Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland

Memorial book of Tomaszow-Lubelski
(Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland)

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Translation of
Sefer zikaron shel Tomaszow-Lub.

Editor: Moshe Gordon

Published in Jerusalem 1972

This is a translation of: Sefer zikaron shel Tomaszow-Lub.
(Memorial book of Tomaszow-Lubelski),
Editor: Moshe Gordon, Jerusalem 1972 (H 577 pages)

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

The Tomaszow-Lubelski Memorial Book		I-XXIV

Foreword	Moshe Hacohen-Gordon	1
History of the Jews in Tomaszow-Lubelski	Mordechai Bernstein	5
The Holy Man R'Pinchas of Tomaszow	Shalom Lavie	20
The woman, a holy martyr	S. Lamed	22
The Synagogue Pinkas [register]	S. A. Braner	23
Sources for the 1648-49 pogroms	From the book Pinat Yikrat	26
ADMORs in Tomaszow from Izbitza and Radzin	Israel Idelman	49
The Holy Rabbi of Radzin z”l	The Editor	80
The ADMOR R'Mordechai from Kuzmir in Tomaszow	Moshe Ben Israel	89
"Tomaszow of Heaven"	Moshe Hacohen-Gordon	101
The past ADMORs in Tomaszow	Moshe Hacohen-Gordon	104
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kock
Rabbi Yitzhak Meir of Gur [Gora]
Rabbi Shlomo Eger
Rabbi Yosele Yartzover
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Label
Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Eiger
Rabbi Yakov Leiner
Rabbi Gershon Heinich Leiner
Rabbi Yehoshua Rokach
Rabbi Yissachar Dov of Belza
Rabbi Tzadok Hacohen of Lublin
Rabbi Arie Leibush Neuhaus
Rabbi Yehoshua'le Tomaszower
Prayer Houses in Tomaszow-Lubelski	Shalom Lavie	139
The Central Synagogue and the Bet Hamidrash	Israel Silberman	152
Rabbis in Tomaszow	Moshe Gozitchenski	159
Rav and great scholar R'Moshe Roygenfisch
Rav and great scholar R'Shmuel Hacohen Singer
Rav R'Pinchas Menachem Singer
Rav R'Nachman Neuhaus
Rav R'Yosef Arie Leibush
Rav R'Chaim Aharon Zvi Schidkovski
Rav R'Zvi Yehezkel Michelsohn
Rav R'Arie Leibush Rubin
His son Rav R'Shalom Yechezkel SHLITA
Rav R'Zev Stockhammer
Rav R'Yerachmiel Mordechai Weinberg
A few facts about my family in Tomaszow	Yitzhak Bashevis [from Yiddish: M. Ben-Israel]	180
The Rabbis of Tomaszow	S. Licht	184
The Rav and great scholar R'Mordechai Rokach	Moshe Gordon	187
Rav Israel Dov Hacohen Firstman, may God avenge his blood		191
The Neuhaus Rabbis Dynasty	Yosef Halevi	193
Personalities: R'Nathan Nay, R'Israel Gozitchenski		197
Personalities in the Hussyatin Hassidic House in Tomaszow	Ch. Y. Lehrer	206
R'Shmuel Lederkremer
R'Gershon Silbergeld
R'David Goldstein
Two persons: R'Israel Hacohen Gorzitchenski, R'David Weizman	Ch. Y. Lehrer	209
The letter	Israel Idelman	214
R'Tevel z”l	Israel Silberman	216
Memorial to one of the first Hasidim	Yosef Halevi	218
R'Shalom Silberman	Ch. I. Ben-Aharon	220
About my family	Israel Silberman	223
My father, R'Aharon Eliezer Hacohen Lehrer z”l	Ch. Y. Lehrer	225
R'Dov Berish Weltcher
R'Kalman Ehrlich
R'Avraham Goldschmid
The personality of R'Shlomo Goldsamd	H. Gomel	233
My grandfather R'Pinchas and "Eliyahu's Chair" in the synagogue	Roy Faust Lehrer	235
Nachum Shemesh, may God avenge his blood	S. Licht	237
Shmuel Melding
Arie Heller
Yakov Lederkremer
Yitzhak Karper
Shalom Singer
Yakov Mordechai Gutherz
Shlomo Akst
Gershon Brand
Yechezkel Lehrer
Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Schlagbaum
His son Shmuel
His son Yakov
His daughter Esther and her husband Ben-Zion Honigsfeld
Alter Schtul	S. Lamed	245
Moshe Spurer
Mordechai Gelehrnter
Yerachmiel ben R'Arie Hacohen Mermelstein
Yakov Yoel Shafran
Avraham Yechezkel Biederman
Baruch Goldstein
Mechl Yehuda Flug	I. Leibowitz	251
Shabtai Friedlander
Bavid Herzstock
Heinich Koch
Alter Faber
Mendel Tepler	S. Shraga	255
Gedalia Tepler
Shalom Tepler
Israel Tepler
Binyamin Weiberg
Yitzhak Dachs
David Schwindler	Dov Ben David	259
Noach ben Avraham Herbsman	Asher Herbsman	260
In memory of my son Moshe, may God avenge his blood	Zusha Kwenstock	261
Avigdor Eidelsberg, Moshe Reichenberg, Pinchas Goldstein	S. Zamoyski	262
The Town Tomaszow-Lubelski	Moshe Gozitchenski	267
Tomaszow-Lubelski, my home town	Mordechai Ehrlich	272
Our town	Yakov Lanyel	282
Remarks	Ch. Y. Lehrer	288
The ritual slaughterers in town	S. Zamoyski	291
Yeshivas in Tomaszow		293
The Novharidok Yeshiva	Yosef Friedlander	295
The character of the Tomaszow people, in past years	(Translated)	298
The fires in 5678-5679 [1918-1919]	(Translated)	300
Jewish way of life in Tomaszow	Yosef Moskop (translated)	303
How the Zionist ideas spread in our town Tomaszow	M. Gozitchenski	312
The Mizrahi Organization in Tomaszow	Chaim Yosef Lehrer	319
The Mizrahi leaders:	Ch. Y. Lehrer	329
R'Eliezer Lederkremer
R'Shalom Silberman
R'Binyamin Tepler
R'Yakov Arbisfeld
The Organization of Young Mizrahi in Tomaszow	Nachum Retzimer	336
The “Yavne” School	Arie Arbesfeld	340
The Aguda Movement	S. Licht	348
Halutzim (pioneers) in Tomaszow	Fishel Hammer (translated)	352
The Jewish youth in Tomaszow	Pinchas Ehrlich (translated)	357
Foundation of the General Zionists Organization	Yakov Schwartz (translated)	366
The life and destruction of our town Tomaszow-Lubelski	Yakov Schwartz (translated)	371
Short review of the “Working Eretz Israel”	Asher Herbsman	377
The last remnant of survivors in Russia	Chaim Yosef Lehrer	384
Memories from Tomaszow-Lubelski	Shmuel Schiflinger (translated)	391
Unforgettable impressions	Yakov Minkovski (translated)	394
The War and the establishment of Tze'irei Zion Association	Roy Faust Lehrer (translated)	400
Establishment of the Hashomer Hatza'ir branch in Tomaszow	David I. Loewenfuss	408
The “Bund” Movement in Tomaszow Lubelski	David Geier (translated)	411
The “Bund” conventions	David Geier	414
Yakov Shiye Gruman
Mordechai Weinberg
Shlomo Lieber
Paltik Lederkremer
Leibish Kaftenbaum
Shevach Kornwurzel
Machum Schuldiner
Kopel Spiezeisen
At the outbreak of the War	Shamay Drillman	427
The bread of the poor	Yona Feldsohn	432
The Yizkor Book publication committee in Israel	Yakov Herbsman	434
The first communication in 1951, on the history of the “Organization of Former Residents of Tomaszow”
Organization of Former Residents of Tomaszow: the Free-of-Interest Loan Fund	Zusha Kwenstock z”l	442
Writing a Torah Scroll by R'Yakov Arie Weitz	Israel Silberman	443
The years of the Holocaust 1939-1945	The Editor	447
Eli, Eli [a lament, after the Piyut: Eli Zion]	R'Yehuda Leib Bialer	449
Remember, do not forget	M. Ben Israel	453
Lament on Tomaszow	Yakov Herbsman	456
The poet: To the martyrs (poem)		463
The cruelties of the Germans in Tomaszow	Chaim Yehoshua Biederman	464
Destruction and collapse	Yakov Schwartz	472
Upon the ruins	Dov Ben David Schwindler	474
Nachum the Blind	Yakov Schwartz	476
At a time of downfall and death	S. L.	480
Years of horror	Rachel Schwarzbaum	486
My life under German rule	Avraham Singer	503
R'Oyzer Schtul z”l	M. Honigsfeld	513
Yizkor - in memory of the Holy Community of Tomaszov		515
At Har Zion [Mount Zion]		544
Photographs of the members of the Tomaszow Committee in America		545
Photographs of the members of the Tomaszow Committee in America		546
Photographs of a Memorial Service in Haifa		547
Appendix	Ch. Y. Lehrer	549

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