The Old Jewish Cemetery in Pavlohrad town
Projectauthor:LedovskaIvanna
Researcherat thePavlogradHistoricalMuseum:KaliuzhnaKaryna
The topicof JewishCemeteries in Dniproregionis littlestudied.
Onlyin someplacessuchas Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Pavlohradwe can see partlysavedcemeteries
The firstmemories aboutJewish communitywhichhas madea great contributionin developingof ourcity are dateback to1812
Synagogue, prayer house and cemetery wereon Jewish street. According to the mapof 1910therewere twoJewish Cemeteries in Pavlohrad. Unfortunately, one of themhas not been preserved
Thereareabout 240pieces of savedsurviving Matzevahs, their fragments and tracesof burials. Matzevahs aredatebackto the period1855-1927
Cemeteryis valuablebecauserepresentatives of famousJewishmerchantfamiliesareburied here.TheywereMahazinerLev,Podolksyi AvramandEromytskyi Davyd
Цвинтар є цінним
тим, що тут поховані представники таких відомих єврейських купецьких родин, як наприклад: Магазинер Лев, Єромицький Давид, Подольський Аврам
Everyonewho has seenJewishMatzevahs onceknowthat almost eachof themis piece of art and real “poemon the stone”
Dueto the fact that Jews areforbiddento portraypeople, there has beenformedand developeda traditionto usesymbolic images on tombstones, whichwill not be ableto clear for outsider
Symbol of Crownis signof highstatus in honor of the deceased. The most oftenit has beenrepresenting«The Crownof a goodname»for high-rankingperson
Зображення
рук, складених особливим
чином – так
зване благословення
коенів. Саме
таким жестом
вони
благословляли
народ. Коени –
представники стану жерців в юдаїзмі з роду
нащадків
Аарона
Theimageof handsfoldedin a certainwayis theso-calledblessingof the Kohens.They blessedthepeoplewithsucha gesture. Kohens arerepresentativesof thepriestsin Judaism fromthefamilyof theheirsof Aaron
Jewish doubleheadedeagleis the personification of the dualistic essenceof God. This is Judgment and at the same timethis is Mercy, this is Severityand at the sametime this is Love
Therewas a prayer housein the cemetery. Withthe advent of Soviet government in Ukraine, it was closed, and the building was givento the needs of the public. Nowthereis a shophere
Jewish community in Pavlohrad is caring about condition of The old cemetery. On August 19, 2022, a memorial sign was installed by the Bnei Noach community in the city of Pavlohrad with the financial support of the United Jewish Communityof Ukraine.
Photoandtextauthor: IvannaLedovska.
I wishto expressmy thanksto:
- NataliiaLeontovych(teacher-curator);
- ViktoriiaVidanova(Englishtranslation);
- Thestaffof PavlohradMuseumof HistoryandLocal Lore.
фото та тексту : Лєдовська Іванна
щиру подяку : - Леонтович Наталії (вчитель - куратор);
Відановій Вікторії ( переклад на англійську мову);