David-Horodok
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The prayer leader
An unnamed prayer leader led the Rosh Hashanah morning service.
Polesia
A forested region containing towns described in the passage.
The Great Fire
A major fire used by the narrator's mother to date his birth.
The community
Community inquiries considered the possible year of the Great Fire.
The well
A courtyard well where a missing child was found playing.
Unnamed local righteous rabbi
A righteous rabbi who lived in David-Horodok and blessed the narrator.
Aharale Karliner
A renowned and respected rabbi invited to circumcise the narrator.
Pinsk-Karlin
A place identified as having followers of Aharale Karliner.
Cart drivers
Cart drivers transported goods and letters between David-Horodok and nearby cities.
Cart drivers' special house of prayer
The cart drivers maintained a special house of prayer and a dedicated rabbi.
Rabbi Kadish
A teacher remembered by the narrator as poorly dressed and emotionally expressive.
Ketubot
A Talmud tractate studied or recited by Rabbi Kadish.
Unnamed narrator
The narrator studied under Rabbi Kadish at age eight.
Unnamed narrator's father
A teacher who explained the Tabernacle and its vessels to students.
Hillel the butcher
A butcher whose house was occupied by the narrator's family.
Wolf
Hillel the butcher's son, described as unsuccessful in his studies.
Moses Zaika
A teacher associated with spreading education who used new educational methods.
Moses Zaika's son
Moses Zaika's son, described as playing on the holy holiday of Yom Kippur.
Ahad Ha'am
Quoted regarding the Sabbath and Jewish people.
Barber
A barber cut and shaved hair at the bathhouse.
Haya-Tsipa
A charitable, childless woman who collected leftover bread from affluent homes.
Yankel the teacher
A Jewish teacher struck by a large snowball during the Nittel festivities.
Shaul-Bar
A local wine seller and public Torah preacher in David-Horodok.
Study house
A crowded Jewish study house where Shaul-Bar preached.
Moshe der Poiker
A drummer in Horodok whose daughter was sent to Pinsk to earn a living.
Horodok
The town where Moshe der Poiker lived.
Eli Kohn
The head of the Kohn family, associated with a small steamboat.
Kohn family
A known family in David-Horodok associated with a small steamboat.
Yudovich family
A known family including one of the town's wealthy residents.
Katzman family
A known family including a civil-case defense attorney and a Berlin student.
Gitzel
A Berlin student who pursued a woman from an observant family.
Berlin
The city where a Katzman family member studied.
Horin River
A river navigated by a small steamboat after spring thaw and flooding.
Lipa Finkelstein
Lipa Finkelstein operated a store that served as a post agency.
Aharon Yona Shefer
Aharon Yona Shefer brought the renowned teacher Y.S. Adler to the town.
Y.S. Adler
Y.S. Adler was brought to town as a renowned teacher.