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Yehoshua ben Yitzhak ha-Levi Reytsis
Scholar and philanthropist in Lviv who was killed for sanctifying God's name.
Isaiah son of Abraham HaLevi Horowitz
Rabbi, preacher, and head of the rabbinical court.
Isaiah son of Aharon Meshulam of Loytsk
Head of a yeshiva, major judge, and decisor.
Jacob of Kulikov
Former rabbi of Kulikov and later legal decisor and preacher in Lviv.
Menahem Gali son of Baruch HaLevi
Judge, legal decisor, and author of religious works.
Pinhas son of Jacob Katzenellenbogen
Head of the rabbinical court in Krakow and preacher in the city.
Moses Hayyim son of Eliezer
Former rabbinical court head in Kormano and Zolochiv, later in Lviv.
Aryeh Leib son of Saul
Rabbi who served in several communities and later in Amsterdam.
Jacob Joshua ben Tzvi Hirsch
Rabbi known by the title Pnei Yehoshua and communal leader in Lviv.
Jacob Joshua’s young wife
Young wife of Jacob Joshua who died in the 1703 explosion.
Jacob Joshua’s only daughter
Only daughter of Jacob Joshua who died in the 1703 explosion.
Chaim Cohen Rapoport
Rabbi and head of the yeshiva in Lviv; later served as rabbi of Lviv.
Chaim ben Simcha HaKohen Rapoport
Rabbi of Zhitomir and Slutsk, later chief rabbi of Lviv and its district.
Aryeh-Leib
Head of the yeshiva in Lviv during Chaim Cohen Rapoport’s rabbinate.
Yosef, author of Pri Megadim
Son of Meir ben Yosef Teomim.
Dov Berish ben Aryeh Leib
Rabbi who served in several communities and headed the yeshiva in Lviv.
Aryeh Leib
Father of Dov Berish; rabbi in Zamość.
Mordecai Zeev ben Moshe
Rabbi known as the Great Rabbi Mordecai-Zeev; served in several communities and Lviv.
Yaakov Ornstein
Son of Mordecai Zeev and author of Yeshuot Yaakov.
Meir ben Tzvi Hirsch Margoliot
Rabbi of Yaslovitz and later chief rabbinical judge of the Lviv district.
Chaim Cohen Rapoport
Rabbi who served as a chief rabbinical judge in Lviv.
Shlomo of Chelma
Rabbi who succeeded Chaim Cohen Rapoport as chief rabbinical judge in Lviv.
Yosef ben Meir Teomim
Rabbi and author of Pri Megadim, born near Lviv and raised in Lviv.
Elikim of Komarno
Rabbi whose daughter Yosef ben Meir Teomim married.
Daniel Yafeh
Rabbi in Berlin whose study house employed Yosef ben Meir Teomim.
Tzvi Hirsch ben Moshe
Former chief rabbinical judge in Bialikamin and later head of the rabbinical court in Lviv.
Meir Kristiampoler
Son of Tzvi Hirsch ben Moshe and chief rabbinical judge in Brody.
Moshe David Ashkenazi
Son of Anshel ben Moshe Ashkenazi, later associated with Tultshin and Safed.
Avraham Sheindliger
Rabbi and religious judge associated with Salé.
Zvi Hirsch Rozenish
Rabbi and head of the rabbinical court in Lviv.
Yitzhak Ashkenazi
Rabbi and religious judge in Khodorov and two Lviv communities.
Mordechai Zeev Ornstein
Rabbi and head of the rabbinical court in Lviv; Yaakov’s father.
Meshulam HaKohen
Rabbi and head of the rabbinical court in Lviv.
Yitzhak Eizik
Rabbi identified as Meshulam HaKohen’s brother.
Naftali Hirz
Head of the rabbinical court.
Yehoshua Yitzhak Yair Horowitz
Rabbi, preacher, author, and later rabbi in Zorau vana.