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Yaakov Gombricht
A Jewish representative who traveled to Warsaw on the community’s behalf.
Yitzhak Markovitz
A Jewish representative who traveled to Warsaw on the community’s behalf.
Shimon ben Shaul
A Jewish representative who traveled to Warsaw on the community’s behalf.
Craftsmen associations
Associations that offered payment if the city did not contract with Jews.
Christian furriers’ guild
A Christian guild whose fur trade Jewish merchants competed with.
Russia
The source region from which Jewish merchants ordered furs.
Vyshnia
Place where the sejmik convened in 1640.
Sejmik
Assembly that urged removing restrictions on Jewish commerce.
King
The king issued a warning to the city council on December 30, 1643.
Jewish Merchants
Jewish merchants engaged in fur trading and negotiated successive contracts with the municipality.
Bolkhov
Source of salt from royal mines traded by Jewish merchants.
Wrocław
Destination of exported Jewish-traded goods.
Königsberg
Destination of exported Jewish-traded goods.
Brunsberg
Destination of exported Jewish-traded goods.
Jews from Turkey
Jewish migrants from Turkey were prominent in the import trade.
Samuel Tshlbi
Jewish merchant from Turkey residing and trading in Lviv.
Shamai Skampis
Jewish merchant who bought and occupied a house in Lviv.
Abraham Shkatvilnik
Jewish merchant from Italy residing in Lviv.
Lukasiewicz
Municipal interpreter used by merchants who did not know Polish.
Zamosc
City where some merchants lived.
Moldavia
Region reached by Lviv Jewish commerce.
Moscow
City reached by Lviv Jewish commerce.
Mordecai ben Israel
Lviv broker who arranged financing and loans for merchants.
Simeon
Jewish outsider who headed the Jewish tailors’ guild in 1627.
King Wladislaus
King who granted a privilege to certain Jewish artisans in 1634.
Artisans' Synagogues
Artisans maintained specialized synagogues for tailors, bakers, and porters.
Jewish Artisans of Lviv
Jewish artisans faced sustained competition from Christian artisans and served Christian customers.
Jewish Orchestra of Lviv
A 13-member Jewish orchestra performed at Jewish weddings in the early seventeenth century.
Halych
Town to which the Karaites moved in 1475.
Nobles
Nobles who needed Jewish brokers and overlooked the requested monopoly.
Krakow Suburb
Suburb where Jews purchased plots and houses.
Old city
The old city became a suburb after a fire.
High Castle
Palace area near the Karaite settlement.
Karaite Street
Street later named after the Karaites.
Ulytsa Kara yitska
Local name given for Karaite Street.
Podmiyeiska
Lower-city district associated with the Jewish community.