באסקאוויץ — ציון בעל מחצית השקל

Boskovice — kever of the Machatzis HaShekel

Boskovice · באסקאוויץ

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Practical notes from visitors — access, directions, and the condition of the site.

How to get there

Jewish cemetery, Boskovice, Blansko District, South Moravia, Czech Republic

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The exact grave coordinates are not confirmed yet — go by the address and ask locally. We don't publish a coordinate we haven't checked.

1.The cemetery is above the old Jewish quarter, which is itself worth the walk — Boskovice keeps one of the most complete Jewish quarters in Moravia.
2.About 2,500 matzevos across some fourteen and a half thousand square metres, the oldest from 1670. It is one of the largest in the country, so know which kever you have come for.
3.The Brno Jewish community pays a caretaker who maintains the ground; Boskovice is about thirty kilometres north of Brno, and arrangements are made through Brno.

Closest airports

The three nearest airports with scheduled service — tap for exact driving or transit time.

Brno (BRQ)Brno-Tuřany· 38 km · 23 mi straight-line· regional
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Ostrava (OSR)Ostrava Leoš Janáček· 107 km · 67 mi straight-line· regional
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Bratislava (BTS)Bratislava M. R. Štefánik· 152 km · 94 mi straight-line· regional
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Who is buried here

Known kevarim

רבי שמואל הלוי קאלין

Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Kolin

The Machatzis HaShekel

מחצית השקל

Yahrzeit: 5566 / 1806

Author of the Machatzis HaShekel on Orach Chaim, printed alongside the Magen Avraham in most editions of Shulchan Aruch. His kever here is a place people come to daven.

רבי אברהם פלאצ׳ק

Rabbi Avraham Placzek

Landesrabbiner of Moravia

Rov of Boskovice and acting chief rabbi of Moravia in the eighteen hundreds.

Verification

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