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Yeshayahu son of Yitzhak
Head of the court in Zolkiew and later head of the academy in Lviv.
Moshe
Head of the academy who taught community members Torah.
Yekutiel Zalman son of Nach Yechiel
Head of the academy and court judge described as pious.
Yissachar Ber son of Moshe
Distinguished judge and head of the academy.
David ben Shmuel Halevi
Rabbi, halakhic authority, author of Turei Zahav, and chief rabbi of Lviv.
Potelych
Place where David ben Shmuel Halevi served as rabbi.
Divrei David
Commentary on the Torah authored by David ben Shmuel Halevi.
Gershon Bak ben Binyamin
Rabbi, rosh yeshiva, and leading judge in 1668.
Naftali Hirz ben Yehuda Zelk
Rabbi who served in intra-city Lviv from 1654 to 1669.
Zelk family
Family described as descended from forced-convert Jews from Ashkenaz.
Yehuda Zelk
Rabbi and son-in-law of Yoel Sirkis.
Ashkenaz
Region from which the Zelk family ancestors came to Poland.
Moshe ben Yaakov Kiknish
Rabbi, rosh yeshiva, and head of the rabbinical court in 1669.
Yaakov ben Yehuda Leib
Preacher at the study house outside the city in 1670.
Asher Yaakov Avraham ben Aryeh Leib Kalmankesh
Judge and halakhic decisor who authored works on Torah and Kabbalah.
Eshel Avraham
Work on the Torah authored by Asher Yaakov Avraham Kalmankesh.
Maayan HaChochmah
Work on Kabbalah and the secrets of creation.
Yosef ben Avraham Chayut
Head of the rabbinical court and preacher in 1685.
Ben Porat Yosef
Work authored by Yosef ben Avraham Chayut.
Yehuda Yudil ben Moshe
Rabbi who served in Lviv and participated in the Council of Four Lands.
Zvi Hirsch ben Zechariah Mendel Klausner
Rabbi born in Krakow who later became chief rabbi of Lublin.
Simcha ben Moshe Yitzchak
Rabbi appointed chief rabbi of Stryi and its region.
Yosef ben Moshe Harif Segal
Rabbi described as head of a yeshiva and later chief rabbi of Przemyśl.
David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida
Rabbi associated with Lida, Ostroh, Mainz, and Amsterdam.
Lida
City where David ben Aryeh Leib served as chief rabbi.
Ashkenazi community of Amsterdam
Community served by David ben Aryeh Leib as chief rabbi.
Yitzhak ben Yaakov Kikensh
Rabbi described as a leading judge and defender of Torah.
Yoshua Falkir Yehuda Leib
Preacher and author of the work Emek Yehoshua.
Yaakov ben Avraham
Head of a yeshiva and son-in-law of David of Lida.
Ashkenazi community of Amsterdam
Religious community whose chief rabbi was David of Lida.
Emek Yehoshua
Book authored by Yoshua Falkir Yehuda Leib.
Moses Pinchas ben Israel
Rabbi and communal leader in Lviv and neighboring communities.
Explosives warehouse
Warehouse where an explosion caused a collapse.
Moses ben David
Pious scholar, distinguished judge, and teacher.
Household Conduct
Treatise established by Benjamin Wolf ben Judah Kalmankish.
Isaiah ben Menahem Mendel Katzenellenbogen
Distinguished judge and communal leader who taught many students.