Sokółka
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Kaplan
One of the teachers mentioned in the educational center.
Kolik
One of the teachers mentioned in the educational center.
Shapira
A cantor who led Selichot services at midnight.
Yosef Mareine
Reader of the Torah and shopkeeper on Post Street.
Zelig Blumental
Named among participants in the Talmud lesson.
Shimshon Katzenelbogin
Joined the quorum at Shishki.
Avrahamel
Cousin of the narrator and child of Hasidic families.
Yekutiel Shmoikes
Cousin of the narrator among the Hasidic children.
Niahe (Menahem)
Child named among the Hasidic children.
Yisraelke
Child of Rabbi Yosef Hayim the teacher.
Rabbi Yosef Hayim the Teacher
Father of Yisraelke and associated with the Hasidic children.
Moshele
Child of one of the preachers.
Avrahamel
Child of one of the preachers.
Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Kotsk
Rabbi commemorated on 22 Shevat at the Kotsk Hasidic prayer house.
Rabbi Mendele
Rabbi about whom stories of miracles were told.
Ba'al Shem Tov
Religious figure mentioned in stories told at the prayer house.
Rabbi Lieb Sarah's
Religious figure mentioned in stories told at the prayer house.
Aharon Hirsch
Kotsk Hasid, synagogue caretaker, and shofar blower in Sokółka.
Moshe
Scholar and Torah student who helped manage the family store.
Moshe Yekutiel
Alternative name for Moshe, described as a Hasid.
Yaakov-Shalom
Charitable relative associated with founding Linat HaTzedek.
Pivel Kramer
Public activist and community committee member.
Itzke Yentes
Religious man and treasurer at the Talmud Torah.
Yosef Chaim
Scholar who taught Talmud and legal texts to boys.
Betzalel
Cantor for the High Holidays and festivals, and community committee member.
Mordechai Harman
Affluent Sokółka resident and High Holiday prayer leader.
Yekhiel Meir Vorman
Community member mentioned among Kotsk prayer-house worshippers.
Mordechai Drisbyatsky
Community member mentioned among Kotsk prayer-house worshippers.
Avigdor Goldberg
Scholar and community committee member affiliated with Agudath Israel.
Chatzkel
Avigdor Goldberg’s son and Bund-affiliated community committee member.
Kalman Chaim
Scholar described as honest and straightforward.
Moshe Meitis
Son of Kalman Chaim and military rabbi in America.
Meir Vantz
Community member mentioned among Kotsk prayer-house worshippers.
Avraham Krent
Honest and kind community member among Kotsk prayer-house worshippers.
Tzipora Schmidt-Viscol
The named author or subject associated with the passage titled The Suburb.
Bezalel
A respected liquor seller described as honest and pious.