Holešovהאלשוי

Moravia

Holešov, a town in Moravia (today in the eastern Czech Republic), had a long-established Jewish community with a well-preserved historic synagogue. Rabbi Shabbatai HaKohen (the Shach), author of the Siftei Kohen commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, served as rav of Holešov until his death in 1662 or 1663 and is buried in its Jewish cemetery, a site of pilgrimage.

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