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Death of Israel and Tuvia in an alleged blood libel
Israel and Tuvia reportedly sacrificed their lives for the sanctification of God's name in a blood-libel incident four centuries earlier, according to family tradition.
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... האחרון בסוקולקה, היה הרב ר׳ בצלאל זקה״ם. הוא נולד
בריז׳ינוי׳ למשפחת "הקדושים", שני האחים ישראל
וטוביה, אשר מסרו נפשם על קדוש השם, בעלילת־הדם,
לפני 400 שנה, מכאן השם: זקה״ם, "זרע קדשם". ...Connected nodes