Leżajsk

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has abstract: Town now in the southeastern Polish province of Rzeszów. A royal town founded in the fourteenth century, Leżajsk (also Leżańsk; Yid., Lizhensk) had a Jewish presence by 1521. In 1538, seven Jewish families paid the poll tax, and by 1577 the number of taxpayers had increased to 12. A synagogue was first mentioned in 1626; in that same year, Jews and Christians struggled over the right to trade in leather. @en
title: Leżajsk
alternative label: Leżajsk
preferred label: Leżajsk
has related: Agudas Yisroel
has related: Beys Yankev
has related: Elimelekh of Lizhensk
has related: Galicia
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has related: Pilgrimage
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has related: Przemyśl
has related: Rzeszów
has related: Tarbut
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