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Nagykálló

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Nagykálló Old Jewish Cemetery — Ohel of the Kaliver Rebbe

Nagybalkányi út, 4320 Nagykálló, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary

  • Nagykálló ('Kaliv') is ~15 km SE of Nyíregyháza in NE Hungary. The old Jewish cemetery holding the Kaliver Rebbe's ohel is on Nagybalkányi út.
  • The tent-like ohel is the focal point; a continuous Hasidic pilgrimage site for ~200 years, heaviest around the 7 Adar yahrzeit. An Orthodox pilgrimage house (opened 2021, EMIH) stands next to the cemetery.
  • Nearest airport is Debrecen (~40 km); Budapest is the main international gateway.
  • The street number is Nagybalkányi utca 13, and there are two Jewish cemeteries in the town — the ohel is in the old one.
  • The stone carries an epitaph the Rebbe wrote for himself: here lies Rebbe Eizik, rov of the holy kehilla of Nagykálló.
  • SURVEYED COORDINATES. The map point on this listing is the cemetery itself, measured on the ground by the ESJF survey — not a town centre. Where a kever is inside an ohel it will still need finding once you are through the gate, but the gate is now something you can navigate to.
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Who is buried here.

רבי יצחק אייזיק טויב

Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub

The Kaliver Rebbe — the Sweet Singer of Israel

ז׳ אדר · 1821

Rabbi of Nagykálló ~40 years and the first Hasidic rebbe to settle permanently in Hungary — progenitor of Hungarian Chassidus. Renowned for his niggunim, including 'Szól a kakas már.'

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Where is the beis hachaim in Nagykálló?

Nagykálló Old Jewish Cemetery — Ohel of the Kaliver Rebbe — Nagybalkányi út, 4320 Nagykálló, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary.

Who is buried in Nagykálló?

The listing for this beis hachaim records Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub.

Which airport is closest to Nagykálló?

Debrecen International (DEB), about 46 km · 28 mi away in a straight line. The other airports within reach are Košice International (KSC) and Poprad-Tatry (TAT). There is no direct flight to the town itself, so the last leg is by road whichever airport you use.