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Bolesław V the Chaste
Polish king who established a wooden castle and brought Templars to the area.
Chmielnicki
Chmielnicki is said to have burned a synagogue.
King Jan Kazimierz
A king named Jan Kazimierz is said to have granted a privilege to Jews settling in Lukow.
The king
The king is described as holding authority over Jews in the crown city.
The voivode
The voivode is described as having judicial authority over Jews in the crown city.
Sirka
Mother whose name was used in Rabbi Joel Sirkesh's popular name.
Joel Sirkes
Rabbi Joel Sirkes was born in Lublin in 1561.
Samuel Jaffe
Samuel Jaffe was Joel Sirkes’s father and a prominent Torah scholar in Lublin.
Reuven
A son-in-law whose residence rights were disputed by heirs.
The Bach
Rabbi who served in several communities, including Luków, Brisk, and Kraków.
The Maharam
Rabbi associated with Lublin and Kraków during the discussed period.
Leyb Fishel
Kraków rabbi and father-in-law of Ephraim Fishel.
Zekharya Hanavi
Father of Leyb Fishel, according to the passage.
Saul Wahl
Legendary king of Poland and ancestor of Zekharya Hanavi.
Abishal Frankfurter
Descendant of Leyb Fishel born in Mezritch.
Mordechai Lisser
Descendant of Leyb Fishel born in Mezritch.
Yaakov Wahl
Former Łuków rabbi identified in the passage as Shlomo Zalman’s father.
Rabbi Jacob
A rabbi whose death year is given as 1609.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman
A rabbi whose death year is given as 1056.
Zalman of Lukow
A rabbi described as Elijah’s nephew and a Torah authority.
Isaiah Mintzberg
Possibly served as rabbi after Rafael Bernstein.
Abraham Menlemsburg
A progressive from Lukow who wrote about equal rights and his children’s Polish literacy.
Mordecai Epstein
A Lukow native who urged fellow residents to learn from Jewish initiatives in Mezritch.
Epstein
Epstein may have left Lukow and settled in Mezritch.
Leizer M. E.
An editorial note identifies this person as the intended name instead of Israel.
Hayta Bumel
Hayta Bumel appeared at a Zionist gathering as a Keren Kayemet emissary.
Uri Tzvi Zamlavski
Uri Tzvi Zamlavski appeared at a Zionist gathering as a Keren Kayemet emissary from Nahalal.
Bolesław the Bashful
Polish king described as establishing a wooden castle and transferring the Templars.
Sigismund Augustus I
King described as lodging in Lukow during journeys to Lithuania.
Joel Sirkis
A rabbi said to have served in Lukow during 1613–1614.
Joseph II
Joseph II issued the Toleration Edict concerning Jews.
Joel Sirkes
Rabbi identified as the first known rabbi of Lukow.
Joel Sirkes
Rabbi and commentator who opposed philosophy and promoted mystical Kabbalah and practical education.
The Bach
A rabbi associated with Lukow whose arrival date is discussed.
The Maharam
An older rabbi challenged by the Bach in a 1611 dispute.
Rabbi Afris Fishel
A rabbi who died in 1653, after Rabbi Zvi Hirsch.