Sokółka
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Birth of Sharga Feivel Sarna
Sharga Feivel Sarna was born in Prasznicz in 1826.
Sokółka fire of 1889
A fire destroyed sixty houses and left sixty families destitute in Sokółka.
Rabbi Hayyim Yaakov served as communal preacher in Slonim
Late in life, Rabbi Hayyim Yaakov served as Slonim’s communal preacher.
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.
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.
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.
Sokółka rabbi and community members perished during the Holocaust
Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi and Sokółka community members perished during the Holocaust.
Mizrachi founded in Vilna
Mizrachi was founded in Vilna in 1902.
Rabbinical assembly in Grodno
Rabbinical assembly convened in Grodno during Elul 5679 and selected an executive committee.
Death of Meir Markus
Meir Markus died in Bialystok in 1901.
Founding of a Jewish school
Meir Markus founded a school for Jewish children in Novogrudok.
Reduction of the Sokółka yeshiva
Rabbi Samson Katzenellenbogen reduced the yeshiva and taught select students at home.
Isaac Yaborkovsky’s work in Sokółka
Isaac Yaborkovsky worked in Sokółka for approximately one year to assist the yeshiva.
Death of Samuel Mohilever
Samuel Mohilever died while funding for the Sokółka yeshiva remained unresolved.
Vilna Region Zionist Conference
Shimshon Katzenelenbogen attended a Zionist conference in 1900.
Russian Jewish Zionist Congress in Minsk
Shimshon Katzenelenbogen attended a Russian Jewish Zionist congress in Minsk.
Second Mizrachi Movement Conference
Shimshon Katzenelenbogen attended the second Mizrachi conference in Lida in 1903.
Birth of Avraham Makovitzky
Avraham Makovitzky was born in Sokolka.
Death of Avraham Makovitzky
Avraham Makovitzky died in Kharkov in the Hebrew year 5716.
Quartering of an infantry regiment in Sokolka
The government ordered construction of buildings to house an infantry regiment in Sokolka.
Founding of Beth HaVaad in Sokolka
A communal committee was founded in Sokolka to organize aid for poor people.
Yaakov Landa’s move from Sokolka
The physician was moving from Sokolka to Lodz after about seven years in town.
Dr. Landa’s move from Sokolka to Lodz
A Jewish doctor moved from Sokolka to Lodz, prompting a farewell gathering.
Rabbi’s journey to the Second Zionist Congress
A rabbi from Sokółka traveled at his own expense to Basel for the Second Zionist Congress.
Appointment as rabbi in Ligos
Moshe Horowitz was appointed rabbi in Ligos.
Return from Sokolka
Delegate Farberstein returned from Sokolka and visited the Joint representative.