Person · rabbi
Eliezer Yehoshua Halevi Epstein
הרב אליעזר יהושע הלוי אפשטײן
Rabbi of Chmielnik and the last rabbi of the community.
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... הרב אליעזר
יהושע הלוי
אפשטײן, אב״ד
החמילניק. הובל
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Place
Kielce
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Place
Opatów
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Place
Raków
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Person
Moshe Yehiel
Parent Of
Event
Epstein becomes rabbi in Chmielnik
Participated In · Subject
Event
Epstein taken to his death with his community
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Person
Yitzhak Shlomo
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Person
Shaul Toyb
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Person
Avraham Yitzhak Silman
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Person
Tuvia Silman
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Person
Aryeh Yehuda Leib II Cohen
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Place
Chmielnik
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Place
Kielce
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Place
Opatów
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Place
Raków
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Place
Klitashov
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Community
Jewish community of Chmielnik
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Worked At
Eliezer Yehoshua Halevi Epstein → Kielce
וקבל משרת ר״מ בקילץ
- role:
- rabbinical instructor
Worked At
Eliezer Yehoshua Halevi Epstein → Opatów
משם עבר לאפטא כמו״ץ וראב״ד
- role:
- rabbi and rabbinical judge
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