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Gymnasium
School admitting Isaac Reuben Fuchs.
Solomon Wolf
Jewish student at the University of Lviv who received an annual scholarship.
Moses Poter
Jewish student at the University of Lviv who received an annual scholarship.
Friedenthal
Named as one of the first Haskalah pioneers in Lviv.
Brody
City used for comparison with the Haskalah situation in Lviv.
Merkavet HaMishneh
Commentary on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah published in 1761.
Aharon-Moshe ben Tzvi Lviv
Scholar who authored Hebrew grammar works in the 1760s.
Shira Hadasha
Grammar book in verse published in Zolkiew in 1764.
Ohel Moshe
Complete Hebrew grammar published in Zolkiew in 1765.
Sefer HaBrit HaShalem
Work covering geography, natural history, physics, and religious thought.
Pinhas Eliyahu Horowitz
Disseminator of the Haskalah who was born in Lviv and traveled widely.
Nachman Reim
Wealthy admirer and supporter who housed Pinhas Eliyahu Horowitz.
Pressburg
City where Pinhas Eliyahu Horowitz completed his book.
Brno
City where Sefer HaBrit was printed in 1797.
Words of Truth
Book discussing Jewish life, education, employment, and religious beliefs in Poland.
Pinhas ben Eliyahu
Jewish author who lived in Krakow and died there in 1821.
Hidden Treasures
Additional book attributed to Pinhas ben Eliyahu.
Hayyim Vital
Author of Etz Chaim, discussed in Pinhas ben Eliyahu's work.
Etz Chaim
Book by Hayyim Vital discussed in another work by Pinhas ben Eliyahu.
Balkans
Region where the book's influence spread.
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher whose ideas are discussed in the book.
Tzvi Ornstein
Rabbi of Lviv who imposed a ban on the proponents of the Haskalah in 1816.
Sefer Ha-Brit
Book said to have encouraged youth toward a desire for education.
Shir
Writer who published a pamphlet against Hasidism.
Leopold II
Emperor whose intervention helped repeal clothing regulations for Jews.
Ternopil District
District governed by Russia from 1809 to 1815.
Bukovina
Region described as connected with Galicia until 1848.
Napoleon
Napoleon issued a proclamation promising to restore a Jewish state in Palestine.
Lviv Jewish community council
Council sent supplies and collected funds for the Polish army.
Rabbi Jacob Ornstein
Rabbi who delivered a sermon during the 1814 victory celebration.
Jewish population of Lviv
Lviv’s Jewish population changed as individuals arrived from newly incorporated territories.
Jewish schools
Jewish schools whose teachers could receive entry licenses under an imperial decree.
District Ministry
Authority whose oversight was opposed by the municipality.
Brody suburb
Suburb listed in an 1825 population census.
Zolkiew suburb
Suburb listed in an 1825 population census.
Lviv Jewish schools
Schools whose teachers were exempted from a restriction on moving to Lviv.