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Asher son of Isaac HaKohen
אשר ב״ר יצחק הכהן
Chief judge and head of a yeshiva serving the two communities.
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... שמ״ב (1582), ר׳ אשר ב״ר יצחק הכהן, אב״ד
וריש מתיבתא, רבנן של שתי הקהילות אחרי ר׳ קלמן
מווירמייזא ראש לחבורה קדושא, אחד מגזברי הקודש
כר׳ פנחס בן יאיר... ערב ר״ח אייר שמ״ב. בנו ר׳ יעקב
קאפ ל היה בשנים 1620 — 1630 רב בקהלה מחוץ־לעיר. ...Connected nodes
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