Opatów · אפטא
Poland- R' Meir HaLevi Rotenberg of Apta, the Ohr LaShamayim · כ״ה תמוז תקפ״ז
- R' Shabsai the bookbinder, father of the Kozhnitzer Maggid
Visitor guide
Visiting Apta and the kevarim nearby
How to reach the tziyun, what to know before you go, and a route of kevarim across Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, with one-tap navigation.
Getting to Apta
Estimated driving times without traffic
RZE
From Rzeszów airport
107 km · 2 h 2 min
KRK
From Kraków airport
191 km · 2 h 44 min
WAW
From Warsaw Chopin airport
200 km · 2 h 53 min
- Car rental desks in Poland ask for an International Driving Permit (IDP) in addition to your regular licence.
- From Rzeszów there is a direct train to Leżajsk, about 45 minutes.
At the site
- The Google Maps listing used to point at the memorial. After the 2022 research the committee moved the pin to the exact place of the tziyun, under its Hebrew name; the navigation buttons on this site lead there.
- The tziyun rests today beneath the seating of the town amphitheater on ul. Partyzantów. The way in is through the amphitheater entrance, and the kever is beneath the seats: Row 5, Seat 6.
- Getting in: The site is fenced. Go into the cultural center building (Opatowski Ośrodek Kultury) and ask the staff member there to open the amphitheater gate.
- The lapidarium and the symbolic gate are on ul. Kopernika, on the ground of the old cemetery.
- Kosher food and lodging in Opatów: please bring what you need.
- A full hachnosas orchim (beds, beis medrash, mikvah) is in Leżajsk, Dynów, Rymanów and Nowy Sącz; Kozienice, Radomsko and Aleksandrów offer part of that.
- The amphitheater is a municipal building. We ask visitors to keep the dignity of the place and good relations with the town's residents.
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Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski · אסטראווצע
Poland- R' Meir Yechiel HaLevi Halstock of Ostrovtze · י״ט אדר תרפ״ח
Address: Henryka Sienkiewicza 16.
Ożarów · אוזרוב
Poland- R' Aryeh Yehuda HaLevi Epstein, R' Yaakov HaLevi Epstein, R' Elimelech of Ozharov (Ożarów rebbes)
No access details published.
Tarnobrzeg (Dzików) · דזיקוב
Poland- R' Eliezer Horowitz of Dzikov, son of the Ropshitzer · ג׳ חשון תרכ״א
Address: Marii Dąbrowskiej 3, Tarnobrzeg. Note for kohanim: the whole street was once part of the cemetery.
Chmielnik · חמעלניק
Poland- R' Aharon Shmuel Kaidanover, the Maharshak · י״ט תמוז תל״ו
Address: Wspólna 14.
Kielce · קיעלץ
Poland- R' Mordechai Twersky of Kuzmir, the Maamar Mordechai, son of the Maggid of Trisk · ח׳ תמוז תרע״ח
Jewish cemetery, Pakosz Dolny street. A hilula is held every year on 8 Tammuz. Kielce has a hachnosas orchim, “Beis Mordechai”.
Szydłowiec · שידלאווצע
Poland- R' Nosson Dovid Rabinowicz of Shidlovtze, grandson of the Yid HaKadosh · ז׳ חשון תרכ״ו
No access details published.
Ropczyce · ראפשיץ
Poland- R' Asher Yeshaya Rubin, second Ropshitzer Rebbe · י״ד ניסן תר״ה
Address: Polna 19A.
Leżajsk · ליזענסק
Poland- R' Elimelech of Lizhensk, the Noam Elimelech · כ״א אדר תקמ״ז
Ul. Górna. Open 24 hours; parking nearby; the ohel has a kohanim option.
Kozienice · קאזניץ
Poland- The Kozhnitzer Maggid, R' Yisroel Hopstein (Avodas Yisroel) · י״ד תשרי תקע״ה
Address: Radomska 79. The key is with the cemetery caretaker, not the town hall. Not suitable for kohanim: the lawn before the gate and along the fence. A hachnosas orchim stands next door.
Przysucha · פשיסחא
Poland- The Yid HaKadosh, R' Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz of Pshischa · י״ט תשרי תקע״ד
- R' Simcha Bunim of Pshischa · י״ב אלול תקפ״ז
Address: ul. Cmentarna. Not suitable for kohanim (kohanim should not step on the sand around the fence; pre-war fence foundations extend toward the road).
Lublin · לובלין
Poland- The Chozeh of Lublin, R' Yaakov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz · ט׳ אב תקע״ה
Old cemetery, Kalinowszczyzna. The Chozeh's ohel is here. A new hachnosas orchim opened in Lublin in 2026.
Łańcut · לאנצוט
Poland- R' Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (Zera Kodesh) · י״א אייר תקפ״ז
- R' Elazar of Lantzut (Yodei Binah), son of the Bnei Yissaschar · י״ב אלול תרכ״ה
Old cemetery, Moniuszki 15. The Ropshitzer (R' Naftali) is buried here, not in Ropczyce. R' Elazar of Lantzut has his own ohel.
Sieniawa · שינאווא
Poland- R' Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinev, the Divrei Yechezkel · ו׳ טבת תרנ״ט
Address: ul. Zielona 37. A caretaker lives at the cemetery.
Dynów · דינוב
Poland- R' Tzvi Elimelech Shapira of Dinov, the Bnei Yissaschar · י״ח טבת תר״א
Address: Mickiewicza 49 (also given as Marszałka Piłsudskiego).
Lelów · לעלוב
Poland- R' Dovid of Lelov (Biderman) · ז׳ שבט תקע״ד
Address: Krótka 5. Ohel with a kohanim option; hachnosas orchim listed in town.
Bobowa · באבוב
Poland- R' Shlomo Halberstam, first Bobover Rebbe · א׳ תמוז תרס״ה
Address: Wichrowa. The key can be taken on the hill by the tziyun.
Radomsko · ראדאמסק
Poland- R' Shlomo HaKohen Rabinowicz, the Tiferes Shlomo · כ״ט אדר תרכ״ו
Address: Przedborska 196. Open 24 hours without calling the caretaker (entry by a gate code); ohel with a kohanim option. The Radomsk hachnosas orchim currently offers food only.
Kock · קאצק
Poland- R' Menachem Mendel of Kotzk · כ״ב שבט תרי״ט
Address: Łukowska 18.
Rymanów · רימנוב
Poland- R' Menachem Mendel of Riminov · י״ט אייר תקע״ה
- R' Tzvi Hirsh HaKohen of Riminov · ל׳ חשון תר״ז
Kalwaria area. R' Tzvi Hirsh has his own ohel. A hachnosas orchim building is next to the cemetery entrance.
Góra Kalwaria · גער
Poland- R' Yitzchak Meir Alter, the Chiddushei HaRim · כ״ג אדר תרכ״ו
- R' Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter, the Sfas Emes · ה׳ שבט תרס״ה
Address: ul. Sajny 2 (Zakalwaria). Ohel of the Gerer Rebbes.
Kraków (Kazimierz, Rema cemetery) · קראקא
Poland- The Rema, R' Moshe Isserles · י״ח אייר של״ב
Rema synagogue and old cemetery, ul. Szeroka 40 (Kazimierz). Hours: Sun–Fri 9:00–16:00, closed Shabbos and Yom Tov.
Nowy Sącz · צאנז
Poland- R' Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, the Divrei Chaim · כ״ה ניסן תרל״ו
Address: Rybacka 4.
Stropkov (Tisinec) · סטראפקוב
Slovakia- R' Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (Tiv Gittin VeKiddushin) · ד׳ אדר א׳ תרכ״ז
The cemetery is in Tisinec (No. 15), next to Stropkov. Few contact details published.
Košice · קאשוי
Slovakia- R' Avraham Shalom of Stropkov
- R' Aharon of Beitch, son-in-law of the Divrei Chaim
Rastislavova 87; still in use. The old section with the ohalim is ~10 min walk from the entrance, past the new plots (you can also drive in). Visits are coordinated with the Košice Jewish community.
Sátoraljaújhely · אוהעל
Hungary- R' Moshe Teitelbaum, the Yismach Moshe · כ״ח תמוז תר״א
- R' Alexander Sender of Komarno (Zichron Devarim) · כ״א אב תקע״ח
Old cemetery, Esze Tamás utca 79. Ohel with a kohanim option.
Olaszliszka · ליסקא
Hungary- R' Tzvi Hirsh Friedman of Liska (Ach Pri Tevuah) · י״ד אב תרל״ד
Belsőkocsord út 31.
Mád · מאד
Hungary- R' Nosson Feitel Reinitz; R' Chaim Tzvi Ehrenreich (Ketzei HaMateh), rabbanim of Mad · ט׳ ניסן תרכ״ב; כ״ה כסלו תרצ״ז
Magyar utca. The old beis medrash still stands (ruined).
Bodrogkeresztúr · קערעסטיר
Hungary- R' Yeshaya Steiner, Reb Shayele of Kerestir · ג׳ אייר תרפ״ה
Temető utca / Felső utca. There is a kohanim room next to the ohel.
Tokaj · טאקאי
Hungary- R' Dovid Schick (Imrei Dovid)
Two sites: the OLD cemetery is on an island between the Tisza and the Bodrog (near the fortress) and is reached only by boat; the NEW cemetery is on Bodrogkeresztúri út.
Újfehértó · ראצפערט
Hungary- R' Naftali Hertzka HaLevi of Ratzfert · ט׳ תשרי תרנ״ח
Kossuth Lajos utca 180. Open site, no caretaker. Next to it: a hachnosas orchim and a mikvah (by appointment). Two ohalim.
Nagykálló · קאליב
Hungary- R' Yitzchak Isaac Taub of Kaliv · ז׳ אדר (ב׳) תקפ״א
Old cemetery, Nagybalkányi út.
Distances and times are computed without traffic; real driving takes longer. Check opening hours and keys before you travel.
Ready-made routes
Day routes, each with one Google Maps link carrying every stop.
1 day: Apta – Dzikov – Lizhensk – Lantzut – Ropshitz (ends at Rzeszów airport)
258 km · 4 h 25 min
Open in Google Maps1 day: Apta to Warsaw – Ostrovtze, Shidlovtze, Pshischa, Kozhnitz, Ger
276 km · 5 h 32 min
Open in Google Maps3–4 days: Apta to Kerestir and Ujhel (Poland – Slovakia – Hungary)
820 km · 13 h 40 min
Google Maps takes up to 9 stops per link, so this route opens in two parts.