אוהל המגיד מקאזשניץ

Kozienice — Ohel of the Maggid of Kozhnitz

Kozienice · קאזשניץ

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Jewish cemetery, Kozienice, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland — confirm exact location locally

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1.Resting place of Rabbi Yisrael Hopstein, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, one of the founding fathers of Polish chassidus.
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Warsaw (WAW)Warsaw Chopin· 76 km · 47 mi straight-line· major hub
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Lublin (LUZ)Lublin· 90 km · 56 mi straight-line· regional
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Rzeszów (RZE)Rzeszów-Jasionka· 167 km · 104 mi straight-line· regional
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Who is buried here

Known kevarim

רבי ישראל האפשטיין

Rabbi Yisrael Hopstein

The Maggid of Kozhnitz

עבודת ישראל

Yahrzeit: י״ד תשרי · 5575 / 1814

A disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch and Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk; a founder of chassidus in Poland.

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