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Chaimke
The student Chaim was called Chaimke to distinguish him from another Chaim.
Mesillat Yesharim
Shimon-Zelig taught passages from Mesillat Yesharim to his students.
Shimon-Zelig
Head of the yeshiva and supervisor.
Chaim Horowitz
Wrote a work titled New Life and later engaged in journalism.
Sierachek
A firm identified as the maker or seller of the narrator's black cap.
black cap
A black cap bought for the narrator's bar mitzvah.
Shimon-Zeligets
Person identified as reading the Megillah for yeshiva students.
Polish authorities
The Polish authorities required an hour of secular studies daily.
Meir Rapoport
Bialystok city preacher who participated in a yeshiva celebration.
Sheyle Rapoport
Student remembered as a later-known essayist and literary critic.
Joshua Rapoport
Student identified in the passage as a renowned essayist and literary critic.
Moshe Rapoport
Renowned learned man identified as Sheyle Rapoport's paternal relative.
Yonatan
Known religious legal authority identified as Sheyle Rapoport's maternal relative.
Yeshiva courtyard
Courtyard associated with the Talmud Torah and yeshiva entrance.
Bialystoker Yizkor Book
Publication named at the end of the passage.
Matl Astrinski
A popular Bialystok volunteer firefighter known for bravery and rescuing people from fires.
Litman
Matl Astrinski's brother, described as an important chief.
H. Asinsky
A Bialystok Jewish athlete described as exceptionally strong.
Biale River
A local river that overflowed after several days of rain.
M. Ostrinsky
An athlete and firefighter who competed against international champions.
Firefighters' Brigade
The brigade whose comrades the subject remembered after moving to America.
Osinski
An athlete who publicly participated in boxing matches with professional athletes.
Reshuta
A person who feared Sheliepski's loud cries would drown out his sales calls.
Rosenberg
A German champion athlete considered the weakest among the athletes.
Sheliepski
The only Jew tolerated by the garrison officer described in the passage.
Old Prison
A landmark marking one end of Nikolayevska Street.
The newspaper seller
A newspaper seller known for a coarse, bass voice.
Gorodskoi Sad
A public garden whose name echoed in the newspaper seller's voice.
Transport Workers' Union
A union that included carriers, porters, and water carriers.
Moses Rabbeinu
Moses Rabbeinu is presented as a revolutionary opponent of capitalists.
Bialystok circus
A wooden circus building also served as a theater and later burned.
Volunteer Firefighters Society
Volunteer firefighting society founded in Bialystok.
Nikolayevska Street
A street extending from Mecz's confectionery to the old prison.
Nadretchne Street
A narrow street described as completely submerged.
Sevastopolier Street
An alternative name for Nadretchne Street.
Bendet
An old wagon driver illustrated the hardships of transport workers.