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Old City Synagogue
בית־הכנסת הישן בתוך־העיר
A synagogue founded by Nahman ben Isaac.
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... מיסד בית־הכנסת הישן בתוך־העיר, הם: הגאון הידוע ר׳
אברהם בר׳ ישראל כ״ץ ראפופורט שרענציל, ר׳ אברהם
פישל בר׳ צבי, שהיה אב״ד ומנהיג ועד ד״א (נפטר
בלבוב בשנת תי״ג—1351) וד״ר שמחה מנחם די־יונה. ...Connected nodes
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Nahman ben Isaac
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Nahman ben Isaac
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Abraham ben Israel Katz Rapoport Sharentsil
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Abraham Fishel ben Zvi
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Simcha Menachem Di-Yona
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Simeon
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Mordecai ben Moses
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Meir ben Abraham Zak
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Naphtali Hirz ben Judah Zelki of Krakow
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Tzvi Hirsch ben Zachariah Mendel Kloizner
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Krakow
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Meshullam ben Abraham Ashkenazi
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Joshua ben Joseph
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