Person · chief rabbi
Fishel
ר׳ פישל
Patriarch described as Poland’s first chief rabbi under Sigismund I.
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... די דאזיקע משפחה איז געװען אײנע פון די בארימטע אין פוילן. דער שטאם־ פאטער, ר׳ פישל, איז געװען דער ערשטער רב־ראשי (הויפט־רב) פון פוילן אין דער צײט פון זיגמונט דער ערשטער. ער איז שפעטער אומגעקומען אויף קידוש השם.״< ...Connected nodes
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