סאקאלאוו — אוהל רבי אלימלך מרודניק

Sokołów Małopolski — Ohel of Reb Elimelech of Rudnik

Sokołów Małopolski (Sokolov) · סאקאלאוו

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How to get there

Old Jewish cemetery, ul. Kochanowskiego, Sokołów Małopolski, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Podkarpackie), Poland — no street number is documented; confirm exact location locally

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1.The exact graves here are lost. This cemetery, in use from 1687 until 1853, was destroyed by the Germans, and after the war the ground was put to use as a warehouse and materials and coal yard. The ohel you will find is a post-war reconstruction with commemorative plaques, so the original grave positions are not preserved.
2.It stands just inside the gates — a small white concrete building under a large overhanging roof. It is the ohel of the tzaddikim Reb Elimelech of Rudnik and Reb Eliezer of Reisha (Rzeszów).
3.Two warnings on the names. The Elimelech here is NOT Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk — searches conflate them constantly, and the Noam Elimelech is buried in Leżajsk, about 30 km away. And the Rudnik here is Rudnik nad Sanem; the better-known rabbinic name from that town, Reb Tzvi Hirsh Halberstam, is a different man buried in Gorlice.
4.The site is on ul. Kochanowskiego, near the rynek. Confirm the exact location of the ohel and how to get in locally before you set out.

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Rzeszów (RZE)Rzeszów-Jasionka· 15 km · 10 mi straight-line· regional
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Lublin (LUZ)Lublin· 120 km · 74 mi straight-line· regional
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Lviv (LWO)Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International· 139 km · 86 mi straight-line· regional
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Who is buried here

Known kevarim

רבי אלימלך מרודניק

Rabbi Elimelech of Rudnik

Rudniker Rebbe

A tzaddik of his generation, commemorated in the rebuilt ohel just inside the cemetery gates. He is not Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk, the Noam Elimelech, who lies in Leżajsk, and 'Rudnik' here means Rudnik nad Sanem and not the Halberstam rav of that town.

רבי אליעזר מרישא

Rabbi Eliezer of Reisha

Reb Eliezer of Rzeszów

Commemorated in the same ohel as Reb Elimelech of Rudnik.

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