Person
Isaac ben Nahman
יצחק בן נחמן
Head of the Lviv Jewish community who purchased land for a synagogue.
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... אחרי שריפת בית־הכנסת, בשנת 1571, עמדו יהודי
לבוב בפני קשיים גדולים כיצד להקימו מחדש. יצחק
בן נחמן שעמד בראש הקהלה החליט לקנות לבנין
בית־הכנסת מגרש, שיהיה רכושו הפרטי. ...Source passage 2
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... קודמיו, שלפיהן היו יהודי לבוב רשאים לנהל כל
מסחר כשאר הסוחרים 3). בתקופת שלטונו בבו פרנס־
הקהלה יצחק בן נחמן ובניו נחמן ומרדכי בית־כנסת
חדש שנקרא "בית הכנסת של טורי זהב". חמש שנים
אח״כ קנו יצחק ואשתו מגרש בשכנות לבית־הכנסת ...Source passage 3
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... בן יצחק, בעלה של "גילדענערויזה". אחרי מותם עבר
הבית לידי בנם יצחק בן נחמן ויורשיו. ...Source passage 4
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... אבי המשפחה יצחק בן נחמן — סוחר סיטוני, ...Connected nodes
Community
Jewish Community of Lviv
Led By
Place
Olsko Square
Owned
Institution
Isaac’s synagogue
Owned
Event
Municipal sale of land to Isaac ben Nahman
Participated In · Subject
Event
Completion of synagogue construction
Participated In · Subject
Community
Jewish Community of Lviv
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Place
Olsko Square
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Place
Horse Mill
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Person
King Wladislaus
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Person
Alexander
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Person
Nahman
Child Of
Person
Wife of Isaac ben Nahman
Spouse Of
Family
Family of Isaac ben Nahman
Member Of Family
Institution
Synagogue of Isaac Nahman
Founded By
Event
Founding of the Golden Towers synagogue
Participated In · Organizer
Person
Nahman
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Family
Family of Isaac ben Nahman
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Person
Wife of Isaac ben Nahman
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Place
Lviv
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Institution
Synagogue of Isaac Nahman
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Person
Stephen Bathory
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Sigismund III
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Person
Sulikowski
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Organization
Jesuits
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Place
House at Blaharska 20
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Family
Nahmanovich family
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Family
Abelovich family
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Family
Korkis family
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Person
Mordechai ben Abraham Feigels
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Person
Gachman ben Yitzhak
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Person
Yosef Tsimels
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Person
Chaim Tzufovnik
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Family
Nahman family
Member Of Family
Community
Lviv Jewish community
Led By
Institution
Nahman Synagogue
Founded By
Event
Founding of the Nahman Synagogue
Participated In · Organizer
Family
Nahman family
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Community
Lviv Jewish community
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Institution
Nahman Synagogue
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Institution
Gildene Royz Synagogue
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Founded By
Isaac ben Nahman → Synagogue of Isaac Nahman
פרנס ־ הקהל ה יצח ק ב ן נחמ ן ובני ו נחמ ן ומרדכ י בית־כנס ת חד ש שנקר א "בי ת הכנס ת ש ל טור י זהב"
Associated events
Business Opening · 1580-09-24
Municipal sale of land to Isaac ben Nahman
The city council decided to sell a plot to Isaac ben Nahman on 24 September 1580.
Business Opening · 1582
Completion of synagogue construction
Paulus completed Isaac’s synagogue in Gothic style in 1582.
Organization Founding
Founding of the Golden Towers synagogue
Isaac ben Nahman and his sons founded a new synagogue in Lviv.
Organization Founding · 1582
Founding of the Nahman Synagogue
Yitzhak ben Nahman funded construction of a synagogue in 1582.