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Reuven Margoliot
Author of a history of rabbis and yeshiva heads.
Rabbi Levi ben Jacob Kiknish
First recorded rabbi and head of the religious court mentioned for Lviv.
Kalman of Worms
Rabbi described as the first rabbi of the two communities.
Eliezer son of Menachem
Son-in-law of Kalman of Worms, with responsa reportedly published.
Israel of Bruna
Rabbi cited through his responsa.
David Gans
Author cited for listing heads of a yeshiva in Lviv.
Yehiel Heilperin
Author cited for listing heads of a yeshiva in Lviv.
Yehuda Leib son of Moses
Rabbi described as head of a yeshiva in Orishchyna.
Benjamin son of Moses
Rabbi praised for Torah learning and authorship.
Moses son of Mordecai Ashkenazi
First chief judge outside the city walls and Torah teacher.
Naphtali Haritz son of Menahem
Head of a yeshiva who produced many students.
Asher son of Isaac HaKohen
Chief judge and head of a yeshiva serving the two communities.
Reuven Margalit
A rabbi named in the historical memorial list.
Yosef son of Shmuel
A rabbi who headed yeshivas in several communities, especially Lviv.
Yitzhak Isaac son of Yekhiel
The last rabbi of two communities and head of a yeshiva.
Moshe son of Aharon
A Torah scholar who headed yeshivas in several communities.
Hanokh Hendel son of Shmaryah
A head of a yeshiva and communal leader.
Yehudah Leib son of Moshe
A former communal judge in Pidhaytsi who later headed a Lviv yeshiva.
Moshe son of Yosef
A head of the community's major yeshiva in a city of scholars and scribes.
Yehoshua Wolk (Falk) son of Alexander HaKohen
A rabbi who headed a yeshiva in Lviv and later served in Ludmir.
Yisrael Parnas
A Lviv communal official whose daughter married Yehoshua Wolk.
Yehoshua, author of Meginnei Shlomo
A listed student of Yehoshua Wolk.
Avraham Shrentzel
A listed student of Yehoshua Wolk and author of Eitan HaEzrachi.
Yeshayah HaLevi Horowitz
A listed student of Yehoshua Wolk and author of the Shelah.
Yosef Kazi
Rabbinical judge for the Podolia region.
Mordechai Jaffe
Rabbi and rabbinical judge of Poznań.
Moshe of Krakow
Rabbi described as serving in the Krakow district.
Lev of Brest
Rabbi and rabbinical judge of Brest and Lithuania.
Yosef of Lviv
Rabbinical judge of Lviv and all Podolia.
Israel Eliezer ben Moshe Avraham Groifen
Distinguished rabbinical judge and chief head of the rabbinical court.
Shlomo Zalman
Son of Yosef; died in Lviv on 23 Tevet 572.
Nathan ben Eliezer Rofe
Rabbi, head of a yeshiva, and chief judge who died in 1622.
Abraham ben David
Rabbi and chief judge who authored commentaries and taught students.
Meir ben Naftali Hirz
Head of a yeshiva and author of a commentary on Midrash Rabbah.
Joseph ben Yehiel
Head of a yeshiva and rabbinical court who wrote Talmudic commentaries.
Jacob-Kapel ben Asher Anshel HaKohen
Rabbi of Sephardic exiles and chief judge inside and outside the city.