Sokółka
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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.
Gmilut Hasadim
An organization named Gmilut Hasadim is mentioned in a leadership heading.
Tzipora Schmidt-Viscol
The named author or subject associated with the passage titled The Suburb.
The Suburb
A southeastern suburb of the city, inhabited mostly by non-Jews and a few Jewish families.
Railway tracks
Railway tracks separated the suburb from the city center and formed a feared crossing.
Synagogue area
An area containing synagogues on the route between the city and the suburb.
Second house on the hill
A regular wooden house on the hill, painted on the outside.
Zeirei Zion
Youth movement mentioned as participating in an ideological campaign.
Bezalel
A respected liquor seller described as honest and pious.
Sokolka livestock market
The broad area opposite Rabbi Matus's establishment where livestock trading occurred.
Motel
A strong man whose intervention ended a market disturbance.
Chaim, the water carrier
Motel's father, known by the nickname “the water carrier.”
Surrounding villages
Villages whose residents came to Sokolka's market and later confronted Jews.
Tzvi Nefha-Kowalski
A Palestine-returned organizer who gathered Sokółka youth and inspired Zionist activity.