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Efraim Fishl Salomon
Rabbi described as serving for fifty years and living modestly.
Yosef Shkhna
Son of Rabbi Efraim Fishl; born and raised in Sokolka.
Mordechai
Son of Rabbi Efraim Fishl; born and raised in Sokolka.
Yosef Shalom
Sokolka resident who moved to Bialystok and taught Talmud regularly.
Yaakov Meir Salomon
Son of Yosef Shalom Shkhna.
David Meir Karolbitsky
Author of a Torah work containing teachings by Rabbi Efraim Fishl.
Mordechai Neiman
Source identifying Rabbi Efraim Fishl as rabbi of Sokolka.
Shmuel Bolkowshtain Study House
Study house on Merchants-Kupietzka Street where Yosef Shalom taught Talmud.
Merchants-Kupietzka Street
Street where the Shmuel Bolkowshtain Study House was located.
Divrei Negidim
Torah work containing teachings by Rabbi Efraim Fishl.
Abraham HaCohen
Rabbi in Sokółka and later Krynki; reportedly died in 1872.
Kahana rabbinical family
Rabbinical family in Tykocin associated with Abraham HaCohen's ancestry.
Ephraim Giviansky
Torah-minded scholar who eulogized Abraham HaCohen in HaMagid.
Israel of Salant
Rabbi who attended Abraham HaCohen's funeral procession.
Shlomo Shprintz of Mezeritch
Abraham HaCohen's son-in-law, rabbi in Wizna and later in the United States.
Mezeritch
Town associated with Shlomo Shprintz.
Wizna
Town where Shlomo Shprintz served as rabbi.
Lomza District
Administrative district identified in connection with Wizna.
Aryeh-Leib Naaman
Person from Sokółka listed among signatories.
Aryeh-Leib son of Shabtai Shapira
Person from Sokółka listed among signatories.
Shabtai son of Tzvi Hirsch Shapira
Person from Sokółka listed among signatories.
Mir
Community associated with the famous Mir yeshiva.
Mir Yeshiva
Famous yeshiva founded in 1817, attended by Yosef Yaseli.
Yosef David
Scholar from whom Yosef Yaseli received Torah learning.
Yitzhak Elchanan
Rabbi who knew Yosef Yaseli in his youth and remained his close friend.
Anshei Shem
Book cited for biographical details about rabbis.
Chaim Brauerman
Author of Anshei Shem, cited for rabbinic biographies.
Nahalat Avot
Book describing Yosef Yaseli as a prominent and learned rabbi.
Tzvi Hirsch Eisenstadt
Rabbi who mentioned Yosef Yaseli in a work’s introduction.
Romm Press
Vilna printers who used Yosef Yaseli’s rare books.
Yitzhak-Leib Stoliar
Rabbi in Odelsk who wrote a eulogy for Yosef Yaseli.
Avraham David Flaum
Lublin preacher who cited Torah teachings heard from Yosef Yaseli.
Lublin
Community associated with preacher Avraham David Flaum.
Yaakov-Meir Halperin
Yosef Yaseli’s father-in-law, described as a rabbi in two communities.
Chaim David Shlomo
Son of Yosef Yaseli and rabbi in Novy Dvor.
Novy Dvor
Community in Sokolka district where Chaim David Shlomo served as rabbi.