אוהל רבי לוי יצחק מבארדיטשוב

Ohel of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv

Berdychiv · בארדיטשוב

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Visitor experience

Practical notes from visitors — access, directions, and the condition of the site.

How to get there

Old Jewish Cemetery, Berdychiv 13300, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

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The exact grave coordinates are not confirmed yet — go by the address and ask locally. We don't publish a coordinate we haven't checked.

1.The old Jewish cemetery sits just before the railway crossing; the ohel is reached by a long curving road from the entrance and stands out with white masonry and fencing.
2.Roughly 100,000 pilgrims visit each year (per Chabad of Berdichev).
3.Ukraine wartime travel advisories apply — confirm conditions and access before traveling.
4.Read this before you go, and before you tell anybody else where to stand. Work around the ohel uncovered the original matzeivos of the Kedushas Levi and his three sons — in a different place from the matzeivah people have been davening at since after the churban. The ohel was put up in 1991 over a spot chosen in Soviet times, and it is reported not to be the grave. Nobody who davened there did anything wrong and the tefillos are not worth less. But if you are going specifically to stand at the kever, ask whoever is looking after the site now where the uncovered matzeivos are, rather than walking to the ohel and assuming.

The ohel was built in 1991. In 2020 the original grave (with his three sons) was rediscovered a few meters away. Maintained by Chabad of Berdichev — contact them for current access.

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Chabad of Berdichev — Rabbi Moshe Taller

Community synagogue at Chornovola St. 3. Coordinates arrival/access to the ohel and community services. (Listings vary between ...2770 and ...3770 — re-verify.)

Call +380 63 770 3770

Who is buried here

Known kevarim

רבי לוי יצחק מבארדיטשוב

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv

The Kedushas Levi · Defender of Israel

קדושת לוי

Yahrzeit: כ״ה תשרי · 1809

His three sons were found buried alongside him in the 2020 rediscovery.

Practical information nearby

Kosher food, lodging, minyanim & more

Gathered from public sources — please confirm details before you rely on them.

כשרות עסןKosher food

Kiryat Kedushat Levi dining room

Kosher Israeli/European meals for pilgrims at the guest house; 24h refreshments.

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מניניםMinyanim

Berdichev Beis Chabad

Chornovola St. 3, Berdychiv 13300

Functioning Chabad-run synagogue and community — the one active shul in the city.

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מקוהMikvaos

Mikvah — Berdichev (Chabad)

Mikvah listed under Chabad of Berdichev; a mikvah is also available at the Kiryat Kedushat Levi guest house.

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אכסניאWhere to stay

Kiryat Kedushat Levi (Jewish guest house)

Guest house in central Berdichev, ~10-min drive from the ohel: air-conditioned rooms, beit midrash and synagogue, mikvah, kosher dining room, 24h refreshments and security.

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Verification and source

This cemetery has a public access contact listed above. Please confirm it before traveling.

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