMainPicture