Person · philanthropist
Hershel Zelig
ר׳ הערשל זעליג
Resident of Brashevitch who supported poor people from Drohiczyn and helped build an old study house.
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... ר׳ הערשל זעליג האט אויך געהאלפן בויען דעם אלטן בית מדרש מיט א 95 יאר צוריק. איך האב געהערט, דער אלטער רב, ר׳ מנחם ז״ל, פלעגט דערצײלן, אז װען נישט דער בראשעװיטשער ישובניק, װאלט דער אלטער בית־מדרש נישט געװען . ...Connected nodes
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Hershel Zelig → Old study house
הא ט אוי ך געהאלפ ן בויע ן דע ם אלט ן בי ת מדר ש
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- helped build