Sunday, February 8, 2015

ROW 2, GRAVE 21: The rebbetzin Chana Osnat ROKACH

ROW 2, GRAVE 21


The grave of Rabbi Sacher Ber / Isachar Dov Rokeach, with his wife's grave right behind.


The two graves seen from the side.

Surname
 ROKACH
                                                רוקח
Given name

Date of death
on gravestone
 Elul 4th 5661
 ד אלול  תרס"א
Date of death
 August 19th 1901

Hebrew name
 Chana Osnat 
 חנה אסנת
Father’s name


Kohen/Levi


Decoration
5 light candelabrum. . Birds.
 פמוט עם חמישה קנים.צפורים
Notes
"The wife of Rabbi Isachar Dov "
Group Four: died before Sept 1914
"אשת הרב יששכר דב"


The daughter of Rabbi Sucher Ber ROKACH and his wife Chana Osnat ROKACH -  Sara ROKACH died in April 1920 and is buried on Row 8, Grave 7. She was only twenty years old. 

The son of Rabbi Sucher Ber ROKACH and his wife Chana Osnat ROKACH -  Shalom Schulem ROKACH -  was born in 1871. When his father died in 1908, Rabbi Shalom Schulem ROKACH took over his father's position in Lubaczow and was called HaAdmor HaPolani. After his father's death he had a son he named after him - Sucher Ber ROKACH. When the son died in April 1939, he was buried next to his grandfather on Row 2, Grave 19.

Rabbi Shalom Schulem ROKACH was murdered in Holocaust. According to the Page of Testimony submitted to Yad Vashem, this happened on Sh'vat 3rd  5702, i.e.  Jan 21st 1942.

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