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Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi
יצחק הלוי
Rabbi of Sokółka from 1908 until the community's final days.
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בהשתדלותו של הרב ר׳ נחום גרינהויז בשבתו בסוקולקה כדאי לסדר את חתנו כרב העיר (לאחר שהרב משה יהודה רבינוביץ עבר לגרודנה) נתקבל ר׳ יצחק הלוי להיות רבה של סוקולקה, ועמד בתפקידו משנת תרס״ח עד ימיה האחרונים של קהלת סוקולקה. בזמן השואה האיומה, בה נספו הרב ובני קהלתו סוקולקה ביחד. ...Connected nodes
Community
Sokółka Jewish community
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Institution
Sokółka Talmud Torah
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Event
Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi appointed rabbi of Sokółka
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Event
Sokółka rabbi and community members perished during the Holocaust
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Person
Rabbi Nahum Grinhaus
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Person
Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Rabinowitz
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Community
Sokółka Jewish community
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Place
Grodno
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Institution
Sokółka Talmud Torah
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Associated events
Employment · 1908
Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi appointed rabbi of Sokółka
Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi became Sokółka's rabbi after Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Rabinowitz moved to Grodno.
Murder
Sokółka rabbi and community members perished during the Holocaust
Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi and Sokółka community members perished during the Holocaust.