Drohiczyn
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Halashiner righteous person
A righteous person who visited Harbakhe on the Sabbath.
Eliyahu Mordechai
A rabbi from Khalozhin described during wartime.
Eliyahu Mordekhai
A Jewish man observed for his conduct, spiritual fervor, and character.
Abraham-Isaac
A young man who sought a blessing from Elijah Mordecai.
Young shochet
A young ritual slaughterer settled in the local area and met Elijah Mordecai.
Zakharia Shmid
A burial society treasurer selected after Moshe Leyzer’s departure.
The teacher
A teacher hired to teach the children and eventually paid in full.
Grandfather
The narrator’s grandfather traveled to Pinsk to buy holiday provisions.
Neighboring Jewish man
A neighbor struck one of the grandfather’s sons, who died from the blow.
Grandfather’s son
One of the grandfather’s sons died after being struck by a neighbor.
Grandmother
A grandmother who worked in the smithy and supported her husband.
Rabbi Eliyahu Mordechai Levinovitz
A blacksmith and rabbi whose funeral took place in 1932.
the grandfather
A grandfather gave blessings and distributed charity funds.
Moshe Freger
A shochet sometimes assisted the grandfather with charity distribution.
Chaike
Chaike sought help when fire approached her house.
the grandfather
The grandfather reportedly stopped the fire with his staff.
Abraham’s grandfather
Advised Abraham and shared in his compensation arrangement.
Isaac
Owned a soda-water factory and faced imprisonment over saccharin.
The narrator’s mother
Was pregnant with her tenth child in 1932.
Berl
A wagon driver ordered to bring the midwife despite the Sabbath.
Eliyahu Mordechai
A newborn grandson named after his grandfather’s suggestion.
Hava Leah Shkalnik
Person named in a caption associated with the passage.
Moshe Velvel
Rabbi who immigrated to Chicago in 1920 and served in several synagogues.
Yehuda Leib Gordon
Lomzher rabbi serving as religious authority at Tiferet Zion Synagogue.
Shmuel Yisrael HaKohen Kaplan
Drohitchin-born rabbi, yeshiva scholar, and rabbinical authority in Kalner community.
Yehezkel Kaplan
Son of Shmuel Yisrael Kaplan who served as rabbi in Podbrodzie near Vilna.
Abraham Yehuda HaKohen Kaplan
Janower religious authority born in Drohitchin and ordained at Heysheishok Yeshiva.
Rabbi Tzvi Ari
Religious educator who founded schools and authored a book.
Mendel
An advocate who defended Jewish gardeners in a legal case.
Hershel Zelig Shkalnik
Known insurance broker in Chicago and one of the Shkalnik children.
Elikim Getzel Kaplan
Father of Shmuel Yisrael Kaplan and respected resident of Drohitchin.
Abraham Yehuda Kaplan
Rabbi who led a yeshiva in Babruysk and served in Yanovke.
Rabbi Mendel Satinetza
Scholar profiled in the passage.
Asher Weitzel
A rabbi known as the Kozianer rabbi.
Mordechai Weitzel-Rozenblat
Asher Weitzel’s father, known as Mordechai the Slonimer.
Asher
Rabbi Asher managed Drohiczyn’s civic registration books before World War I.