Sokółka
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Yeshiva in Sokółka
A yeshiva reduced to home study with several select students.
Etz Chaim
Large yeshiva near Sokółka attended by select students.
Local Welfare Office
A Sokolka institution established in 1888 to coordinate charity and aid.
Beth HaVaad
Communal committee distributing aid to poor residents and travelers.
Sokółka guesthouse
Public institution listed among Sokółka’s communal services.
Health fund
A health fund that stopped supporting impoverished workers and families.
Local cooperative bank
A cooperative bank was designated to receive funds for loans.
Linat ha-Tzedek
The society was intended to function as a medical-care fund.
Children's kitchen
A children's kitchen was proposed to provide daily meals.
Synagogues
Synagogues located in the central Shulhof neighborhood.
Polish People's House
Polish people's house located on Bialystok Street.
Reformed Cheder
One of four Hebrew schools in Sokółka providing religious and general education.
Talmud Torah
Religious educational institution located in the central Shulhof neighborhood.
Guesthouse
Guesthouse located in the central Shulhof neighborhood.
Kotsk Shtibl
Prayer house located in the central Shulhof neighborhood.
Traditional cheders
Traditional Jewish schools attended by children whose parents preferred conventional religious education.
School
School whose children participated in Lag BaOmer celebrations.
Tarbut School
School affiliated with the Tarbut center in Warsaw.
Polish public school
Eight-grade Polish public school attended by Jewish pupils.
Polish gymnasium
Polish gymnasium attended by Jewish pupils.
Revised Traditional School
School in Sokółka where four named teachers taught.
Great Synagogue
Synagogue where prayer was held mainly in summer because it lacked heaters.
Tiferet Bahurim
A separate prayer room where the youth prayed.
Grocery store
The grocery store supporting Rabbi Israel’s livelihood.
Tiferet Bachurim Synagogue
A synagogue where Israel led dancing during Simchat Torah.
New Study Hall
Study hall mainly attended by wealthy and middle-class residents.
Old Study Hall
Study hall attended by artisans and ordinary workers.
Shulchan Aruch Study Hall
Study hall attended by wealthy, middle-class residents, and artisans.
Sokolka bathhouse and mikveh
The bathhouse and mikveh opened weekly on Fridays for Sabbath preparation.
Houses of study
Houses of study that had prayer leaders in addition to the Great Synagogue.
New Synagogue
Its attendant brought out the wedding canopy frame.
Sokolka Fire Brigade
Volunteer fire brigade founded in Sokolka.
Sokolka volunteer firefighters
Firefighters who trained and fought fires in Sokolka.
Jewish schools of Sokolka
Jewish schools requisitioned for Russian military use.
Synagogues of Sokolka
Synagogues requisitioned for Russian military use.
German civilian police
A German commander established a civilian police force composed mostly of Jews.