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Elimelekh, mi-Liz'ensḳ
(1717–1786/87), Hasidic leader; founder of Hasidism in Galicia and Poland. The son of a wealthy village Jew in the district of Tykocin, Elimelekh was first drawn to Hasidism by his brother Meshulam Zusya (d. 1800), later…
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Samuel Edels
(1555–1631), rabbinical scholar and interpreter of the Talmud. Known as Maharsha—an acronym for “Our teacher, (the) Rabbi Shemu’el Edels (Adels)”—Edels was born in Kraków. He was a descendant of Yehudah Ḥasid on his fath…
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Szyk, Arthur
(1894–1951), artist. Artur Szyk was born in Łódź, at that time a Polish, Jewish, and German city under Russian rule. He studied art in Paris and Kraków, and during World War I and its aftermath took part in the armed str…
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Auerbach, Meir ben Isaac
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Šārôn, Aryē
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Ben-Amots, Dan
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David Schneuer
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Engelsberg, Leon
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Hardan, Daṿid
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Heinz Seelig
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Mairovich, Zvi
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Mokady, Moshe
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Porat, Efrayim
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Yaśkîl, Avrāhām
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Yosef Carmon
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Šṭernšûs, Mōše
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איזנשטט, מאיר בן יצחק
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יחיאל מיכל מ"ס
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קמחי, יחזקאל
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Dubi, Arie
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