Place · town
Okop
אוקופ
Town at the Zbruch’s mouth and birthplace of the Besht.
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... 71 עיירה סקאלה שוכנת בחבל פודוליה המערבית על
הגדה הימנית, המערבית, של הנהר זברוץ׳. נהר זה זורם כמעט בקו
ישר מצפון דרומה, מתפתל בתוך עמק ציורי צר ורחב לסירוגין,
ונשפך לנהר הגדול דנייסטר, כ־35 ק״מ דרומה מסקאלה. בשפך
הנהר שוכנת העיירה אוקופ, מקום הולדתו של הבעש״ט. ...Connected nodes
Person
Besht
Born In
Person
Gadalia Lachman
Appears in same passage
Place
Skala
Appears in same passage
Place
Western Podolia
Appears in same passage
Place
Zbruch River
Appears in same passage
Place
Dniester River
Appears in same passage
Person
Besht
Appears in same passage
Place
Southeastern Galicia
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Born In
Okop → Besht
מקו ם הולדת ו ש ל הבעש״ט
The relation is reversed in the text: Okop is the birthplace of the Besht.