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גראסווארדיין

Oradea

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

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גראסווארדיין — בתי החיים

Grosswardein — the Jewish cemeteries

Orthodox Jewish cemetery, Toamnei 3, Oradea, Bihor County, Romania

  • THERE ARE THREE GROUNDS AND YOU HAVE TO SAY WHICH ONE. The Orthodox cemetery is on Toamnei 3, opened 1876. The oldest Orthodox ground is out east on Războieni 88–90, in use from 1801. The Neolog cemetery is on Umbrei 2, opened 1881. Each has its own keyholder.
  • All three are entered with permission rather than freely, and arrangements go through the kehilla in the city at Mihai Viteazul 4. Telephone ahead: +40 259 434 843.
  • The two Orthodox grounds are in good condition for their age — thousands of stones each, under a quarter of them down. The oldest ground on Războieni is the overgrown one; vegetation has covered a great deal of it, and it holds a taharah house and an ohel.
  • Each of the three has a section set aside for rabbonim and one for kohanim, which is where to start rather than walking the rows.
  • The Războieni ground has never been vandalised and is regularly visited by groups; the last burial in it was in 1952.
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At the kever

Who is buried here.

רבי משה צבי פוקס

Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Fuchs

Chief rabbi of Grosswardein

5671 / 1911

Named in the survey of the Orthodox cemetery on Toamnei as the chief rabbi of the city buried there, recorded in the Hungarian spelling Mose Hersch Fuchs.

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Questions

What people ask before they go.

Where is the beis hachaim in Oradea?

Grosswardein — the Jewish cemeteries — Orthodox Jewish cemetery, Toamnei 3, Oradea, Bihor County, Romania. Oradea is also searched as Grosswardein.

Who is buried in Oradea?

The listing for this beis hachaim records Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Fuchs.

Which airport is closest to Oradea?

Debrecen International (DEB), about 54 km · 33 mi away in a straight line. The other airports within reach are Cluj-Napoca International (CLJ) and Timișoara Traian Vuia (TSR). There is no direct flight to the town itself, so the last leg is by road whichever airport you use.