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„All that I needed had burnt in fire’” The Hebrew epigram from Józefów
Andrzej Trzciński
Abstract
A matzevah remained at the Jewish cemetery in Józefów Biłgorajski, set over buried Torah’s scrolls, damaged in the fire of 1864. The author, considering the inscription as the artifact of the Jewish culture’s field, describes it in the following aspects: 1) the religious law and the customs of Judaism; 2) analysis of the inscription in terms of the content as an example of the cemetery literature; 3) taking a critical stance in relation to the inscription’s content taking into consideration the history of the place.
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Jews, Józefów Biłgorajski, cemetery, Torah, matzevahMost read articles by the same author(s)
- Andrzej Trzciński, The legendary and mysterious matzevahs in Szczebrzeszyn , Jewish Studies. Almanac: Vol. 2 No. 2 (2012)
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