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Dag HaKadosh (the Holy Fish)
Dag HaKadosh - holy fish
Jewish presence in Vienna dates back to the 12th century. One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Vienna is located in the city center on Seegasse Street, and it is the only one with exclusively Jewish inscriptions. Most of the tombstones bear dates from 1540 to 1783. Since Jews were repeatedly expelled from Vienna, and the existence of this cemetery was under threat, the merchant Koppel Frankel bought it out for 4,000 guilders.
A year before Corona, at the end of a trip through Europe to Kivrei Tzadikim, Gaon Rav Yaniv Assuri asked to find out exactly where in Vienna the resting place of the son of the Shelah HaKadosh - Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz - was located. It turned out that the grave is located in the old cemetery, whose grounds are now occupied by a nursing home, and it can only be reached during the day by passing through the nursing home's lobby.
The main attraction at the cemetery is a monument sculpture - the Holy Fish, or Dag HaKadosh, as it is called here.
There is the following legend about a Jew named Simon.
Once Simon caught a large, fat fish and eagerly awaited having it prepared for dinner. When the fish was served at the table, it suddenly raised its head and cried out, "Shema Yisrael" - the sacred words that Jews recite before death. With that, the fish gave up its spirit. When Simon told his rabbi about it, the rabbi suggested that it was likely a "dybbuk." So Simon decided to erect a monument to the soul that had entered the fish. Some visitors have made use of this spot for netilat yadayim.
From a trip through Europe to Kivrei Tzadikim.
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