Kraków

The city of Kraków

Chabad House in Kraków

The Rabbi of Kraków

Kraków also called Cracow is the second-largest city in Poland, situated on the banks of the Vistula River.

History

Kraków served as the capital of Poland until it was moved to Warsaw in 1611.

Torah went forth from Kraków to the entire worldTemplate:Clarification needed, so much so that it was called "the Jerusalem of Poland"Template:Source needed.

Great rabbis lived in Kraków, among them: Maharsha, Rema, Rabbi Yaakov Pollak, Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, and others...

Before the Holocaust, about 56,000 Jews lived in Kraków, most of whom were sent to the Auschwitz and Płaszów extermination camps.

In 1945, fewer than 1,000 Jews remained in Kraków.

Today, three synagogues out of the seven that survived the Shoah are activeTemplate:Clarification needed in Kraków.

Chabad House

The Rebbe's emissary and the Chief Rabbi of the city is Rabbi Eliezer Guraryeh.

Due to the city's close proximity to the Auschwitz extermination camp, Rabbi Eliezer Guraryeh works extensively with tourists visiting the camp and provides kosher meals through the restaurant he operates in the city, which mainly serves the many visitors who frequent the city.

In 2022, the Chabad House moved to Józefa Dietla Street.

External links

• 13 Facts You Should Know About Jewish Kraków
• [www.chabadkrakow.org The website of the Chabad House in Kraków]