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Jews of Lukow and Lukow district
Jews in Lukow and its district suffered requisitions and reported abuses.
Strzhitsinsky
He conducted frequent requisitions and robbed Jews, according to the passage.
Patotsky
A general who received complaints against Strzhitsinsky.
Baranovsky
A general who received complaints against Strzhitsinsky.
Tamashovsky
A representative who sent similar reports to the National Council.
Highest National Council
The council issued instructions concerning revolutionary paper currency.
Synagogues and study houses
Jewish religious institutions were included in currency-promotion instructions.
National Council
The council whose senior members received Tamashovsky’s report.
Jews in the Łuków district
Jews in the Łuków district were instructed to publish a decree about paper money.
Łuków district
The district associated with the Jews addressed in the report.
1807 Tilsit agreement
An agreement at Tilsit in 1807 restored the Duchy of Warsaw over part of former Polish territory.
Polish merchants
Polish merchants viewed Jews as dangerous competitors and sought to exclude them from the city.
Polish nobility
The nobility sought to exclude Jews from royal leases.
Polish monarchy
The monarchy’s weakening authority contributed to worsening Jewish conditions.
Authority of the king
The king’s authority was no longer as strong during internal wars.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Political leader associated with freedom and civil equality.
Austria
Power involved in the partitions of Poland.
Prussia
Power involved in the partitions of Poland.
Tilsit
Location of an 1807 agreement restoring the Duchy of Warsaw.
Polish liberal leaders
Minority leaders who proposed plans concerning the Jewish question in Poland.
Jewish religious leaders
Religious leaders wary that impending freedom would lead to assimilation.
French-occupied territory
Territory under French occupation transferred to the duchy.
Duchy
A duchy to which the French-occupied territory was transferred.
Polish leaders
Polish leaders interpreted Napoleon’s decree restrictively.
Polish authorities
Authorities whose approval was required for Jewish emancipation.
Gemilut Hasadim House
A charitable institution provided interest-free loans to residents.
Talmud Torah with Derekh Eretz
A school combined religious and secular education for poor children.
HaTzfira
The passage says Lukow had readers of HaTzfira.
Chaim Eliezer Mushkat
A Maskil and scholar associated with Lukow’s townspeople.
Rabbi Yeshaile Mushkat
A well-known rabbi and good Jew identified as Mushkat’s forebear.
Mezhiritch
A town associated with an unnamed Hebrew teacher and translator.
Hamelitz
A well-known weekly newspaper carrying a report about Lukow.
Binysh Goldfarb
A Mezhiritch intellectual devoted wholeheartedly to the Zionist ideal.
Yiddish
The language of the Passover Haggadah translation.
Hebrew
A language used for lectures, original works, and translations.
German
A language into which works were translated.