Drohiczyn
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Yitzhak Kalankowitz
Menachem’s son-in-law who received the Drohiczyn rabbinate.
Sarah Mirski
Daughter who came to America years earlier.
Miriam Miller
Rebbetzin and mother of several children named in the passage.
Rabbi David Mordecai Yudovsky
Rabbi of Drohiczyn for twelve years, remembered as a learned and beloved preacher.
Rabbi Zvi Leib
Head of Volozhin Yeshiva when Rabbi David Mordecai arrived.
Moses
Only son of David Mordechai's family who remained in Poland and studied in yeshivas.
Miriam Miller
Miller family member reported as surviving.
Rabbi Leyb
Rabbi associated with Sernik.
Hannah
Daughter of Miriam Miller who perished with her family.
Perl
Daughter of Miriam Miller who perished with her family.
Moses Paritzker (Walevelsky)
Father of Mordecai’s wife, Chana-Beyle, from Drohichin.
Rabbi Nah Kohen
Rabbi of the Polish side in Drohichin and scholar of several yeshivas.
Rabbi Raphael of Volozhin
One of the authorities who granted Rabbi Nah Kohen ordination.
Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz
One of the authorities who granted Rabbi Nah Kohen ordination.
Ettke
Ettke was Nah Kahn’s surviving wife and operated a book business.
I. B. Warsaw
I. B. Warsaw is credited for details about Nah Kahn’s life.
Toibe
Mother of Asher Eisenstein.
Shimon Shikopf
Head of Grodno Yeshiva associated with Asher Eisenstein.
Baruch Ber
Rabbinic authority who ordained Asher Eisenstein.
Chaim Brisker
Rabbi said to have valued and supported Asher Eisenstein.
Asher Eisenstein’s wife
Educated and beautiful wife of Asher Eisenstein.
Shimon
Brother of Asher Eisenstein and yeshiva student.
Chaim Ber the Brickmaker
Father of Eliyahu Altvarg and leader of a Mishnah society.
Rabbi Eliyahu Velvel Altvarg
Rabbi who served in Vidz and later settled permanently in Drohiczyn.
Rabbi Noah Kahn
Rabbi representing the Polish side in Drohiczyn.
Rabbi Eliyahu Velvel's wife
Rabbi Eliyahu Velvel's wife, described as capable and active in communal affairs.
Rabbi Eliyahu Velvel
A rabbi whose father was murdered near his home.
Hershel
Yosef David Shochet’s brother and longtime yeshiva student.
Sender Shuster
Yosef David Shochet’s father and a seller of footwear to peasants.
Zisl
Sender Shuster’s wife and mother of his children.
Maryashe Hofman
Yosef David’s first wife and daughter of Rabbi Benjamin Moses, the slaughterer.
Rabbi Benjamin Moses
Maryashe Hofman’s father and ritual slaughterer in Drohitchin.
Rabbi Yosef David Shuv
A ritual slaughterer, community activist, lecturer, and Gemara teacher.
Nehama
Yosef David’s daughter, who married during the period described.
Hershel
Yosef David’s youngest brother, who married in Ruzhany.
Asher Berezavski
Rabbi Asher Berezavski was born in Drohiczyn and later perished with his family and community.