Editing Kraków

[[File:קרקוב.jpg|thumb|The city of Kraków]]
[[File:בית חב"ד קרקוב.png|thumb|Chabad House in Kraków]]
[[File:הרב אליעזר גוראריה רבה של קרקוב.jpg|thumb|The Rabbi of Kraków]]
'''Kraków'''{{Refn|In Polish:ˈkrakuf, in German: Krakau}} 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 world{{Clarification needed}}, so much so that it was called "the Jerusalem of Poland"{{Source needed}}.

Great rabbis lived in Kraków, among them: [[Maharsha]], [[Moses Isserles|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 active{{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==
*'''[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/6661708/jewish/13-Facts-You-Should-Know-About-Jewish-Krakow.htm 13 Facts You Should Know About Jewish Kraków] {{chabad.org}}
*[www.chabadkrakow.org The website of the Chabad House in Kraków]

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