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Beis hachaim · Czech Republic
Prague Old Jewish Cemetery
Prague · פראג
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Who is buried here
Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel
The Maharal of Prague
גור אריה · נצח ישראל · תפארת ישראל · גבורות השם
Yahrzeit: י״ח אלול · 1609
Chief rabbi, kabbalist and philosopher; his Renaissance tomb is the most visited grave in the cemetery.
Rabbi David Gans
Author of Tzemach David
צמח דוד · נחמד ונעים
Historian, mathematician and astronomer (c. 1541–1613), a disciple of the Maharal.
Rabbi David Oppenheim
Chief Rabbi of Prague and bibliophile
Chief Rabbi of Prague and famed collector of Hebrew manuscripts (1664–1736).
Mordechai Maisel
Mayor and benefactor of the Jewish Town
Leader and philanthropist under Rudolf II (1528–1601); financed synagogues, the Jewish Town Hall and paving of the quarter.
Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz
The Kli Yakar
כלי יקר
1550–1619. Rov of Prague from 1604 until his petirah. The Kli Yakar on Chumash is printed in most Mikraos Gedolos.
Practical information nearby
Gathered from public sources — please confirm details before you rely on them.
Dinitz Kosher Restaurant
Bílkova 869/12, 110 00 Josefov, Prague 1
Glatt kosher Israeli/Middle-Eastern restaurant under the Chief Rabbinate of the Czech Republic; popular for Shabbat meals. Closed Saturday.
King Solomon Kosher Restaurant
Široká 8, 110 00 Prague 1 – Josefov
Long-established kosher restaurant serving Central/Eastern European Jewish cuisine, in the heart of Josefov near the cemetery.
Old-New Synagogue (Altneuschul)
Červená 101/4, 110 00 Josefov, Prague 1
Europe's oldest continuously active synagogue (c. 1270); daily minyanim. Adjacent to the cemetery.
Hotel Josef (Josefov)
Rybná 20, 110 00 Prague 1
Design hotel ~0.8 km from the Old Jewish Cemetery, a short walk from the Old-New Synagogue. Chabad of Prague can also help arrange a kosher apartment.
Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)
Prague's international airport, ~15–17 km from the center (~30 min by car).
Kosher food nearby
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Verification and source
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