Sokółka
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Amudei Or
Responsa work mentioning Shraga Faivel Serna.
Binyan Olam
Rabbinic work mentioning Shraga Faivel Serna.
Rabbi Fayvli
Rabbi Fayvli was the father of Rabbi Hayyim Yaakov.
Lithuanian yeshivas
Rabbi Hayyim Yaakov served as an emissary for Lithuanian yeshivas.
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Director served as rabbi of Sokolka
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Director was rabbi of Sokolka from 1883 through 1900.
Birth of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Director
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Director was born in Białystok.
Rabbi Shalom’s rabbinate in Kopciovo
Rabbi Shalom served as rabbi in Kopciovo before moving to Sokółka.
Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna
Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna studied at Radin and Knesset Israel in Slabodka-Kovno.
Radin yeshivas
Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna was among the outstanding students of Radin yeshivas.
Slabodka-Kovno
Slabodka-Kovno hosted the Knesset Israel yeshiva.
Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein
Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein was Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna’s father-in-law.
Hebron Yeshiva
Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna helped establish a branch in Hebron.
Hebron
Hebron was the location of a branch of the large yeshiva.
Council of Torah Greats
Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna served on the presidency of the council in Israel.
Mussar movement
Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna was described as a leading survivor of the Mussar movement.
Rabbi Yisrael Salant
Rabbi Yisrael Salant founded the Mussar movement.
Rabbi Shlomo Shemaryahu Margoliot
Rabbi Shlomo Shemaryahu Margoliot was chief rabbinical court judge of Brinsk.
Brinsk
Brinsk was the rabbinical post of Rabbi Shlomo Shemaryahu Margoliot.
Rabbi Yitzhak Margalit
Rabbi Yitzhak Margalit was Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Director’s father-in-law.
Kopsiuvah
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Director came from Kopsiuvah to become rabbi in Sokolka.
Yisrael Sher
A Sokółka resident who reported on a rabbinic dispute.
Mr. Leib Padalsky
The writer of a statement denying the reported rabbinic dispute.
Rabbi Shalom Beker
Father of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Director and a noted religious figure.
Kopciovo
Town where Rabbi Shalom served as rabbi before moving to Sokółka.
Zvi-Hirsh Director
Rabbi who supported Hibbat Zion and showed openness to political Zionism.
Participation in the Basel Zionist Congress
Zvi Hirsch Dirktor attended the Basel Zionist Congress as an official delegate in 1898.
Mizrachi branch established in Sokolka
A Mizrachi branch was founded in Sokolka in 1902.
Dirktor appointed rabbi of Amstislav district
Zvi Hirsch Dirktor became rabbi of the Amstislav district community in 1900.
Great yeshiva founded in Amstislav
Zvi Hirsch Dirktor founded a great yeshiva in Amstislav in 1903.
Israel Goldin’s rabbinate in Łapy
Israel Goldin became rabbi of Łapy in 1899.
Shmuel Mohilever
Rabbi of Białystok and supporter of Hibbat Zion.
Sokółka Zionist charitable association activity
About three hundred community members formed an association supporting Jewish agricultural workers in Palestine.
Death of Israel Goldin
Israel Goldin died in 1949 at age eighty.
Appointment as official religious court authority in Grodno
In 1908, he became an official religious court authority in Grodno.
Moshe Yehuda endorsed “Keren Yehoshua”
Moshe Yehuda gave an endorsement to “Keren Yehoshua” in 1905.
Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi appointed rabbi of Sokółka
Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi became Sokółka's rabbi after Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Rabinowitz moved to Grodno.