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Bolesław V the Chaste

באלעסלאװ װםטידליװי

Polish king who established a wooden castle and brought Templars to the area.

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Chmielnicki

כמיעלניצקי

Chmielnicki is said to have burned a synagogue.

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King Jan Kazimierz

קעניג יאן קאזשימיעזשם

A king named Jan Kazimierz is said to have granted a privilege to Jews settling in Lukow.

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The king

דער מלך

The king is described as holding authority over Jews in the crown city.

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The voivode

זיץ װאיעװאדע

The voivode is described as having judicial authority over Jews in the crown city.

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Sirka

םירקע

Mother whose name was used in Rabbi Joel Sirkesh's popular name.

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Joel Sirkes

ר׳ יואל םירקעש

Rabbi Joel Sirkes was born in Lublin in 1561.

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Samuel Jaffe

ר׳ שמואל יפה

Samuel Jaffe was Joel Sirkes’s father and a prominent Torah scholar in Lublin.

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Reuven

דאובן

A son-in-law whose residence rights were disputed by heirs.

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The Bach

ב״ח

Rabbi who served in several communities, including Luków, Brisk, and Kraków.

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The Maharam

מהר״ם

Rabbi associated with Lublin and Kraków during the discussed period.

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Leyb Fishel

ר׳ לײב ר׳ פישלס

Kraków rabbi and father-in-law of Ephraim Fishel.

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Zekharya Hanavi

ר׳ זכריה הנביא

Father of Leyb Fishel, according to the passage.

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Saul Wahl

ר׳ שאול װאהל

Legendary king of Poland and ancestor of Zekharya Hanavi.

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Abishal Frankfurter

ר׳ אבישל פראנק־פורטער

Descendant of Leyb Fishel born in Mezritch.

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Mordechai Lisser

ר׳ מרדכי ליסער

Descendant of Leyb Fishel born in Mezritch.

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Yaakov Wahl

ר׳ יעקב װאד,ל

Former Łuków rabbi identified in the passage as Shlomo Zalman’s father.

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Rabbi Jacob

ר׳ יעקב

A rabbi whose death year is given as 1609.

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Rabbi Shlomo Zalman

ר׳ שלמה זלמן

A rabbi whose death year is given as 1056.

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Zalman of Lukow

זלמן לוקאװער

A rabbi described as Elijah’s nephew and a Torah authority.

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Isaiah Mintzberg

ר׳ ישעיה מינצבערג

Possibly served as rabbi after Rafael Bernstein.

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Abraham Menlemsburg

אברהם מענלםבורג

A progressive from Lukow who wrote about equal rights and his children’s Polish literacy.

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Mordecai Epstein

מרדכי עפשטײן

A Lukow native who urged fellow residents to learn from Jewish initiatives in Mezritch.

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Epstein

עפשטײן

Epstein may have left Lukow and settled in Mezritch.

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Leizer M. E.

לײזער מ. ע.

An editorial note identifies this person as the intended name instead of Israel.

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Hayta Bumel

חױתא בוםעל

Hayta Bumel appeared at a Zionist gathering as a Keren Kayemet emissary.

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Uri Tzvi Zamlavski

אורי צבי זאםלאװםקי

Uri Tzvi Zamlavski appeared at a Zionist gathering as a Keren Kayemet emissary from Nahalal.

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Bolesław the Bashful

בולסלב הוסטידלױי

Polish king described as establishing a wooden castle and transferring the Templars.

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Sigismund Augustus I

זיגמונט אוגוםט הראשון

King described as lodging in Lukow during journeys to Lithuania.

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Joel Sirkis

ר׳ יואל םירקיש

A rabbi said to have served in Lukow during 1613–1614.

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Joseph II

הקיםר ױםף השני

Joseph II issued the Toleration Edict concerning Jews.

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Joel Sirkes

ר׳ יואל סירקש

Rabbi identified as the first known rabbi of Lukow.

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Joel Sirkes

ר׳ יואל םירקש

Rabbi and commentator who opposed philosophy and promoted mystical Kabbalah and practical education.

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The Bach

הב״ח

A rabbi associated with Lukow whose arrival date is discussed.

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The Maharam

המהר״ם

An older rabbi challenged by the Bach in a 1611 dispute.

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Rabbi Afris Fishel

הרב אפריס פישל

A rabbi who died in 1653, after Rabbi Zvi Hirsch.

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