Drohiczyn
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the monk
The monk ordered the narrator's father to stop construction.
Nachum Shevinski
Jewish leather merchant, communal leader, and immigrant from Drohiczyn.
Sheine Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Sarah Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Toiba Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Gitl Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Jacob Mendel Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Abraham Zacuto
Mathematician and astronomer identified as active in Zaragoza, Spain.
Columbus
The passage says Zacuto's calculations and instructions enabled Columbus to discover America.
Yoel Slanims
Writer born in Drohiczyn who emigrated to America as a child.
Zalman Riwens
Author of the lexicon cited by the passage.
Dovidle
A child frightened while walking home in darkness.
Rabbi Nakhke of Kobriner
Rabbi Eliyahu helped Rabbi Nakhke and sent him money.
Shmuel of Walevel
Father of Shimon Tarasov’s wife.
Nakhke
One of Yosef Shakht’s seven children.
Levi Isaac
Naftali Steinberg’s father, who died while Naftali was a child.
Rasl Valevelski
Person identified in a photograph caption.
Esther
Wife of Yakov Sidorov who returned to Motol with two daughters.
Zvi Schwartz
Young man who met Leah and later lived in Warsaw.
Professor Stanislav Teofilovich Shatsky
Scholar who led the pedagogical institute where Leah worked.
Dr. Klumel
Schwartz’s associate in a 1926 contract.
Yitzhak Kahanov
Schwartz’s associate in a 1926 contract.
Dr. Y. Bagalevsky
Coauthor of a 1927 booklet about wine as a remedy.
Meir Dizengoff
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
Professor Dr. Klauzner
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
A. Khanin
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
A. Idelson
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
Dr. B. Feigin
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
Dr. Yakobzon
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
E. Zuckerman
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
M. Meirovitch
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
Engineer S. Yafe
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
S. Petrushka
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
S. Steinberg
Named contributor to the 1930 collection.
Shvarts
Published the 1938 brochure and promoted an internal Jewish renewal movement.
Yosef Mendelson
Writer who co-published books about Rashi with Zvi Schwartz.