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Menachem son of Yitzhak
Rabbi and head of a yeshiva memorialized as murdered in Lviv.
Yitzhak son of Shmuel
Rabbi and yeshiva head memorialized as murdered in Lviv.
Adel of Drohobych
Person reportedly sentenced to death by the Latin archbishop of Lviv.
Latin Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop described as chairing the inquisitorial court for the Lviv district.
Inquisitorial Court of the Lviv District
Court described as sentencing Adel and the Reitses brothers to death.
Mordecai son of Solomon
Rabbi Mordecai, son of Rabbi Solomon, head of a yeshiva.
Aharon Yehiel son of Joseph
Rabbi Aharon Yehiel, head of a yeshiva and distinguished judge.
Amsterdam Jewish community
The inscription says Tzvi Hirsch’s Torah light appeared in the Amsterdam community.
Hamburg Jewish community
The inscription says Tzvi Hirsch’s Torah light appeared in the Hamburg community.
Yekhiel Hakohen
Yekhiel Hakohen is named in Mordecai’s patronymic inscription.
David, son of Daniel
David, son of Daniel, is commemorated as killed during persecution outside the city.
Daniel
Daniel is named in David’s patronymic inscription.
Samuel son of Joseph Hayut
A Torah scholar and prayer leader killed during prayer.
Jacob
A righteous person killed on a Sabbath in Lviv.
Solomon son of Samuel
Eliezer’s brother, killed on a Sabbath.
Shalom
Person memorialized as having died for the sanctification of God's name.
Yitzhak Yaar
Person memorialized as having died for the sanctification of God's name.
Zekharya ben Yaakov
Person memorialized as having died for the sanctification of God's name.
Shalom Nisan
Person memorialized as having died for the sanctification of God's name.
Shimon Meir
Person memorialized as having died for the sanctification of God's name.
Aaron son of Lapidot
A prominent Torah scholar, judge, teacher, and pious community leader.
Weizel
Described as Aaron son of Lapidot’s modest and pious wife.
Isaac
A Torah scholar and teacher, killed on 14 Iyar 5424.
Eliezer
A Torah scholar and teacher, killed on 14 Iyar 5424.
Chaim son of Mordecai
A distinguished Torah scholar killed on 20 Sivan 5424.
Kolomyia Jewish community
The Jewish community of Kolomyia, mentioned in a memorial account.
Chaim ben Mordechai
Chaim ben Mordechai is said to have been killed in 1664.
Old Cemetery in Lviv
The passage discusses monuments and symbols in Lviv’s old cemetery.
Natan Dambitzer
An author cited for a historical account of rabbis in Lviv.
Avraham of Cologne
A rabbi, teacher, and founder of yeshivas who settled in Lviv from the West.
Yekhiel, the Great Judge
Avraham of Cologne’s father and a great judge in Lviv.
Yohanan Barukh Miyona
A prominent physician named in a cemetery inscription and family history.
Simhah Menahem son of Yohanan Barukh Miyona
A physician, community leader, and benefactor known as Simhah Doctor.
Eliezer son of Yohanan Barukh Miyona
A physician named in a cemetery inscription and family history.
Yohanan Barukh Miyona family
A prominent physician family active for Jewish brethren in Poland in the late seventeenth century.
Turei Zehav Synagogue
A synagogue that received a bronze menorah donated by Simhah Menahem in 1689.