David-Horodok
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Shlomo Feigeles
Owned a riverbank where ships were built.
Berl the sexton
Appointed by Slutsk as a yeshiva head.
Nach Pinchases
Studied Ein Yaakov with Jews in the old rabbi's study house.
Yishai Adler
A teacher who opened a Hebrew-language educational room in David-Horodok.
Berl Neumann
Named contributor or author associated with a Sabbath passage.
Nakh the Blacksmith
A blacksmith who closed his forge and hurried home before Sabbath.
Lipa
A cart driver depicted closing the workday and traveling home.
Aizik
A cart driver identified by the nickname “Goat.”
Shayke
A cart driver who tells stories about his journey.
Benjamin
A cart driver praising his horse.
Asherke
A deaf man nicknamed Asherke appears among the drivers.
Yosl
Yosl, described as learned, speaks during the drivers’ exchange.
David Chesnak
An older man arriving with a horse and wagon urges the drivers to leave before Sabbath.
Shlomo-Pinhasen
Shlomo-Pinhasen hurries into the bathhouse carrying a bundle of white laundry.
Baruch “the Weakling”
A physically weak Jewish man who never enjoyed sweating in the bathhouse.
Moshe-Mordechai-Zelik
A bathhouse worker known as the gravedigger.
Meir-Hershl
A butcher who met Moshe-Mordechai-Zelik at the bathhouse.
Mordechai-Leib
A tall, broad-shouldered man nicknamed “the General.”
Wolf Helles
A man described immersing himself in water before the Sabbath.
Berl Nolman
Author of a memoir titled “Grandmother Told Me.”
Bobe Bashe
A grandmother who narrated an old story to her grandchildren.
Itzik Nirtcher
A remembered Jewish man described as wealthy and physically weak.
Sarah-Itke
A remembered pious and kind-hearted Jewish woman.
Shmerl Biyeses
A person described as an excellent baker of matzah shemurah.
Abraham-Lasl
A heartfelt singer, Psalms reciter, and person who distributed hakafot.
Shmerl Lansky
A cantor associated with a choir of singers.
Yosl Kaluzhny
A singer who performed Hasidic melodies and Sabbath songs at the rabbi’s table.
Mendele Mokher Sforim
Mendele Mokher Sforim is cited as an author whose books depict the town.
Moshe-Yode Lifshitz
A resident mentioned as a landmark along the muddy street.
Yudel Shatski
A resident mentioned as a landmark along the muddy street.
Gitl Yona
A woman whose house stood near the marketplace.
Aizik Berushes
One of two brothers visiting the market after the first prayer service.
Shmuel-Dmichl
One of two brothers visiting the market after the first prayer service.
Moshe'l Pietshkalif
A man who enjoyed walking around the market with his cane.
Khaye-Leah Shmaiekhes
A woman who sold fried grivn and fatty abzhirkes at the market.
Shashke Karman
A woman who sold fresh bagels at the market.