Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Abraham Pinso

1740–1820 (age 80)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Abraham Pinso was an esteemed rabbi in Jerusalem (1740–1820).

Chaim Yehuda

1768–1829 (age 61)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Chaim Yehuda was remembered for his compassionate guidance and steadfast service to his community.

Joseph ben Hayyim Hazan

1741–1819 (age 78)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Joseph ben Hayyim Hazan was a prominent rabbi of Jerusalem (1741–1819).

Yom-Tov Danon

1741–1823 (age 82)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Yom-Tov Danon was revered for his devout scholarship and steady leadership in Jerusalem.

Refaʼel Avraham Shalom Sharʻabi

1775–1827 (age 52)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Refaʼel Avraham Shalom Sharʻabi was a celebrated rabbi and kabbalist (1775–1827).

Yom Tov Algazi

1727–1802 (age 75)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi was acclaimed for his profound erudition and the warmth of his spiritual mentorship.

Yaacov Moshe Ayash

1727–1817 (age 90)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yaacov Moshe Ayash was a venerated rabbi of Jerusalem (1727–1817).

Menahem Mendel of Shklov

1740–1827 (age 87)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Shklov was celebrated for transmitting the Vilna Gaon’s teachings and strengthening Jerusalem�...

Refael Elazar Nahmias

d. 1805

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Refael Elazar Nahmias was a nineteenth-century rabbi of Jerusalem.

Hillel Rivlin

1758–1838 (age 80)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Hillel Rivlin was a rabbi and scholar who lived from 1758 to 1838 in Jerusalem.

Moshe Rivlin

1780–1846 (age 66)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Moshe Rivlin guided Jerusalem's Jewish families through early 19th-century challenges.

Chaim Abraham Gagin

1787–1848 (age 61)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Chaim Abraham Gagin was a rabbi of Jerusalem who lived from 1787 to 1848.

Yona Moshe Navon

1841–1841 (age 0)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yona Moshe Navon upheld the traditions of his family and neighborhood on the Mount of Olives.

Lazarus Bergmann

1799–1852 (age 53)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Lazarus Bergmann was a rabbi who lived from 1799 to 1852 in Jerusalem.

Avraham Wolfensohn

1783–1855 (age 72)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Avraham Wolfensohn led the Perushim community's return to Jerusalem and nurtured its spiritual foundations.

Yehoshuʻa Refaʼel Pinhas Di Shigurah

d. 1851

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yehoshuʻa Refaʼel Pinhas Di Shigurah was a member of the Jerusalem Jewish community in the nineteenth century.

Shlomo Zalman Zoref

1785–1851 (age 66)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Shlomo Zalman Zoref chronicled Jerusalem's challenges for posterity and upheld communal ties.

Mosze Biderman

1776–1850 (age 74)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Mosze Biderman was a rabbi who lived from 1776 to 1850.

Yitsḥaḳ ben Shelomoh Farḥi

1779–1853 (age 74)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yitsḥaḳ ben Shelomoh Farḥi devoted his life to study and sustaining Jerusalem's Sephardic traditions.

Warder Cresson

1798–1860 (age 62)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Warder Cresson, an American diplomat, embraced Judaism and worked to strengthen Jewish life in Jerusalem.

Chaim Nissim Abulafia

1775–1861 (age 86)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Chaim Nissim Abulafia was a devoted Jerusalem cleric who shepherded his community through decades of steady spirit...

Yedidyah Raphael Chai Abulafiya

1800–1869 (age 69)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yedidyah Raphael Chai Abulafiya was a rabbi who provided spiritual leadership to the Jewish community.

Mosheh Yehudah Leyb Zilberberg

1794–1865 (age 71)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Mosheh Yehudah Leyb Zilberberg was treasured as a patient teacher and steady advisor to Jerusalem’s faithful.

Ḥayim Daṿid Ḥazan

1791–1869 (age 78)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Ḥayim Daṿid Ḥazan was a respected member of the nineteenth-century Jewish community.

Mordechai Salomon

1806–1865 (age 59)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Mordechai Salomon quietly upheld the bonds of community in Jerusalem through decades of faithful presence.

Rabbi Joseph Schwarz

1804–1865 (age 61)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Joseph Schwarz was a learned rabbi dedicated to Jewish scholarship and community leadership.

Zundel Salant

1786–1866 (age 80)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Zundel Salant was a beloved spiritual figure whose humble devotion inspired generations in Jerusalem.

Isaiah Bardaki

1790–1862 (age 72)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Isaiah Bardaki was a spiritual leader and rabbi in the nineteenth-century Jewish community.

Eliyahu Yosef Rivlin

1805–1865 (age 60)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Eliyahu Yosef Rivlin helped nourish Jerusalem’s communal life through steady dedication to its shared institutions.

Judah Alkalai

1798–1878 (age 80)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Judah Alkalai was an early visionary whose reflections on return and renewal inspired generations to reengage with...

Meir Auerbach

1815–1878 (age 63)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Meir Auerbach was a respected rabbi and scholar dedicated to Jewish learning and community service.

Menahem Mendel ben Aaron Boim, of Kamieniec

1800–1873 (age 73)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Menahem Mendel ben Aaron Boim of Kamieniec chronicled the spiritual vitality of Jerusalem through his dedicated writing.

Bezalel Shulsinger

1779–1873 (age 94)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Moses Sachs

1800–1870 (age 70)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Moses Sachs concentrated on journalism to uplift Jewish communal life and to share its vital stories with a wider audien...

Yakir Gueron

1813–1874 (age 61)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Israel Back

1797–1874 (age 77)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Israel Back chronicled emerging Jewish life in Palestine and advocated for broader understanding.

David ben Shimon

1826–1879 (age 53)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Nisan Bak

1815–1889 (age 74)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Nisan Bak (or Nissan Beck; Hebrew: ניסן ב"ק; 1815–1889) was a leader of the Hasidic Jewish community of the Old ...

Eliezer Biderman of Lelov

1827–1882 (age 55)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Jacob Saphir

1822–1885 (age 63)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Jacob Saphir preserved Jewish traditions through his careful travel writings and documentation.

Moshe Nehemiah Kahanov

1817–1883 (age 66)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Shalom Moses ben Ḥayyim Abraham Gagin

1832–1883 (age 51)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Shalom Moses ben Ḥayyim Abraham Gagin sustained Jerusalem’s spiritual life through faithful service.

Eliyahu Shlomo Zalman Bassan

1800–1882 (age 82)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Nathan Friedland

1808–1883 (age 75)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Nathan Friedland guided his community with steady scholarship and pastoral care.

Maiden of Ludmir

1806–1888 (age 82)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Hannah Rachel Verbermacher (1805–1888), known as the Maiden of Ludmir, also known rarely as the Ludmirer Rebbe, was th...

Abraham Ashkenazi

1813–1880 (age 67)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Abraham Ashkenazi was a devoted scholar and mentor whose teachings comforted generations before his passing in 188...

Nathan Coronel

1810–1890 (age 80)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Nachman Nathan Coronel (Hebrew: נחמן נתן קורונל, romanized: Naḥman Natan Koronel; 1810 – 6 August 1890)...

Raphael Meir Panigel

1804–1893 (age 89)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Raphael Meir ben Yehuda Panigel (Hebrew: רפאל מאיר פאניז'ל; 1804–1893) was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of J...

Gabriel Mercado Almosnino

1805–1890 (age 85)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yosef Rivlin

1836–1896 (age 60)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yosef Yitzhak "Yoshya" Rivlin (Hebrew: יוסף יצחק "יושעה" ריבלין‎, 18 December 1836 – 5 September ...