לינסק — אוהל רבי מנחם מנדל רובין

Lesko (Linsk) — Ohel of Reb Menachem Mendel Rubin

Lesko (Linsk) · לינסק

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Jewish cemetery, on the hill beside the old synagogue, Lesko, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Podkarpackie), Poland — confirm exact location locally

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1.Before you go, know who is here. The tzaddik in this ohel is Reb Menachem Mendel RUBIN of Linsk, niftar 1803, the father of the Ropshitzer Rebbe. He is widely mislabelled 'Menachem Mendel Horowitz of Rozwadów', which is wrong on both counts: Rozwadów is a different town about 140 km away with its own Horowitz rebbes, and Reb Menachem Mendel Horowitz of Linsk (1805-1868) is a different and later man.
2.The cemetery is one of the oldest in Poland — roughly three hectares on a wooded hillside beside the old synagogue, with some two thousand matzevos, the earliest from 1548. The oldest stones are in the northern part near the entrance gate.
3.It is a real climb over uneven, root-broken ground, and the ohel is not signposted from the road. Give yourself time and wear proper shoes; after rain the slope is slippery.
4.Confirm the exact position of the ohel locally before you set out — the town museum and the synagogue building at the foot of the hill can point you to it.

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Closest airports

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Rzeszów (RZE)Rzeszów-Jasionka· 75 km · 46 mi straight-line· regional
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Košice (KSC)Košice International· 120 km · 74 mi straight-line· regional
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Lviv (LWO)Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International· 123 km · 77 mi straight-line· regional
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Who is buried here

Known kevarim

רבי מנחם מנדל רובין

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk

The Linsker, father of the Ropshitzer Rebbe

Yahrzeit: כ״ג תשרי · 5564 / 1803

Born about 1740, son of Reb Yaakov, rav of Linsk, and himself rav of Linsk; father of Reb Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz. He is NOT Reb Menachem Mendel Horowitz of Linsk (1805-1868), son of Avrohom Chaim Horowitz and founder of the Linsk dynasty, who is a later and different man, and he has no connection to the Horowitz rebbes of Rozwadów.

רבי יעקב מלינסק

Rabbi Yaakov of Linsk

Father of Reb Menachem Mendel

Rav of Linsk and father of Reb Menachem Mendel; buried in the same cemetery.

רבי שמואל שמעלקא

Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka

Son of Reb Menachem Mendel of Linsk

Son of Reb Menachem Mendel, buried near the ohel together with grandsons of the family.

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