Person · chief rabbi
Fishel
ר׳ פישל
Described as Poland’s first chief rabbi during Sigismund I’s time.
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... די דאזיקע משפחה איז געווען איינע פון די בארימטע אין פוילן. דער שטאם־
פאטער, ר׳ פישל, איז געווען דער ערשטער רב־ראשי (הויפט־רב) פון פוילן אין דער
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Łuków Jewish community
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Efraim Fishel
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Shaul Wahl
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Fishel family
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Mezhyrich
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Avishl Frankfurter
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Mordechai Lisser
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Shlomo Zalman
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Łuków Jewish community
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Fishel → Łuków
דע ר ערשטע ר רב־ראש י (הויפט־רב ) פו ן פויל ן
- role:
- chief rabbi of Poland