Skala-Podilska
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The community
Community discussed as a possible owner of the oil resource.
Carlsbad
Named as a comparison for Skala's envisioned resort development.
Mendele
Fourteen-year-old scholar later known as the first Vizhnitzer Rebbe.
Dr. Zeidner
A doctor who studied medicine in Vienna and lived in Skala.
Yehuda Hirsch Cohen
A Skala galanterie shopkeeper who submitted a tax declaration.
Oil well
An oil source reportedly discovered during construction of a new well.
Chaim of Kosov
Rabbi and father of the young groom.
Israel of Ruzhin
Ruzhin rabbi and father of the bride.
Miriam'l
Daughter of the Ruzhin rabbi and bride of Mendele.
Kishinev
City where the family remained after the rabbi stayed in Skala.
Bessarabia
Region identified with Kishinev.
Yitzhak Alfasi
Author of the cited book Tiferet Shebemalchut.
Tiferet Shebemalchut
Book cited as the source for the retold account.
Ariel
Publisher named in the source note.
Library for Hasidic Research
Institution named in the source note.
The inn
The inn where the in-laws and groom stayed and prayed.
Rizhiner
A rabbi who explained his limited eating at a meal.
Rabbi Chaim
A rabbi who answered the Rizhiner’s question about eating near angels.
The Rizhiner
A rabbi who questioned his in-law and accompanied the wedding journey.
Austrian side of the border river
The side where the Rizhiner remained after the others crossed.
Benjamin-Wolf Erenkrantz
A folk poet known by the pen name Velvel Zbarazher.
Asher Hersher
Person from whom the narrator learned the folk song.
The rabbi
A rabbi appearing as a character in the folk song.
The synagogue attendant
A synagogue attendant appearing as a character in the folk song.
The mohel
A ritual circumciser appearing as a character in the folk song.
Skala Support Association in New York
Organization formed by Skala immigrants in New York.
46 Delancey Street
New York address where young Skala immigrants met.
Grover Cleveland
United States president whose administration coincided with the immigrants’ arrival.
Young Skala immigrants
Young immigrants who discussed founding a Skala association.
Progressive Group
Group that discussed creating a Skala association.
An elderly Skala landsman
Unnamed elderly Skala community member whose burial expenses were collected.
Kever Yisrael
Burial place where the deceased Skala landsman was brought.
Skala Association
Association established after the community raised burial funds.
Shmarya Meltzer
Recipient tasked with distributing aid among fire victims.
Skala Support Association
Association officially founded with a New York charter in June 1893.
Skala synagogue
Small synagogue established after the older landsmen requested one.