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Shimshon Zelik
A learned rabbi and author of several religious works.
Yekhiel Mikhal Halperin of Mezritch
A rabbi who gave an approbation for Shimshon Zelik's books.
Gnizhin
Town associated with Rabbi Yaakov.
Menahem HaOmer
Two-part work by Shimshon Zelik, including sermons and novellae.
Yaelat Chen
Second part of Menahem HaOmer containing novellae on the Talmud.
Elef Magen
Manuscript described as containing one thousand problems in Jewish law and legend.
Isaiah Mintzberg
Rabbi mentioned as a community religious leader.
Samuel Solomon Brown
Scholar and successor mentioned among Łuków rabbis.
Hersh David Nomberg
Known writer who studied with Rabbi Brown during childhood.
Aaron Neta Freiberg
Last rabbi of Łuków, murdered with his community in gas chambers.
Death of Israel Pilor
Israel Pilor died in 1906.
Death of Rabbi Hershler
Rabbi Hershler died in 1920.
Murder of the second court's rabbi
The grandson who succeeded Rabbi Makhobi was murdered by the Nazis with other Jews.
1794 Polish nationalist uprising
Polish nationalists launched an uprising against the partitions of Poland.
Isaac the Maggid
Maggid whose death is dated to 1823.
Hasidic courts of Łuków
Two Hasidic courts operated in Łuków.
Israel Pilor
Hasidic leader whose death preceded his son's leadership in Łuków.
Rabbi Hershler
Israel Pilor's eldest son who settled in Łuków and led its Hasidic court.
Baruch Moses
Succeeded Rabbi Hershler in Łuków after his death.
Joseph Aaron
Second son who maintained a Hasidic court in Warsaw.
Warsaw
City where Joseph Aaron maintained a Hasidic court.
Grandson of the second court's rabbi
Grandson who became his grandfather's successor after his death.
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Leader of the 1794 Polish nationalist uprising.
Jews of Łuków and surroundings
Jewish residents subjected to searches and robbery.
Supreme National Committee
Committee associated with the uprising's administration and directives.
Abraham Mandelberg
A Lukow man described as seeking equal rights through petitions.
Mordecai Epstein
A Lukow man who urged Jews to learn from nearby Mezritch.
Benevolent loan society
A society lent money without interest to anyone.
Mezhiritch
Mezhiritch is described as a more progressive town that opened a modern Talmud Torah.
Hayim Eliezer Mushkat
A learned townsman taught languages, wrote Hebrew works, and translated texts.
Modern Talmud Torah
Mezhiritch opened a modern Talmud Torah.
Hayyuta Bussel
A representative of the Jewish National Fund who appeared at a Zionist assembly.
Uri Zvi Zeslavsky
A representative of the Jewish National Fund who appeared at a Zionist assembly.
Jewish National Fund
The organization whose emissaries appeared at a Zionist assembly in Łuków.
Mizrachi
A Zionist faction encountered by the narrator in Łuków.
Young Zion
A Zionist faction encountered by the narrator in Łuków.