David-Horodok
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Israel Chaim Kotsikovich
Resident who hosted Rabbi Israel Yosef during his visits.
Chaya
Mother of Israel Chaim who sensed the rabbi’s final visit.
Yitzikel
Rabbi who predicted that Abraham Joel’s daughter had delivered a boy.
Abraham Joel
Shoemaker who sought the rabbi’s help during his daughter’s difficult labor.
Abraham Joel’s daughter
Woman described as enduring a difficult labor and delivering a boy.
Levi Isaac, known as Yitzikel
Grandson of Israel Yosef who periodically visited Kozenahorodok and stayed with followers.
Nikoli
Ruler whose decree ordered Jews expelled from villages and estates.
Kopel Lichtenstein
Narrator identified as the source of a historical account.
Leizer Kreinis
Bund member who called youths to join self-defense and later fled to Slutsk.
Baruch Kessler
Hosted self-defense training sessions in his cellar.
Livonko
Police officer who warned of searches and arrests in David-Horodok.
Nisan Horowitz
A person who hurried to Aukhli after receiving news of the massacre.
Shlomo
Gathered with his sons after preparations for a pogrom were reported.
Itzla Yudovich
Guarded against a threatened pogrom and confronted attackers.
Nah Yudovich
Gathered with Shlomo and others during preparations for a pogrom.
Asher Yudovich
Gathered with Shlomo and others during preparations for a pogrom.
Michael Ritterman
Refused to join those preparing to defend against the pogrom.
Ezra Fridman
Registered to participate in the community guard.
Shimel Fridman
Ezra Fridman's brother, also registered for the community guard.
Moshe Feivel the butcher
Registered for the community guard during preparations for a pogrom.
Orla Zager the butcher
Registered for the community guard during preparations for a pogrom.
Nahman Cohen
A blacksmith who repaired bellows and studied religious texts while working.
Rabbi Hayim David
A poor Jewish liquor seller living near Lakva around 1796.
Unnamed narrator
A narrator who was about seventeen in 1896.
Rabbi of Lakva
The rabbi who directed the preacher to Hayim David.
Unnamed preacher
A preacher accompanied by Hayim David from house to house.
Unnamed possessed woman
A woman whom Hayim David ordered a dybbuk to leave.
Rabbi Bar
Rabbi Bar advises a bereaved father to replace a marked ceiling beam.
Rabbi Dodel
Rabbi Dodel is identified through his father, Rabbi Bar.
Gershon
Gershon, father-in-law of Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Lifshitz, owned a liquor shop.
Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Lifshitz
Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Lifshitz is identified as Gershon’s son-in-law.
Haim
Haim helps Gershon stage a threatening supernatural disguise.
Berl
Berl helps Gershon stage a threatening supernatural disguise.
Rabbi Israel Yehuda Kula
A Galician ritual slaughterer who served six years in David-Horodok and composed many melodies.
Rabbi Moshe Perlov
The Stoliner rebbe who influenced Israel Yehuda Kula to come to David-Horodok.
Boaz Shuster
A resident who housed Israel Yehuda Kula on Olshner Street.