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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.
The neighbor’s family
The neighbor’s children died, leaving one daughter.
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.
The court
The court acquitted the grandfather.
The synagogue
The grandfather returned home from the synagogue on Rosh Hashanah.
Berl
A wagon driver ordered to bring the midwife despite the Sabbath.
Eliyahu Mordechai
A newborn grandson named after his grandfather’s suggestion.
Kosava
Town identified as Moshe Velvl Shkalnik’s approximate birthplace.
Seltz
Town where Moshe Velvl Shkalnik studied in a yeshiva.
Drohiczyn houses of study
Local houses of study where Moshe Velvl Shkalnik studied as a child.
Yeshiva in Molchad
Yeshiva attended by Moshe Velvl Shkalnik.
Hava Leah Shkalnik
Person named in a caption associated with the passage.
Old house of study
Place where Moshe Velvl Shkalnik was reportedly found sitting at a table.
Colonial Bank
Bank whose shares Moshe Velvl Shkalnik was among the first to purchase.
Moshe Velvel
Rabbi who immigrated to Chicago in 1920 and served in several synagogues.
Kehilat Yaakov Synagogue
Drohitchiner synagogue where Moshe Velvel continued teaching.
Yehuda Leib Gordon
Lomzher rabbi serving as religious authority at Tiferet Zion Synagogue.
Zasinower Court near Brest
Birthplace identified as the Zasinower court near Brest.
Shmuel Yisrael HaKohen Kaplan
Drohitchin-born rabbi, yeshiva scholar, and rabbinical authority in Kalner community.
Kalner community
Community granting Shmuel Yisrael Kaplan rabbinic appointment.
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.
Talmud Torah in Rehovot
Religious school in Rehovot where the subject became head teacher.
Rehovot
Town where the subject taught at a Talmud Torah.
Stan Avenue
Street where the Torah Mitzion yeshiva was located.