File:Tombstone of Yossele the Holy Miser.jpg
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| current | 06:28, 9 January 2017 | | 2,736 × 3,648 (2.2 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The tombstone of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossele_the_Holy_Miser" class="extiw" title="en:Yossele the Holy Miser">Yossele the Holy Miser</a> found in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remuh_Cemetery" class="extiw" title="en:Remuh Cemetery">Remuh Cemetery</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz" class="extiw" title="en:Kazimierz">Kazimierz</a> Jewish quarter of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Poland">Poland</a>. According to Jewish folklore, the wealthy Yossele, known as Yossele the Miser, was notorious for his <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/stinginess" class="extiw" title="s:stinginess">stinginess</a>. Upon his death though, it was discovered that he was in fact the principal source of charity for the Jewish community and he became a venerated figure. According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bereavement_in_Judaism" class="extiw" title="en:Bereavement in Judaism">Jewish bereavement tradition</a>, the dozens of stones on his tombstone mark respect for the Holy Miser. |
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