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Isaiah Cohen
Named in the Israel contributor list.
Shimon Saraka
Named in the Israel contributor list.
Mattel Feldman
Named in the United States contributor list.
Jacob Braun
Named in the United States contributor list.
Jack Braun
Named in the United States contributor list.
Leyb Batsan
Named in the United States contributor list.
Tzvi Flug
Named in the United States contributor list.
Hersh Rozenstein
Named in the United States contributor list.
K. Heler
Listed as the editor of the volume.
Napoleon
Military leader mentioned in historical references to Lukow.
Sigismund I the Old
Polish king who stayed in Łuków while traveling to Lithuania.
John II Casimir
King who visited Łuków in 1652 and renewed Jewish privileges.
Meir ben Gadalia
Rabbi Meir ben Gadalia, author of a responsum mentioning a burned synagogue in Łuków.
Maharam of Lublin
A rabbi who died in 1616 and was consulted about the synagogue-site question.
Joel Sirkis
Rabbi Joel Sirkis was already a rabbi in Lukow in 1613–1614.
King Kazimierz the Great
He is said to have granted a general privilege to Jews in his kingdom in 1453.
Napoleon
Ruler who defeated opponents and incorporated Western Galicia into the Duchy of Warsaw.
Adolf Hitler
Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.
Dr. Mahler
A doctor cited as the source of a 1727 report.
Joel Sirkesh
Rabbi identified as the first known rabbi of Lukow and author of Beit Hadash.
Reuven
A son-in-law involved in a dispute over residence in his father-in-law’s house.
Rabbi Feibush
Rabbi who preceded the Bach in Brisk and later served in Kraków.
Yehoshua Walk
A rabbi known as Pnei Yehoshua and identified as head of a yeshiva.
Rabbi Jacob of Lukow
A rabbi of Lukow who corresponded with the Maharam of Lublin.
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch
A rabbi who died in 1626 and may have succeeded Rabbi Jacob.
Rabbi Fishl
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch’s father and rabbi of Brisk.
Rabbi Shlomo Luria
A renowned rabbi known as Maharshal and rabbi of Lublin.
Ephraim Fishel
Rabbi who died in 1653 and was associated with the Łuków rabbinate.
Fishel
Patriarch described as Poland’s first chief rabbi under Sigismund I.
Shlomo Zalman
Rabbi who died in 1660 and was probably a rabbi in Łuków.
Rabbi Zalman Shur
A renowned rabbi and author of Tevuot Shor.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman of Lukow
A Lukow rabbi described as a major Torah authority.
Mordecai ben Naftali of Krakow
Author of a commentary on Jonathan ben Uzziel's Targum.
Solomon Zalman Katsinailnbugin
Signed approbations for two religious books.
Jacob ben Naftali of Gniezno
Author of the ethical work Beit Yaakov.
Samson Zelig
Known scholar, author of several religious works, and former rabbi of Lukow.