Kevarim and nesios across Europe and Asia — a section of White Glove Kosher Travel.
Beis hachaim · Czech Republic
Holešov — kever of the Shach
Holešov · האלעשוי
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Who is buried here
Rabbi Shabbatai ben Meir HaKohen
The Shach
שפתי כהן
Yahrzeit: א׳ אדר · 5423 / 1663
Author of the Sifsei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch — the Shach that every later posek argues with. He fled the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648–49, came west, and served as rov of Holešov until his petirah. His is the baroque tomb the town's synagogue is named after.
Verification and source
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