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Rabbi Chaim ben Leizer
Rabbi who fled Lviv in connection with the trial of a convert.
Aryeh Leib ben Shaul
Rabbi elected as communal rabbi of Lviv in 1735.
King August III
King who instructed regional communities to recognize Lviv’s rabbi.
Adam Czartoryski
Voivode addressed by King August III in 1735.
Yitzhak ben Tzvi Landau
Rabbi elected regional rabbi in 1735 and resident of Zolkiew.
Emanuel di Yona
Doctor identified as Yitzhak Landau’s father-in-law.
Austopov
Place where Yitzhak Landau served as rabbi from 1714 to 1729.
Zolkiew
Town where Yitzhak Landau served and lived.
Glogau
Town to which Aryeh Leib returned in 1740.
Tzvi
Rabbi identified as Yitzhak Landau’s father.
Slutsk
City where Rabbi Simcha HaKohen Rapoport served as rabbi.
The Chacham Tzvi
Rabbi whose death preceded Simcha HaKohen's selection as Lviv rabbi.
Mizes-Kozimsky family
Prominent family involved in a dispute over appointing a yeshiva head.
Dov Abud
Led the selection of Rabbi Meir Margoliot as second regional rabbi.
Rabbi Meir ben Zvi Margoliot
Selected as second regional rabbi in 1755.
Voivode Czartoryski
Recognized Chaim Rapoport and rejected Meir Margoliot’s election.
Ternopil
Initial seat of Rabbi Meir Margoliot.
Lviv
Lviv community opposed the appointment of a second regional rabbi.
Regional Committee
Committee involved in selecting and recognizing regional rabbis.
Pinchas Shvirsky
Named among regional committee leaders who were protested against.
Barak Rabinovich
Named among regional committee leaders who were protested against.
Rabbi Shlomo ben Moshe
Chosen by Lviv leaders as regional rabbi in 1771.
Przemyślany
Planned location for the regional committee meeting.
Tysmenytsia
Community whose delegates did not attend the planned meeting.
Oniov
Location of the 1771 mutual agreement.
Mordechai ben Yitzhak
Representative of Lviv for the Land of Ruthenia at the Council of Four Lands.
Avraham ben Shabtai Horowitz
Rabbi and author listed among Lviv community leaders.
Yaakov bar Elyakum Heilperin
Community leader listed among Council of Four Lands participants.
Shlomo ben Yitzhak Harif
Head of academy and chief rabbi in Lviv.
Alexander ben Moshe HaKohen Ashkenazi
Rabbi listed among Council of Four Lands participants.
Shimshon ben Yitzhak Bachner
Judge and head of academy in Lviv.
Avraham ben Moshe Heilperin
Chief rabbi of Lviv and author of Ahavat Zion.
Hesed LeAvraham
Work attributed to Avraham ben Shabtai Horowitz.
Brit Avraham
Work attributed to Avraham ben Shabtai Horowitz.
Emek Brakha
Work attributed to Avraham ben Shabtai Horowitz.
Kuntres on Interest
Work attributed to Yehoshua ben Alexander Falk.