Skala-Podilska
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Mental hospital
Institution where the first woman’s husband was said to be confined.
Unnamed woman with son in America
Woman whose son lived in America and did not write her letters.
Baruch Leib
A Skala Jew described as an ardent Vizhnitz Hasid and idler.
Baruch Leib the Vizhnitzer “Patriot”
A historical Skala figure featured in the article’s opening story.
Police
Authorities called to investigate Brukh Leib as a suspected spy.
Vizhnitz
The Hasidic community whose prayer rite was initially followed.
Leibish Nates (Firestein)
A poor man who studied with Moshe David and later lived in a bathhouse.
Moshe Firestein
Leibish's relative and head of the Jewish community.
Moshe David
A wealthy man addressed humorously by Leibish Nates.
Leibish Nates
A poor Torah scholar who exchanged humorous greetings with Moshe David.
Moshe David's house
The house Moshe David passed while standing outside.
Baruch Feyerstein
A prominent Jew in the town, known as Baruch the Ruler.
Baruch Tabak
A young man who came to Skala and lodged with his father-in-law.
Yude Drimer
Baruch Tabak’s father-in-law, according to the passage.
Baruch the Ruler
A powerful town figure who commanded a young man to carry out a task.
Abraham Drimer
Rabbi of Skala who helped collect Passover charity.
Moses Isserles
Rabbinic authority cited regarding the custom of collecting wheat for Passover.
Shulchan Aruch
Religious legal work containing the cited Passover custom.
Israel Ziganer
A local person whose home included the village prayer house.
The village prayer house
A prayer place where travelers prayed publicly.
The rabbi
A rabbi asked to examine a boy’s learning.
Chaim Yisrael
A humorous man who joked with poor women collecting challah.
Shlomo Alter't
A known name used for Shlomo Weinroib.
Poor women collecting challah
Poor women went house to house collecting challah on Saturday mornings.
Shlomo
Shlomo left Skala during World War I and later led the Port Arthur synagogue.
Port Arthur
The battle site whose name inspired the synagogue's popular name.
Shlomo's wife
Shlomo's wife prepared holiday food and drinks for synagogue members.
Matye Rechter
A water carrier and one of Shlomo's followers.
Veli
Matye Rechter's wife.
Shlomo
A person whose followers included Matye Rechter.
Mair
A man shouted at during a disturbance and associated with a religious response.
Shlomo Aharon
A person identified parenthetically as Shlomo Aharon in the passage.
Yosl Blumenthal
A man born in Barshchev who observed the train’s horse wagon.
Railway yard
The yard where the train arrived with a line of wagons.
Baruch Rozenboim
Worked in Israel Zaidman's shop and discussed the Feuerstein family lineage.
Israel Zaidman
Employed Baruch Rozenboim in a shop.