Łuków
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Narrator
Twelve-year-old boy who prayed with his grandfather and visited the Beker household.
Narrator's grandfather
Prayed with the narrator at the Aleksander shtibl.
Peretz Markish
Poet invited to lecture in Lukow.
City’s largest hall
Hall rented for Markish’s lecture.
Old Jewish cemetery
An old Jewish cemetery that became full.
Romanian general
The landowner demanded payment for the old cemetery site.
New cemetery
The town had to pay for a new cemetery.
General's coachman
The coachman was bribed to signal the general's return.
Sandy road
The sandy road ran through a forest near Siedlce.
Jewish community
The general sent the signed document to the Jewish community.
Gymnasium
Gymnasium located near the castle and fruit orchard.
Menger
Competing grain merchant opposite the Hana-Shmaies grain merchant.
Meir
The narrator’s classroom friend.
Sarah
Meir’s grandmother, who lived in a ruin.
Meir’s family
Meir’s family lived in a courtyard ruin.
Polish Gymnasium
A Polish secondary school near the narrator’s neighborhood.
Powszechna School
A general public elementary school opposite the stone enclosure.
Stone enclosure
A walled site containing a fruit garden and guards.
Lukow courtyard
A large open courtyard rented annually by Jews.
Broiz colony
A residential colony near Lukow with homes, gardens, a study house, and a ritual bath.
Broiz study house
A study house serving the residents of Broiz.
Broiz ritual bath
A ritual bath serving the residents of Broiz.
Old Study House
A study house associated with Efraim Mezritsher.
Meir Moshe Yitzhaks
A cantor or prayer leader from Chaya Sarah's Study House.
Chaya Sarah's Study House
A study house associated with Meir Moshe Yitzhaks.
Ger Study House
A study house associated with Yona Noy and Leibl Vuiner.
Shlomo Mendl
A cantor or prayer leader from the Alexander Study House.
Alexander Study House
A study house associated with Shlomo Mendl.
Mordechai Mechl
A cantor or prayer leader from the Porzhever Study House.
Porzhever Study House
A study house associated with Mordechai Mechl.
Hersh Mendl
A cantor or prayer leader from Mizrahi.
Moshe the Water Carrier
A water carrier described as praying and mediating among street vendors.
Christians
Christian residents who recognized Moshe's devout prayer as a sign.
the Great Synagogue
A large synagogue where congregants gathered on the evening before Rosh Hashanah.
study houses and small prayer houses
Prayer institutions mentioned as venues for penitential prayers and evening services.
institutions
Institutions where organized prayer quorums were held.