Drohiczyn
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Moses Kalenkowitz
Son of Rabbi Isaac Jacob Kalenkowitz who died in Russia.
Menahem Kalenkowitz
Son of Rabbi Isaac Jacob Kalenkowitz who died in Drohiczyn with his family.
Shaine Golde
Daughter of Rabbi Isaac Jacob Kalenkowitz and wife of Rabbi Saul Margalit.
Joseph Kalenkowitz
Son of Rabbi Isaac Jacob Kalenkowitz who lived in New York.
Elijah Kalenkowitz
Son of Rabbi Isaac Jacob Kalenkowitz living in the Land of Israel.
Joshua Margalit
Father of Rabbi Saul Margalit, an iron merchant and respected Torah scholar.
Białystok
City near Michalowo.
Suwałki
City near the birthplace of Rabbi Saul Margalit.
Shaul Margalit
Rabbi Shaul Margalit served as a rabbinical candidate in Drohitchin.
Shemerl Margalit
Shemerl was a child of Shaul and Sheyne-Golde Margalit.
Rivka Margalit
Rivka was a child of Shaul and Sheyne-Golde Margalit.
Sarah Margalit
Sarah was a child of Shaul and Sheyne-Golde Margalit.
Hana Yehudit Margalit
Hana Yehudit was later born to Shaul and Sheyne-Golde Margalit.
Yosl the Judge
Yosl the Judge was the nickname of Yosef Goldman.
Rabbi Tzemach
The narrator’s grandfather, who avoided accepting a rabbinate position.
Kh homsk
Yosef Goldman was born in Khomsk around 1825.
Rabbi Yassel
The narrator’s grandfather and former student of the Mir yeshiva.
Mir Yeshiva
A newly established yeshiva attended by the narrator’s grandfather among its first students.
Rabbi Yassel
The narrator’s grandfather, later serving as Drohitchin’s communal judge for over 60 years.
Chaya Lipche
The narrator’s mother, whose family originated in Brisk.
Elijah
The narrator’s father, described as a learned and respected man of Brisk.
Alexander Ziskind
The full name of the narrator’s grandfather’s only brother, known as Zisl.
Baruch Ber Leibowitz
A rabbi who studied with Mordechai Zundel Rubinstein in Volozhin.
Volozhin
The place where Mordechai Zundel Rubinstein studied with other rabbis.
Baal Yesod Shoresh HaAvodah
The work after which Alexander Ziskind was named.
Ish Yehudi
A book authored by Mordechai Zundel Rubinstein.
Yosele
The narrator’s grandfather, who died during World War I.
Elijah
The narrator’s father, who helped bury the grandfather.
Isaac Ephraim
The narrator’s uncle, a leaseholder and prominent businessman in Drohitchin.
Zeidel Steinberg
Helped build a tent over the grandfather’s grave.
Matele
Place where the narrator’s family waited for the Germans to enter.
Kletsk
Town where Aharon Miller was a prominent merchant.
Menachem
Former Drohiczyn rabbi who went to the Land of Israel.
Yitzhak Kalankowitz
Menachem’s son-in-law who received the Drohiczyn rabbinate.
Miller family
Family of Zev and Miriam Miller, including four sons and three daughters.
Sarah Mirski
Daughter who came to America years earlier.