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Kleszczele
קלישטשעל
Kleszczele is identified as Yitzhak Yaakov Kolenkowitz's birthplace.
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... דער לעצטער רב דאתרא פון דראהיטשין, הרב ר׳ אײזיק יעקב הכהן, קאלענקאװיטש, איז געבוירן געװארן אין תר״ל, 1870, אין שטעטל קלישטשעל (בײ ביאליסטאק). זײן פאטער, ר׳ יצחק שמריהו קאלענקאװיטש, איז געװען א למדן און האט זיך פארנומען מיט מסחר און כלל־טוערײ. זײן מוטער, בײלע, ...Connected nodes
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