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Benjamin Zvi Natkim
Enlightenment advocate called a false prophet by the devout.
David Caro
Author of a book published with additions and corrections by J. L. Mises.
Nahman Krochmal
Intellectual who lived in Zolkiew and frequently visited Lviv.
Shimon Sofer
Rabbi Shimon Sofer, followed by much of the community.
Elimelech of Lizhensk
A deceased Hasidic leader whose death preceded the 1788 printing.
Eliezer, son of Elimelech
Printed Noam Elimelech in Lviv in 1788.
Michael-Levi Fromkin
Named as responsible for several listed books.
S. Orenshin
Author of a work about Dov Fridman of Sadigura.
Z. Zohar
Author of a referenced article about Hasidic prayer houses.
Joseph Hayot
Public prayer leader reportedly killed while praying during the 1664 Lviv riots.
Baruch Shor
A renowned cantor and composer associated with Lviv’s Jewish community.
Yeruham HaKatan
A cantor with whom Baruch Shor later sang.
Baruch Shor’s father
A learned Hasid and member of the Ruzhin court who taught Baruch Shor Torah.
Israel Shor
Baruch Shor’s son, who published selections of his father’s prayers.
Mordechai (Motil) Shor
Baruch Shor’s son and successor as cantor.
Abraham Meisels
Known music enthusiast from Lviv who commented on Jewish musical life.
Nissan Balzer
Cantor mentioned as an example of a renowned cantor with a hoarse voice.
Hillman
Choir conductor who served under Mordechai Shor and was later in Haifa.
Zeidel Rokhner (Jacob Samuel Margovsky)
Person introduced as a cantor at the Forshtat Shul.
Zeidel Rovner
A cantor who served in Lviv and Rovna before moving to America.
Jacob Isaac of Makarov
A righteous figure who directed Zeidel Rovner to become a cantor.
Aharon Moshe Pudahorzer
A famous violinist whose music influenced Zeidel Rovner’s musical style.
Zeidel
A gifted cantor and renowned conductor active in Lviv.
Baruch Kinstler
Cantor from Konstantin who served at an out-of-town synagogue in Lviv.
Yitzhak Zvi Hilpern
Cantor serving at the Heichal synagogue in Lviv.
Baruch Kinstler
Cantor who served in Lviv and later died there.
Zisha Harer
Cantor and choir conductor serving an outside-city synagogue from 1918.
Zeev Richter
Tenor who sang in Harer's choir and later served as cantor in Haifa.
Yitzhak Shrager
Singer who sang in Harer's choir.
Alter Kimmer
Child alto singer described as a prodigy.
Aharon Shalom Shirman
Cantor and musician who composed Jewish works and died in Lviv.
Dov-Ber Lobowitz
Cantor who served in synagogues in Lviv and Lodz.
Mendel Finster-Rokach
Cantor who served at Gal-Ed Synagogue in Lviv from 1935 to 1937.
Israel Meizels
Cantor who studied in Vienna with Mendel Finster-Rokach.
Judah Liebish Miller
Renowned cantor who taught Mendel Finster-Rokach and Israel Meizels in Vienna.
Admor of Belz
Rabbinic leader identified as Mendel Finster-Rokach’s grandfather.