The Jews of Kraków and its Surrounding Towns

Rema Cemetery - Eminent Burials


The table below lists some of the more illustrious Torah personalities (as well as some of their family members) who are buried in Kraków's old Rema cemetery. The list is ordered by grave number rather than by chronological order.

(Data provided by Jacob Laor. Source material: Krakowskie Judaica by Eugenius Duda.)


 

Grave Death Name Relations Notes
1 1795 Mordechai s.o. Jozue
Zelig Hirsz
a.k.a. Mordechai Melamed;
teacher;
shammes in Beit HaMedrash
6 1632 Juda Leib Landau s.o. Jekutiel
Zalman Landau
documented as
Lewek, merchant
6 1614 Jekutiel Zelman Landau f.o. Juda
Leib Landau
 
33 1753 Zelman Katz s.o. Laska
ben Eliezer
 
33 1842 Nachuma Chaja w.o.
Izaak Segal
Izaak Gold
45 1843 Abraham Chaim    
72 1847 Eliezer Damask s.o. Jozef  
120 1768 Izaak Landau   Kraków Rabbi
1754-68
192 1617 Mordechai
Margoliot
  Kraków rector
1591-1617
195 1552 Golda d.o.
Szalom Szachny;
1st w.o.
Mojzes Isserles
 
196 1552 Gitel d.o. Mojzesz
Auerbach
of Ratyzbon;
g-mother of
Mojzesz Isserles
 
197 1617 Miriam Bella sister of
Mojzesz Isserles
 
198 1568 Izrael s.o. Jozef;
f.o. Mojzesz
Isserles
merchant & banker;
founder of
Remu Shul
199 1572 Mojzesz Isserles Lived 1520-72 a.k.a. Remu,
Rabbi of Kraków
200 1585 Izaak b.o. Mojzesz
Isserles
a.k.a. Bogatym,
merchant & banker
201 1591 Jozef s.o. Gerson;
b-in-law of
Mojsesz Isserles
 
204 ~1650 Szymon Mojzesz
Kopelman
s.o. Jakob;
s-in-law of Izaak
Handels, Rabbi
 
204 1650 Braindel w.o. Izaak
Jakubowicz
 
211 1688 Szalom Szachna
Hakohen
  Elder Kraków
Jewish Community
212 1653 Izaak
Jakubowicz
  Community Elder,
banker & merchant,
founder of
Izaak Shul
222 1642 Debora d.o. Natan
Spira
 
223 1633 Natan Spira   Lived 1583-1633;
Rabbi,
Kabalist,
Author
224 1642 Roza d.o. Mojzesz
Jakubowicz;
w.o. Natan
Spira
 
237 1615 Maita d.o. Jozef
Antolabne(?)
 
256 1557 Mojzesz Eberls f-in-law of
Jozef Katz;
g-father of
Izaak Jakubowicz
 
257 ? Sara d.o. Mojzesz  
259 1560 Drezel d.o. Mojzesz
Isserles (Remu);
w.o. Symche
Bunem Meisels
 
260 1552 Malka m.o. Mojzesz
Isserles (Remu)
 
261 1576 Mordechai Saba   a.k.a. Singer,
kabalist,
rector
266 1800 Jozef s.o. Mosze Rabbi from Pile,
Author of
Maaseh Hashem
270 1593 Rachela w.o. Eliezer
Aszkenaze
1512-85
 
272 1585 Eliezer Aszkenaze   Rabbi from
Kairze;
author of
Maaseh Adonai
290 1553 Mojzesz Charif s-in-law of
Joseph Katz
 
306 1785 Juda Leib s.o. Izrael
Zimmels
 
332 1582 Izaak Spira s.o. David Rabbi from
Krzemiencu
& Kraków
350 1744 Juda Leib Kaliszer   Writer in
Kraków
1727-44
364 1613 Izaak
Aronowicz
  From
Prosciejowa
364 1639 Juda Leib   a.k.a. RMM
Rabeinu
Magid Mishna
390 1576 Kaila d.o. Azriela  
432 1608 Chawa d.o. Aszer Alt
Szul of Prague;
w.o. Leib
Chalpnisa
 
477 1612 Izaak s.o. Zwi Sznaider
503 1603 Jakob s.o. Mosze  
503 1612 Rebeka d.o. Szalom  
503 1628 Jakub s.o. Izrael
Jokels
 
615 1637 Monument   Monument to 3
individuals
who died
"Kiddush
Hashem"
630 1654 Yomtov
Lipman
Heller
   
640 1629 Chaja d.o. Nachman
of Lwow;
w.o. Mojzesz
Izaak,
merchant & banker
of Kraków
 
675 1799 Izaak Halevi s.o. Mordechai;
s-in-law of
Arie Leib,
Rabbi of
Rzeszowie,
Lwow &
Amsterdam
 
678 1552 Samuel s.o. Meshulam  
681 1663 Michal Kalahora s.o. Matatias
Kalahory
 
682 1663 Jozue Heszel    
683 1648 Jozue s.o. Jozef  
696 1640 Joel Sirkes   Bach "Beit
Chadash"

 


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