Łuków
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Chaim Meir Heiblum
Contributor to The Lukover Vort.
Religious schools
Religious educational institutions in Lukow.
Study Halls in Lukow
Study halls in Lukow.
Chevra Tehillim
Religious association in Lukow.
Chevra Mikra
Religious association in Lukow.
Heder
Traditional elementary religious schools in Lukow.
Yeshiva
Religious educational institution in Lukow.
Meirl of Krakow
Rabbi of Lukow in the late eighteenth century.
Great Old Synagogue
Synagogue that housed the rabbi's newly opened yeshiva.
Walier Rabbi
Rabbi appointed by Lukow community leaders who later left Lukow.
Lukow community leaders
Community leaders who appointed the Walier Rabbi.
Rabbi Shmuel Shlomo Bran
Rabbi who died in 1934 and continued leading the rabbinate despite paralysis.
Israel Finkelstein
Teacher of religious law who assisted Rabbi Bran in leading the rabbinate.
Akiva Meir's death and succession
After Akiva Meir's death, Abraham Kutner assumed rabbinic leadership.
Alexander Hasidim
Hasidic group represented among Lukow's other prayer groups.
Aaron Nata Freiberg
Rabbi proposed and later accepted as Lukow's rabbi.
Parczew
Birthplace and religious center associated with Aaron Nata Freiberg.
Akiva Meir
Hasidic rabbi known as the Miechów Rebbe.
Abraham Kutner
Akiva Meir's grandson who succeeded him in rabbinic leadership.
Ger Hasidim
Hasidic group represented among Lukow's other prayer groups.
Kotsk Hasidim
Hasidic group represented among Lukow's other prayer groups.
Radzin Hasidim
Hasidic group represented among Lukow's other prayer groups.
Hershele Morgenstern
Second rabbi of Łuków and son of the Kotsk rabbi.
Mendel Morgenstern
Hershele Morgenstern’s son and successor, later rabbi of Włodawa.
Włodawa
Town where Mendel Morgenstern moved and became local rabbi.
Sobibor
Destination of deportations from Włodawa in 1943.
Hersh Lieber
Painter who decorated the synagogue.
Small Beth Midrash
Beth midrash beside the synagogue used by artisans and laborers.
Chevra Mikra
Association name used by worshippers at the small Beth Midrash.
Ephraim Lichtenberg
Teacher who studied with a group around a long table.
Chaya Sarah
Righteous woman after whom a new beth midrash was named.
Moshe Lichtenstitz
Wealthy householder and soap seller who worshipped at Chaya Sarah Beth Midrash.
Moshe Barnstitz
Miller and wealthy householder associated with Chaya Sarah Beth Midrash.
Eliezer Wachsman
Wealthy householder associated with Chaya Sarah Beth Midrash.
Luft brothers
Jewish workers who attacked antisemitic hooligans.
Lukow landsmen in America
Sent aid after an appeal concerning economic hardship.