Dovhe (Dolha, Dovhé), Ukraine Religious

Dovhe Religious

~ Religious Life ~

There are no official documents reflecting the history of Jewish settlements in Dolha, but clues can be obtained from writings on cemetery gravestones, which bear witness to the fact that first Jews who settled in Dolha came from Galicia around 1820.

One clue sheds light upon the existence of Moshe KERSCHENBAUM, the son-in-law of Benyumen KERSCHENBAUM, so called Benjumen of Trosnoy, who already lived close to the entrance of the village Sucha-Bronka. Moshe KERSCHENBAUM settled in Dolha as a small-scale farmer.

By 1860, there were several Jewish families living in Dolha.

When property ownership was in the hands of the SCHONBORNS, a family of "nobility," the Jewish population increased and Jews were required to pay taxes and levies. Until the and of the 19th century, births, marriages, and deaths were recorded and maintained in the County of Khust (Huszt) however, Jewish marriages, performed by Rabbis, were not officially recorded in most cases. This would become a grave problem—in early 1941—when a number of Jewish families without Hungarian citizenship were expelled to Nazi occupied Ukrainian territory, to Kamenets-Podolski, and murdered there.

Around 1880, a synagogue was built in Dolha and the first Rabbi who led the community for 60 years, until 1944, was the highly-respected Rabbi Usher Zelig GRUNZWEIG. He was reputed to be a humble man of great spiritual zeal and love for humanity. Rabbi GRUNZWEIG maintained a small Yeshivah of students and kept his house open to all in need.

Sources (portions):
Sidney (Zalman) SCHWIMMER, Israel
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, (2001), p. 327

~ Religious Life Discussion ~
by Sidney (Zalman) SCHWIMMER, Israel

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~ Dovhe Synagogue ~

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~ Dovhe Synagogue Location ~
Photo: Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel
Left of Post Office today

~ Dovhe Rabbis ~
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~ Dovhe Cemetery ~
Jewish families that lived in Dovhe, and possibly other nearby villages, used the Dovhe cemetery as the final resting place for their loved ones.
The cemetery is located behind a house on a side street. It has a wire fence and gate.
In the documents section of the "Other" tab, you will find a link to a U.S. Commission Report completed in 2005 that attempted to document Jewish Cemeteries (and Synagogues and Mass Grave Sites) in Ukraine. This cemetery is not listed as well as many other village cemeteries of the Zakarpats'ka oblast.

~ Dovhe Cemetery Views ~

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Cemetery is behind this house
2011
Photo: Courtesy of Marshall KATZ, USA

Fence erected by cemetery neighbor
2011
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Cemetery view
2011
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~ Rabbis ~

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Rabbi Chaim Yoel
ben
Ben-Zion Yitzhak Z"L
d. 6 Cheshvan 5732
(25 October 1971)
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Rabbi and teacher

~ Dovhe Cemetery Tombstones ~
Following are tombstones found in the cemetery.
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Moshe Yehuda ben David A"H SHAIOVITZ
d. 14 Tevet 5720
(14 January 1960)

Shimon ben Yehuda SHIMONOVITZ
d. 5 Sivan 5737
(22 May 1977)

Zvi ben Eliahu A"H NEYMAN
d. 24 Tevet 5732
(11 January 1972)

Pesha bat Dov NUDELMAN
d. 5 Sivan 5730
(09 June 1970)

Written as Erev Shavuot 5730

Alta Matil Leah bat Zvi A"H
d. 26 Adar II 5722
(01 April 1962)

Illegible bat Illegible
d. Illegible
(Illegible)

Avraham Eiver ben David A"H NUCHMENOVITZ
d. 9 Kislev 5713
(27 November 1952)

Rachel bat Chaim Yehuda Z"L
d. 15 Cheshvan 5696
(11 November 1935)

Raised her sons on the blessings of the Torah

Miryam Eti bat Mordechai Zvi A"H
d. 14 Iyyar 5696
(06 May 1936)

Written as Pesach Sheni, which is 14th of Iyar

Eliezer ben Pinchas Z"L
d. 7 Elul 5696
(25 August 1936)

Aharon ben David Z"L
d. 15 Nisan 5695
(18 April 1935)

Written as 1st day of Pesach 5695

David ben Aharon A"H
d. 1 Adar 5696
(24 February 1936)

Written as 2nd day of Rosh Chodesh Adar 5696

Getzl ben Dov
d. 24 Adar 5643
(3 March 1883)

Hayeled (the child)

Shragai Fishel ben Menachem Z"L
d. 7 Sivan 5648
(17 May 1888)

Habachur (young lad); Written as 2nd day of Shavuot 5648

Tzvi ben Yehuda Z"L
d. 8 Elul 5646
(8 September 1886)

Alta Shaindel bat illegible
d. Illegible
()

Chaya bat Aharon Z"L
d. 15 Kislev 5689
(28 November 1928)

Roiza bat Shraga Feivel Z"L
d. 21 Tishri 5688
(17 October 1927)

Age: 81; Written as Hoshana Raba 5688

Zisha ben Zvi Z"L
d. 22 Cheshvan 5680
(15 November 1919)

Rivka bat Yitzhak Z"L
d. 22 Adar I 5684
(27 February 1924)

Golda bat Shalom
d. 7 Tevet 5684
(15 December 1923)

Shlomo ben Natan Nota Yaacov HaKohen
d. 24 Tevet 5642
(15 January 1882)

Hayeled (the child)

Elke bat Yitzhak
d. 11 Tishri 5649
(16 September 1888)

"A rose was taken."

Esther Faiga bat Shlomo
d. 4 Iyyar 5671
(02 May 1911)

Yoseph Yaacov ben Shraga Feivel Z"L
d. 6 Sivan 5679
(04 June 1919)

Written as 1st day of Shavuot 5679

Rifka bat Zev Z"L
d. 5 Tevet 5655
(1 January 1895)

Died young

Chaia Sarah bat Avraham Yakov
d. 10 Cheshvan 5651
(24 October 1890)

Unmarried; Died young; Cared for her parents

Biniamin ben Avraham Yakov Z"L
d. 4 Sivan 5698
(03 June 1938)

Shlomo Zalman ben Yitzhak N"Y
d. 24 Shevat 5671
(22 February 1911)

Died young

Yehuda Tzvi ben Natan Nota Yaacov HaKohen Z"L
d. 2 Tevet 5670
(14 December 1909)

Zev ben Mordechai
d. 12 Iyyar 5626
(27 April 1866)

Dov ben David
d. 19 Tevet 5686
(05 January 1926)

Gedalia ben Yitzhak Z"L
d. 15 Nisan 5663
(12 April 1903)

Written as1st day of Pesach 5663

Menachem ben Yosef N"Y
d. 25 Shevat 5674
(21 February 1914)

Avraham ben Schmuel Zvi
d. 7 Cheshvan 5663
(07 November 1902)

Sara Devorah bat Avraham.
d. 11 Kislev 5633
(11 December 1872)

Moshe ben Tzvi Z"L
d. 12 Elul 5641
(6 September 1881)

Ruchel Leah bat Aharon Mordechai Z"L
d. 3 Tevet 5669
(27 December 1908)

Chaim Zvi ben Aharon Mordechai Z"L
d. 11 Nisan 5676
(14 April 1916)

Age: 62

David ben Shmuel Yitzhak Z"L
d. 28 Elul 5657
(25 September 1897)

Moshe Zvi ben Aharon Z"L
d. 9 Tamuz 5753
(28 June 1993)

Yoel Hakadosh ben Meyer Z"L
d. 29 Tammuz 5626
(12 July 1866)

He was murdered

Aharon ben Chaim
d. 21 AV 5735
(29 July 1975)

Tila Roiza bat Zev HaKohen Z"L
d. 4 Shevat 5648
(17 January 1888)

Devorah bat Chaim Z"L
d. 22 Nisan 5661
(11 April 1901)

Written as last day of Pesach 5661

Rachel bat Yitzhak Z"L
d. 14 Adar I 5665
(19 February 1905)

Died of old age

Mordechai ben Chaim Z"L
d. 2 Kislev 5649
(6 November 1888)

Tauba bat Illegible
d. Illegible
(Illegible)

Sholem ben Moshe A"H
d. 9 Tamuz 5660
(06 July 1900)

Avraham Pinchas ben David Z"L
d. 15 Shevat 5624
(23 January 1864)

Avraham ben Moshe Z"L
d. 23 Shevat 5649
(25 January 1889)

Alter Tzvi ben Ze'ev HaKohen Z
d. 15 Iyyar 5669
(06 May 1909)

Yekutiel Yehuda ben Asher Zelig A"H
d. 18 Shevat 5670
(28 January 1910)

Year written backwards

Yisrael Yosef Mordechai ben Yehuda HaKohen
d. 23 Cheshvan 5674
(23 November 1913)

Mirel bat Illegible Z"L
d. 1 ___ 5690
(Illegible)

Chaim Yoel ben Moshe Z"L
d. 20 Adar 5671
(20 March 1911)

Aharon ben Yehuda Z"L
d. 16 Adar II 5670
(27 March 1910)

Year written backwards

Avraham Yakov ben Yechiel Ari Z"L
d. 9 Adar 5669
(02 March 1909)

Zev ben Moshe Z"L
d. 11 Iyyar 5667
(25 April 1907)

Mordechai Yitzhak ben Binyamin Z"L
d. 18 Iyyar 5658
(10 May 1898)

Chana bat Meir Z"L
d. 9 Adar II 5687
(13 March 1927)

Natan Nota Yakov ben Mordechai Yitzhak Yisrael Meyer HaKohen
d. 19 Tamuz 5670
(26 July 1910)

Year written backwards

Mordechai Yitzhak Yisrael Meyer ben Yehuda HaKohen
d. 12 Tishri 5685
(10 October 1924)

Died of old age

Yehuda ben Ze;ev HaKohen
d. Illegible
(Illegible)

Ze'ev ben Illegible HaKohen
d. Illegible
(Illegible)

Aharon Mordechai ben Natan Nota Z"L
d. 1 Av 5686
(12 July 1926)

Written as 2nd day of Rosh Chodesh Av 5686

Natan Nota ben Moshe Yitzchak Aharon Mordechai Z"L
d. 15 Nisan 5690
(13 April 1930)

Menachem ben Shelomah
d. 4 Tevet 5590
(30 December 1829)

Yitzchak ben Avraham
d. 4 Cheshvan 5598
(2 November 1837)

Rachel bat Shmuel Z"L
d. 5 Adar I 5627
(10 February 1867)

Fraydel bat Yitzchak Z"L
d. 3 Tevet 5678
(18 December 1917)

Leah Faiga bat Natan Nota Z"L
d. 30 Adar I 5641
(1 March 1881)

Written as 1st of Rosh Chodesh Adar II, which is 30 Adar I

Raizel bat Yitzchak Z"L
d. 6 Shevat 5634
(24 January 1874)

died 'half of her days' = youngish

Beniamin ben Yitzchak Z"L
d. 18 Kislev 5640
(3 December 1879)

Died old

Malka bat Dov Z"L
d. 15 Iyyar 5646
(20 May 1886)

Shaindel bat Dov
d. 19 Kislev 5653
(8 December 1892)

Haim Yoel ben Moshe Z"L
d. 20 Adar 5671
(20 March 1911)

Mirel bat Ze'ev Z"L
d. 1 ___ ____
(Illegible)

Avraham Zvi ben Kaleman? Z"L
d. 4 Av 5679
(31 July 1919)

Pinchas ben Yitzchak N"Y
d. 19 Sivan 5661
(06 June 1901)

Yitzhak ben Moshe Z"L
d. 5677
(1917)

Faiga Devorah bat Pinchas
d. 29 Elul 5636
(18 September 1876)

Died erev Rosh Hashana 5636

Haim ben Yitzhak
d. 21 Tevet 5636
(18 January 1876)

Shaindel bat Yaacov Z"L
d. 14 Shevat 5701
(11 February 1941)

Sarah bat Yisrael Haim Z"L SHAIOVITZ
d. 6 Tevet 5699
(28 December 1938)

Sarah Leah Faiga bat Yitzhak Z"L
d. 15 Nisan 5699
(04 April 1939)

Written as 1st day of Pesach 5699

____ Sarah bat Aharon
d. 20 Tammuz 5632
(26 July 1872)

Sarah Devorah bat Chaim Yoel N"Y
d. 17 Tishri 5664
(08 October 1903)

Written as 1st day of Chol Hamoed Succot 5664

Devorah Rachel bat Mordechai Yitzchak Yisrael Meyer HaKohen
d. 25 Cheshvan 5670
(09 November 1909)

Sarah bat Aharon
d. 28 Iyyar 5669
(19 May 1909)

Unmarried

Leah bat Alexander Z"L
d. 15 Cheshvan 5679
(21 October 1918)

Miril bat Chaim Zvi N"Y
d. 12 Av 5671
(06 August 1911)

Rechel bat Zeev HaKohen
d. __ Tevet 5672
(Illegible)

Kretzel bat Zvi Hakohen
d. __ Sivan 5672
(Illegible)

Leah bat Moshe Z"L
d. 2 Iyyar 5675
(16 April 1915)

Rifka bat Yehiel Z"L
d. 9 Tammuz 5674
(03 July 1914)

Chaia bat Chaim Z"L
d. 22 Av 5675
(02 August 1915)

Illegible ben/bat Illegible
d. Illegible
(Illegible)

Yisrael Yosef ben Yekutiel illegible
d. 28 Tevet 5661
(19 January 1901)

Updated: 29 July 2020

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