זלאָטשאָוו — ציון רבי אברהם חיים, בעל אורח לחיים

Zolochiv — Kever of Reb Avraham Chaim, the Orach LaChaim

Zolochiv (Zloczow) · זלאָטשאָוו

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How to get there

Former Jewish cemetery, Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine — both of the town's Jewish cemeteries were destroyed and we could not establish which one holds him; confirm exact location locally

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1.Both of Zolochiv's Jewish cemeteries were destroyed, and the ohel the Yizkor book describes over his grave no longer exists. The old cemetery, in use from the 17th century, was demolished and built over — a car park and a filling station now stand on the ground — and the new cemetery was demolished in the 1960s, fenced in the early 2000s and marked only with a memorial. There is no standing, identified matzevah for the Orach LaChaim today.
2.Do not confuse this tzaddik with Reb Yechiel Michel, the Maggid of Zloczow, who died in 1781 and is buried in Yampil, not here. Travelers regularly drive to Zolochiv expecting the Maggid and find nothing of his; if the Maggid is who your group wants, you need Yampil.
3.Also make sure of the town: there is a second Zolochiv in Kharkiv Oblast, hundreds of kilometres east. You want Zolochiv in Lviv Oblast, about 60 km east of Lviv.
4.If you still want to daven at the site, ask the Lviv Jewish community to point out which ground is which and confirm the exact spot locally before you go.

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Lviv (LWO)Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International· 68 km · 42 mi straight-line· regional
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Rzeszów (RZE)Rzeszów-Jasionka· 209 km · 130 mi straight-line· regional
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Lublin (LUZ)Lublin· 222 km · 138 mi straight-line· regional
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Who is buried here

Known kevarim

רבי אברהם חיים בן גדליה מזלאָטשאָוו

Rabbi Avraham Chaim ben Gedaliah of Zloczow

The Orach LaChaim of Zolochiv

אורח לחיים · פרי חיים

Yahrzeit: כ״ו טבת · 5576 / 1816

Son of Rabbi Gedaliah; he succeeded Reb Yisaskhar as rav of Zloczow and was buried in the town, where the community later built an ohel over his grave — he is a different man from Reb Yechiel Michel, the Maggid of Zloczow, who is buried in Yampil.

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