Drohiczyn
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Alexander Ziskind
A student of the Torah study house and accountant to Rabbi Elijah.
Haya Lipshe (Aulin) Kates
A social worker and graduate of a Jewish studies college.
Abraham Yafin
Head of the Novogrudok yeshiva in Bialystok.
Slawe
Parent of Menachem Mendel Peer-Perkawitzki.
Chaim Michaelski
Teacher of Menachem Mendel Peer-Perkawitzki in childhood.
Yitzhak Shumter
Sokolka rabbi listed among Warschawski's certifying rabbis.
Shlomo David Kahana
Signer of Warschawski's official authorization.
David Warszawski
One of the Warszawski family’s three school-age children.
The Khalozhin rabbi
Rabbi who responded to the inquiry about the missing child.
Pinhas Mikhal of Antapolye
A renowned rabbi and kabbalist associated with Antapolye.
Mordecai of Slonim
A renowned rabbi and kabbalist associated with Slonim.
Elijah Mordecai the Kholozhiner
A rabbi who became renowned in his surroundings as a new righteous figure.
Wolfke, the blacksmith of Harbach
A Harbach blacksmith whose son returned from military service.
Alterke
Wolfke’s elder son, who returned from Russian military service.
Alter
The groom who returned to Harbach after the marriage conditions were written.
Rabbi Patach
A rabbi named in a well-known story from Bava Batra.
Eliezer Moses
Person visited by Elijah Mordecai in Pinsk.
The neighbor’s daughter
The neighbor’s only surviving daughter later arrived as a poor wanderer.
Yosef David Shoiv
A shochet summoned by the grandfather for a conversation about burial customs.
Sarah Fiamecki
A midwife called to assist during the narrator’s mother’s labor.
Abraham Asher
A religious figure who studied in yeshivas and emigrated with his family to America.
Matityahu Warszawski
Abraham Asher’s son, described as continuing his father’s sacred work.
Shemuel
Named as a teacher and resident of Bereza before emigrating to America.
Aharon Kamavski
Chava Leah Shkalnik’s father and physician of the court.
Asna Shkalnik
One of the five children of the Shkalnik family.
Sarah Shkalnik
One of the five children of the Shkalnik family.
Joseph Kaplan
Son and successor of Rabbi Abraham Yehuda Kaplan.
Rabbi Moses Isser
Rabbi Mendel Kaminetzky's father and early teacher.
Minkov
A local nobleman mentioned in connection with a dispute involving Jews.
General Minkazu
A general associated with the Russian capture of Plevna.
Hersh Beilin
A rabbi from Pinsk who commented on Mendel’s intellect.
Chaim Brisker
A person described as Mendel’s associate.
Itsik
Asher Weitzel married Itsik’s daughter in Drohichin.
Rabbi Isaac Jacob Hafez Kalankawitch
A rabbi described as learned, pious, nonpartisan, hygienic, and from the old generation.
Binyamin Moses
A shochet consulted about establishing the Hasidic prayer house.
Avroml the locksmith
A locksmith consulted about establishing the Hasidic prayer house.