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Far-Shtetishe Synagogue
Synagogue where community leaders and the religious court convened.
Bonifacy Mniszech
Official who issued a regulation recognizing suburban Jewish property rights.
Suburban Jewish Community
Jewish community outside the city, distinct from the city community.
Jacob Kapil son of Asher HaKohen
Rabbi who succeeded Moses son of Mordecai Ashkenazi.
Mordecai son of Zvi Hirsch Ashkenazi
Rabbi who held the rabbinate for six years after 1630.
Joshua son of Joseph
Rabbi who succeeded Mordecai son of Zvi Hirsch Ashkenazi.
Pnei Yehoshua
Responsa attributed to Rabbi Joshua son of Joseph.
Meshullam Salzburg son of Abraham Ashkenazi
Rabbi who held important roles in the Council of Four Lands.
David son of Samuel Halevi
Rabbi and author of Turei Zahav who succeeded Joseph Netz.
Joel Sirkis
Rabbi and father-in-law of David son of Samuel Halevi.
Shabbetai Zevi
Messianic claimant whose appearance prompted David Halevi to investigate him.
Isaiah
Son of David Halevi sent to investigate Shabbetai Zevi.
Judah-Yudel son of Moses of Lublin
David Halevi’s successor as suburban rabbi and the last suburban rabbi.
Synagogue Attendant
Caption identifying a synagogue attendant.
Kraków Gate
The 1623 fire spread as far as the Kraków Gate.
Benedictine convent
The fire reached the Benedictine convent and nearby areas.
Jan Andrzej Próchnicki
The archbishop granted a synagogue-building license under exterior-design conditions.
Lviv community court
Its fines helped finance synagogue construction.
Synagogue with women's gallery and court hall
The synagogue complex was erected in 1632 and survived until 1941.
N. M. Galcher
Named as a doctor in the passage heading.
Mordechai
A cantor mentioned before the account of the fire.
Ruthenian Monastery
Monastery bordering plots held by Jews for over a century.
Elijah
Jewish man whose wedding gathering preceded the attack.
Yan Podbisotsky
Householder whose home was searched for stolen goods.
Zelig
Jewish intermediary who broke a cross during a house search.
Torosovich
Armenian archbishop who collected and reassembled the broken cross.
Gablovsky
Burgrave who extinguished candles and took the broken cross.
Consistory
Authority that demanded return of the cross and sued the Jews.
Abraham Dankovitz
Named as a Jewish thief or robber in the Jewish quarter.
Heshel Yushka
Named among Jewish thieves or robbers in the Jewish quarter.
Yitzhak of Lublin
Named among people who terrorized travelers and the Jewish quarter.
Moshko “Robber”
Described as leader of a Jewish-Christian gang.
Yaakov Doctorovich
Named in a list of prominent Jewish family figures.
Jewish court
Court where Yitzhak ben Nahman is recorded as a member.
Zimorowicz
A writer quoted describing Jews with hostile language.
Yaroslavl
City where the Council of Four Lands met.