Stropkov, Slovakia

Stropkov Memorial Book
(Slovakia)

49°12' / 21°39'

Translation of Seyfer Zichron Stropkov

Written by: Avraham Avish Weinstein

Published in Brooklyn, N Y, 1968

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Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Melody Amsel

Translations

Moshe Pernick

This is a translation from: Seyfer Zichron Stropkov , Stropkov memorial book,
Author: Avraham Avish Weinstein, Brooklyn, 1968, privately published

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Table of Contents
Introduction
The History of Stropkov
Expulsion From Stropkov
The Rabbis of Stropkov
The Reb Wolf, of Sainted Memory
The Dayan Rabbi Mordechai Yitschak Samet
Stropkov -- A Cosmopolitan City
Every House in Stropkov a Guest House
Harav Rabbi Yitschak Hersh Amsel
A Miricle by the Rabbi of Stropkov, Rabbi Sholom of Sacred Memory
The Lay Leadership of Stropkov
The Chevra Shas - (Talmud Study Group)
The Teachers of Stropkov
The Shamosim (Sextons) of Stropkov
The Various Societies
The Worshippers of the Synagogue
The Craftsmen -- A baal Melacha (Including various trades)
A Fire in Stropkov
An Interesting Episode
The Honest People of the Past
Sh'mini Atseres (last day of Sukkos) with Rabbi Yitschak Hersh Amsel of Blessed Memory
The Yahrtzeit dates of the Rabbis of Stropkov

Corrections

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