Remah Cemetery
Remah Cemetery Cmentarz Remuh | |
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Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków | |
Details | |
Established | 1535–1551[1] |
Closed | 1850[2] |
Location | 40 Szeroka Street, Kraków |
Country | Poland |
Coordinates | 50°03′09″N 19°56′49″E / 50.05250°N 19.94694°E |
Type | Jewish cemetery |
Size | 0,75 ha |
Find a Grave | Remah Cemetery Cmentarz Remuh |
The Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków[3] (Polish: Stary cmentarz żydowski w Krakowie), more commonly known as the Remah Cemetery (Polish: Cmentarz Remuh),[4][5][6][7] is a historic necropolis established in the years 1535–1551, and one of the oldest existing Jewish cemeteries in Poland.[6] It is situated at 40 Szeroka Street in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, beside the 16th-century Remah Synagogue. The cemetery bears the name of Rabbi Moses Isserles, whose name is abbreviated as Remah.
The cemetery was closed in around 1850; the nearby New Jewish Cemetery at 55 Miodowa Street then became the new burial ground for the city's Jews.[2]
Izaak Jakubowicz, donor of the Izaak Synagogue, is also buried at the cemetery.[7]
During the
Notable gravesites
The cemetery holds the gravesites of many notable
- Rabbi Moses Isserles, whose name is abbreviated as Remah, (c. 1525–1572), buried there along with his family;
- Mordechaj Saba (called Singer), head of the Kraków Talmudic Academy from 1572 to 1576;
- Joseph Kac, head of the Academy from 1576 to 1591.
- Nathan Nata Spira (1583–1633),[3] Kraków rabbi and head of the Academy from 1617 to 1633;
- Jozue ben Joseph (1590–1648), also head of the Academy;
- Joel Sirkis, (1561–1640), rabbi of the Kraków Jewish community and head of the Academy;
- Isaac Landau Lewita, rabbi of Kraków's Jewish community from 1754 to 1768;
- Isaac Halevi, Kraków's rabbi and head of the Academy from 1776 to 1799.[7]
- Rabbi Talmudist, best known for writing a commentary on the Mishnahcalled the Tosafot Yom-Tov.
- Yossele the Holy Miser, central figure in a well-known tale of Jewish folklore.
- Avraham Yehoshua Heschel, Chief Rabbi of Kraków.[3]
See also
Media related to Remuh Cemetery in Kraków at Wikimedia Commons
Notes and references
- ^ "Jewish Cemetery | What to see in Krakow con Servantrip". servantrip.com.
- ^ a b "Tropografie : Cmentarz Remuh. Kraków". March 12, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0195106855.
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- ^ Site Information (2016). "Remuh Synagogue and the adjoining Cemetery, Krakow". Introduction, location map and aerial view of Remuh Synagogue. Sacred Destinations.
- ^ a b c d "The Remuh Synagogue of Krakow, Poland". The Database of Jewish Communities. The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ^ a b c WCSS (2004), The Old Cemetery beside the Remuh Synagogue (Internet Archive) Cemeteries in Cracow [Kraków]. Retrieved July 31, 2013.