Yissachar Dov (Bernard) Hofbauer

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Bernhard (Bernat) (Yissachar Dov) Hofbauer (Hoffbauer)

Hebrew: יששכר בער האפבויער
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia
Death: October 19, 1929 (82)
Vienna, Austria (Arterienverkalkung)
Place of Burial: Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia
Immediate Family:

Son of Götz Hofbauer and Cäcilie Hofbauer
Husband of Rosalia (Sali) Sara Hofbauer
Father of Ernestine Schiff Tauber (Hofbauer); Götz Hofbauer; Johanna Chana Schiff; Max Hofbauer; Hermine (Minna) Felsenburg and 3 others
Brother of Regina Duldner; Samuel (Schalom) Hofbauer; Ignatz Hofbauer; Philip Hofbauer; Moritz Hofbauer and 4 others

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About Yissachar Dov (Bernard) Hofbauer

ראש הקהל בבית הכנסת "מחזיקי הדת" שכונה גם "האפבויער שול" בוויען, יליד תר"ז בפרעשבורג http://jgsob.org/aleizikoroin/%D7%96%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F%2055%20-%20%D7%99%D7%96%20%D7%90%D7%93''%D7%91%20%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%A2''%D7%98.pdf


Owned a large shop and despite all the hardships kept Shabbat and closed his shop on Shabbat. Yissachar Dov wanted to be remembered as the "Shomer Shabbat" (= the keeper of Shabbat), and that was what he wanted engraved on his headstone.

  • Shabbat= the holy Sabbath that lasts from sundown on Friday till starlight Saturday night, during which one is not allowed to work.

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About השומר שבת (עברית)

בבעלותו היתה חנות גדולה, ולמרות הקשיים הכרוכים בכך הקפיד לשמור על השבת וסגר את החנות במהלך השבת. יששכר דב רצה להזכר כ"השומר שבת" ורצה שמילים אלו יופיעו על קיברו.

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Yissachar Dov (Bernard) Hofbauer's Timeline

1847
July 10, 1847
Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia
1878
January 18, 1878
Vienna, Austria
November 25, 1878
Vienna, Austria
1879
December 30, 1879
Vienna, Austria
1881
March 7, 1881
Vienna, Austria
1882
June 22, 1882
Vienna, Austria
1884
March 2, 1884
Wien
1888
March 30, 1888
Vienna, Austria
1897
September 30, 1897
Wien, Austria
1929
October 19, 1929
Age 82
Vienna, Austria