Drohiczyn
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Yitzhak Abgdor Telekhansky
A person consulted about establishing the Hasidic prayer house.
Yitzhak Benjamin Kuper
A Kobriner Hasid consulted about establishing the Hasidic prayer house.
Aryeh Leib Gingold
A Kobriner Hasid consulted about establishing the Hasidic prayer house.
Yosl Yitzhak Abramowitz
A Kobriner Hasid from the railway station consulted about establishing the prayer house.
Old house of study
A landmark near the purchased site for the Hasidic prayer house.
the narrator's father
The narrator's father promoted construction of the shtibl.
the shtibl
A Jewish prayer house built near the town monastery.
the town monastery
A monastery near which the shtibl was built.
Drohitshin
The town under General Minkov's authority.
Pristav Ratshtein
An official who questioned worshippers entering the synagogue.
Zelik
The narrator’s older brother who warned worshippers about the official.
Shimon Efelboim
Person named in a caption concerning the Hasidim shtibl.
Eliezer (Leyzer) Adler
Person identified as the singer of a song.
Benjamin
Person named in a caption as singing a song.
Shehashalom Shelo
Song identified in a caption.
Moses the ritual slaughterer
Person identified as having died in the Hasidim shtibl.
Study houses of Drohichyn
Study houses reportedly burned during World War I.
Moshele's father
Moshele's unnamed father, who was a baker.
Moshele's sister
Moshele's unnamed sister admonished him during Elul.
Rabbi Mordechile of Lechovitch
Rabbi whom Moshele visited for healing and guidance.
Lechovitch
Place Moshele regularly visited after recovering there.
Moshele
Rabbi Moshele, described as a rabbi for 26 years.
Yoshele Ostrower
Rabbi Yoshele Ostrower, who visited Moshele and delivered teachings.
Moshele's ohel
Ohel containing a framed excerpt from Moshele's ethical testament.
Abraham
Biblical figure whose statement to Lot is cited.
Lot
Biblical figure addressed in Abraham's cited statement.
Mendel Kotzker
Rabbi consulted by one of Moshele’s students.
Kamen, Volhynia
Town in Volhynia where Nach Naftali died.
Sefer Kavretz
Source from which the passage was extracted.
David Shlomo
David Shlomo, the third Kobrin Rebbe, visited Drohitchin on the Sabbath.
Shimon Nahurier
Identified as Aharon David’s father.
Talmud Torahs
Religious schools supported for poor children.
Haifa
The place given in the passage’s closing date line.
Dubovey
The direction toward which the narrator traveled.
Rabbi Moshe Aharon of Kabrin
Rabbi described as preserving his parents’ traditions and serving people compassionately.
Inherited book
A book inherited from the rabbi’s parents and regarded as a remedy.