Drohiczyn
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Moses Paritzker Walewelmski
Identified in the passage as Harry Markus’s father from Drohichin.
Drohichin, Grodno Guberniya
Town where the speaker was detained during the war.
Herruan Granznzan
Named contributor identified with New York.
H. Grassman
Author signature under a poem about the hometown.
Sheinenke
Small town addressed in a poem as the author's home community.
Polish–Russian War
War during which the town changed hands several times.
Behind the town
An area behind the town where digging was reportedly taking place.
Samenishtshe
A place toward which Bolshevik soldiers sought directions from local people.
Bolshevik military
A Bolshevik military detachment went toward the front and sought a guide.
Balakhovtsy detachments
Balakhovtsy detachments occupied the rear lines.
Pesach Sidarov
Person listed in the upper row of the wedding photograph.
Mordechai Sidarov
Person listed in the upper row of the wedding photograph.
Jacob Sidarov
Person listed in the wedding photograph.
Alkowitz son
Person identified as a son in the wedding photograph.
Libe
Person listed in the wedding photograph.
Pinie of Perkovitz
Person listed in the wedding photograph.
Perkovitz
Place associated with Gitel and Pinie in the wedding photograph.
The cantor's wife or grandmother
Unidentified woman identified as the cantor's grandmother in the wedding photograph.
Beit Tefilah
An unpublished work explaining the importance of prayer according to the Ari’s method.
Merkavet Mishneh
An unpublished halakhic work focused especially on Maimonides.
Mareh Ofanim
A manuscript work on astronomy and lunar sanctification according to Maimonides.
Rabbi Aaron Shmuel of Amsterdam
Author associated with Or ha-Yashar.
Rabbi Yisrael Lipschitz
Author associated with Or Yisrael.
Graves near Safed
Site containing graves of prominent Kabbalistic rabbis.
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov
A renowned kabbalist who had Rabbi Yitzhak Harif as his rabbi.
Rabbi Yehuda
Rabbi Yehuda was the father-in-law of Rabbi Moshe of Sambor.
Rabbi Moshe of Sambor
Rabbi Moshe of Sambor is identified as Rabbi Yehuda’s son-in-law.
Rabbi Yisrael
Rabbi Yisrael is listed among Rabbi Moshe’s sons.
Jerusalem community
Rabbi Abraham became involved in Jerusalem communal work and institutions.
Israel Bari (Kolodner)
Rabbi from the Land of Israel mentioned as a source.
Hachnasat Kallah
Charity for which Rivke Mindl collected donations.
Bathhouse
Bathhouse rebuilt during Drohitchin’s postwar reconstruction.
Michalovye-Nezbadka
Michalovye-Nezbadka is associated with Shaul Margalit's rabbinate.
Rabbi Yudel David Kamavski
A rabbi of Drohitchin and one of the city’s leading speakers.
Esther
The narrator’s grandmother, who operated a shop in the market’s Jewish quarter.
Moshe Mordechai Epstein
A gaon who studied with Mordechai Zundel Rubinstein in Volozhin.