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Itzhak Tzahler

He settled in Jaslo in the early twenties following WWI. A well built man with a large beard that partially covered his face. He was the representative of the feudal lord of the village of Yaniv near Jaslo. He was very pious and had several sons, amongst them Gadl that studied at the Talmud Torah in Jaslo. He was tall and studied well.

Asher Tzweig

Brother in law of Nute Maltz. He was a businessman but was very involved with the workshop owners and artisans. He was one of the founders of the “Yad Charutzim” Synagogue. He left the city and headed for the USA. He donated part of his money to build the “Yad Charutz center” in the city.

David Tzutzkenboim (See Dawid Just)

Alter Tzuker

He was a very rich person and well known. He owned an estate and a beer brewery at Zarszin near the city of Sanok. He moved to Jaslo recently. He had five daughters and two sons. One of his sons, Shlomo Tzuker, lived in Sanok for many years. Two of his son-in-laws lived in Jaslo, namely M.Anisfeld, and Dr. Naphtali Menashe.

Emanuel Tzuker

He was the second son of Alter Tzuker. He was a pediatrician, married to Yossef Manashe's daughter. He was a member of the Zionist movement. Lived all his life along Czickiego Street in Jaslo

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Mendel Tzuker

He was a very experienced hand in the distillery business. He was seriously ill and as a result died at a very young age. He left three daughters and two sons namely Meir and Shlomo who were engaged in commerce and artisanship. They eventually purchased the house that they lived in. One of the daughters married in Krakow.

Shlomo Tzuker

The second son of Mendel Tzuker had a large sewing workshop that employed many workers. He was married to the daughter of the religious slaughterer of Miroslaw. He was a Hassid and prayed steadily at the synagogue of the Rabbi of Dukla. With the outbreak of WWII, he left the city of Jaslo and left his family behind. He wandered through many places in Russia and eventually made it to Palestine where he resides in Haifa. His family perished in the Shoa. One of his sisters also survived the war and reached Palestine with her husband aboard the famous ship “The Exodus”. She also lives in Haifa.

Mrs. Shlomo Tzuker with sons

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Elimelech Tzukerman

The community of Jaslo was left without a cantor when Yossel Kurtzweil left for the USA. The community also needed an additional religious slaughterer besides reb Nahum Shochet. The community board met and decided to publicize the availability of a cantorial and slaughterer positions in the city of Jaslo. Furthermore The add stipulated that whoever is qualified for both positions will have preference.

The community interviewed many candidates and decided to select reb Elimelech Shochet from Rudnik that was known as Elimelech Rudnik. He was asked to assume his positions in 1919. (It must be noted that his father Mendel from Rudnik was also religious slaughterer in Jaslo in the nineties of the previous century.

He was well liked by the community and his musical abilities soon became known in the city. He conducted the services and was an excellent cantor that remained within the traditional cantorial boundaries. He possessed a powerful tenor voice that was very lyrical. He conducted the service with authority and musical ability. He also composed several musical marches worthy of a student of Yossele Rosenblat (he was one of the first pupils of Rosenblatt's choir in the city of Munkacz) and created several melodic tunes for parts of the services.

He retained most of the choir except for the addition of two of his sons, Kalman and Meir. Both children had fine voices and enriched the choir. I still remember the solo performance of Kalman on the high holidays when he sang the prayer “ Adam Yesodo” or the basis of man is dust… His father wrapped in his prayer shawl listened and continued the service begging for divine indulgence.

The cantor Elimelech also sang in the sukkah of the rabbi on the eve of Hashanah Rabba. He loved to sing “ Melech al Haaretz” or ruler of the world… Still other prayers such as “ Melech Rachman” or G-d that forgives… Who could resist listening to his cantorial rendition on the seventh day of Passover of the song “ Pessah Amunim” that enthralled the audience.

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A special treat was listening to him every Saturday as he sung at the third meal ceremony in the small “Kahal Shtibel”. As the Sabbath was leaving, he escorted it with beautiful melodies and special songs. He was familiar with scholarship and interjected in his discussions quotes from the scriptures or Hassidic Rabbis. He was particularly found of telling stories about the Old Hassidic Rabbi of Dzikow where he once studied.

His sons received a very orthodox education at home and at the study center. With the outbreak of WWII, he left Jaslo with his sons and two daughters and wound up in Russia. He managed to survive and reached eventually Palestine.

Elimelech Tzukerman slaughterer & cantor

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While singing the famous song “Yedid Nefesh” during the month of August, he was taken ill and on the sixth day of the Month of Av, 1949, he passed away. He left four daughters in Israel. The oldest daughter Bracha Katz was very active in the political movement of the “Hapoel Hamizrahi”. She has been in Israel for 18 years. The three other daughters were, Chaya, Emalia and Sarah. He also had three sons, Kalman who had a jewelry store in Tel Aviv, Meir was a doctor with the medical association and Mendel settled down in Haifa. One of his son-in-laws was Tzvi David Zilber, the son of Naphtali Zilber from Jaslo, who is presently a teacher at the Nachlat Itzhak School near Tel Aviv. His wife Hadassah and two of his daughters Lea and Rachel perished in the shoa.

Shmuel Ciser

He was known by his nickname Shmul the milkman. He was a traditional man, devoted to his dairy work Morning and evening he traveled to the manor outside the city to collect the milk and then distribute it to his regular customers. He also produced butter, cheese and other dairy products at home. Lived all his life on Nowa Street, in a single story house. He had two sons and four daughters. His oldest son Moshe worked in the distillery and later left for Belgium. His second son Zelig was a painter. All his daughters were members of the Zionist movements.

Lib Citronenboim

The name citronenboim is not a mere name in Jaslo but stands for a very influential family. The family opened the first bar in the city. Leib Citronenboim was born in Zmigrod to Mordechai Citronenboim. The former was the brother in law of Yaakov Pinhas Krisher. Leib was an old time resident of the city and a devoted Hassid. He read the torah for the worshippers in the study center from the first day of its inception to the last day of his existence. The bar was active seven days a week and it was frequently called the Sabbath bar for Jews used to come to drink a beer on

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the eve of Shabbath and in the afternoon of Saturday or holidays. The proprietor had a large index with all the names of the city residents. Each customer was thus recorded and tickets were inserted in the account for every beer that was consumed. The hosts were also treated to cooked chickpeas and nuts as an appetizer for the drinks. People sat and enjoyed the beer exchanging political views or opinions and discussed present day events or local politics. Frequently, there were heated debates that reached the street. The drinking bills were settled after Saturday.

With his early death, his wife Liba Citronenboim assumed control of the business and conducted it with skill and ability. She was a simple and modest woman. They had three daughters and six sons. The sons were raised in the traditional religious atmosphere but were also involved in the general world. The oldest son Benyamin Citronenboim was a hard working honest man and lived all his life in Germany until the Nazis forced him to flee to Palestine in the early thirties. He settled in Petach Tikwah where he passed away recently. He left four sons and two daughters; almost all the children remained in Israel. Shmeril Citronenboim, the second son, lived in Krosno where he was very influential and active in the community, his in laws were the Freund brothers, his father in law was Simha Rotfeld that lived in England. His daughter is in Haifa and his son was in the USA. Yehoshua Citronenboim lived in Mainz, Germany since 1914. Motil Citronenboim lived in Gorlice where he was very active and a member of the community board. He left Poland for Palestine and settled in Jerusalem where he works for the Jewish Agency. He has two sons, one in France and the other one in the USA. Itzhak Citronenboim remained in Jaslo after his marriage and managed the pub. The last son, Awraham Citronenboim grew up with his grandmother but died at a very young age. His son Avi Wolf Citronenboim left for Vienna where his mother resided for many years.

One ambitious and intelligent daughter, Sarah Citronenboim married Shalom Weissberg who died shortly after the wedding. She remained a widow and resided in her parent's home with her son Israel that was called Israelik Citronenboim in honor of his father. The second daughter remained at home for she was slightly disturbed. The third daughter was married to Chaim Gutfreund, a well to do and a Hassidic follower.

Israel Citronenboim -Weissberg was an excellent student at the study center and had an excellent voice for reading the torah. His reading evoked deep felt emotions to those that followed the text.

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He was an avid follower of the Hassidic movement and spent a great deal of time in the rabbi's house. In spite of the fact that was extremely religious and an avid follower of the political line of the “Agudath Israel” movement, he was well read in the general non-religious literature and tended to take an interest in modern education although remained devoted to the extreme religious principles of Judaism. He married to Rozwadow where his father in law lived, reb Arieh Kuss, a well to do and respected member of the community. He began to indulge in commerce and began to follow the Hassidic court of the Rabbi of Sciucin.

With the outbreak of WWII we found him in Russia with his family. Following the war he reached Paris, France where he settled. Writing these lines, I am informed that he fell ill and all the medical efforts failed to save him. He passed away the last Saturday of Passover 1950 in France. His body was shipped to Israel where he was buried in Petah Tikwah. (The author was the only person from Jaslo to attend the burial). He left a wife and two daughters in France.

Yaakow Zeev Ciechanowski

Yankele was his nickname amongst the good students at the study center in Jaslo. He was the son in law of Benyamin Unger. He was modest and run from publicity. He was a fine and honest man. He devoted himself daily to the study of the torah in spite of the fact that he also worked in his father in law's store.

He was a very accommodating person and gave charity with a large hand. He was a friendly and engaging person, devoid of self-indulgence. His children received a very religious education and strict adherence to the commandments as he himself strictly observed all the legal precepts of Jewish law.

He assumed the management of the store with the passing of his father in law. He worked for several years and then suffered a heart attack in 1935 and passed away. He left a wife, two sons named Chanoch and

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Shmuel and two infant daughters.

Yeshayahu Cylinder

He was the son in law of Hersh Weinstein from Zmigrod. Very religious person that lived his entire life along Karzimieza Street where he had a grocery store that also sold paints and chalk in bulk. In the thirties, he left Jaslo and settled in Vienna. His store passed to his son in law Yekutiel Korman.

He had three daughters and a son. They all received a general education. His son finished his medical studies and left for the USA. He is well known amongst the former Jews of Poland. Rumor has it that two of the daughters are also in the USA. One daughter survived the shoa to reach Israel where she lives in Tel Aviv with her husband Dr. B. Fliksin, medical administrator of the joint organization in Israel.

Simcha Bunem Tzimet

He was born in Zmigrod. He was a Levi.. He settled in Jaslo in the seventies of the previous century. He was very pious and well respected. He dealt with wheat and somewhat later started to trade with furniture. He had four sons: Wolf, Leib, Zacharia and Moshe. They all received a traditional education from the early Hebrew teachers in the city. They were all known as very religious, strictly observant, and well to do merchant people. They all owned their homes in Jaslo and were the first Jews to do so. The only daughter in the family was married to Rabbi Stroich of Neumark. Two grandsons and two granddaughters of this rabbi reside in Israel, (The children of Rabbi M. Shtern of Bilitz). One of them married in Tel Aviv Dr, Micha Ben Ami, the son of the author Ch.M. Ben Ami. Another grandson is Rabbi of a Yeshiva in Brooklyn New York.

Wolf Tzimet

He was the oldest son of Simcha Bunem Tzimet. He dressed well, very sensitive and somewhat distinguished looking with the large beard on his face. He was very active in all community affairs of Jaslo. He actively participated in the building of the study center and later of the synagogue

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in Jaslo. He was elected to the community board as well as to the municipal council.

He lived almost his entire life in a home behind the municipal building. The house contained a large warehouse of timber that served his regular and steady customers. He was called Reb Wolf. He was a stickler in adhering to the commandments and observed the easy ones with the same devotion as the demanding ones. I remember that in 1921 or 1922 there was a shortage of etrogim (fruit used in the holiday of Sukkoth) and most of the people of the city could not obtain one. The well to do inhabitants managed to get etrogim for the Rabbi, the study center and the synagogue. My father was then the beadle at the study center and had possession of the etrog that was to be used at the study center. As usual, my father arose very early especially on the first day of the Sukkoth holiday to immerse himself in the mikvah prior to the blessing of the etrog. Outside it was bitter cold and a misty cloud obstructed visibility on the ground. He opened the door of the house and to his surprise there. Was somebody outside the entrance door. He was taken aback but soon recognized Simcha Tzimet. The latter told him that he wanted to be the first person to bless the etrog but had to wait until he heard the door open in order not to awaken the whole house.

On the anniversary day of the passing of his parents, he conducted the services. He did not have the voice but the worshippers followed his reading with respect. He was honored member in the community. On the High holidays and other festivals he was called to the torah and given the second “ Aliyah” or the levi portion. This tradition was observed to the last day f his life. He would usually go up to the bima and stand there while the priests would walk up to the podium to bless the congregation. He assumed a position of a go between the community and the priests.

He lived to a long ripe old age of 90 years and left after him four very observant sons. (His only daughter died in childbirth and left an infant daughter that was raised at the house until she married a torah student from Bilitz). One of her sons, Moshe left Jaslo and lived in Switzerland while the younger son, Yossil, remained in Jaslo and studied until he married to Gorlice.

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Betzalel Tzimet

He was the oldest son of Wolf Tzimet. He was the son in law of Naphtali Salomon. Extremely religious and behaved like the most important of the Tzimets in town. He lived with his father and worked together the business of selling timber. He prayed at the study center and had a seat along the eastern wall. He had two sons named Bunem for his grandfather and Mandil. He also had two daughters and the oldest one married the son of the judicial head of Litowisk.

Meir Tzimet

He was erudite in Jewish scholarship. He was married to the daughter of Rabbi Benyamin Geller, the head of the judicial council of Bobraka. (He was a great rabbinical scholar and a member of the board of the Rabbinical Association of Rabbis of Poland). He opened a jewelry store. During WWI left Jaslo but then returned to the city. Later on he moved to the hamlet of Stryzow. He had several sons that received an academic education.

Lib Tzimet

The second son of Simcha Tzimet was well known in the city of Jaslo. He was tall and well proportioned and had a large beard that reached his neck and curled side curls that gave him the appearance of a great Rabbi. Below is eyebrows were two shining eyes that emitted soft looks and gave the impression of wisdom and sharpness. He spoke as tough ach word was measured and weighted. He believed in saving words and attached great importance to what he said. He loved to hear the expression; Leib Tzimet said or Leib Tzimet meant to say.

He was very conservative and his behavior was a bit strange resulting in difficulties with his friends from the past namely Mendel Meller. The two constantly fought bitterly and sometimes even cursed each other. Leibish or as he was called Leib slowly distanced himself public life and concentrated himself with his family and his affairs. He even abandoned international politics and merely devoted himself to his business. Here he exceeled for he was a shrewd and clever businessman. He worked from sunrise to sunset in his store. He worked by himself; his sleeves were always rolled up and exposed his elbows. The fringes were always

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exposed and flew with the wind. He was always going and coming from the store to the warehouse or to the carts or vice versa. He frequently helped load the peasant carts in front of his house. They usually loaded various machines or barrels of all sorts. Frequently he helped the farmers unload their merchandise for his warehouse.

He was one of biggest merchants in the city and had the largest selection of agricultural machinery ranging from harvesters to plows. You could also find there bags of cement, paint, barrels f tar, pails, metal wires, heaters and light projectors.. He was very busy but never failed to attend morning or evening services. He was very careful to observe the minutest commandant with the implements. He was straight in his business and his word was sacred to him. For years he read the instructions to the shofar blower on Rosh Hashanah. He would pull the large prayer shawl over his head and enounce from the bima in his deep voice the instructions. I can still hear his voice when he prayed before the open holy arc, the evening minha service on Yom Kippur eve. The prayer was moving and full of emotional pathos that affected most of the worshippers at the study center.

He was close to the Rabbi of the city but was not Hassidicly inclined still his name was placed on the community list and he was selected to the board of the community. He was also called or nicknamed the old man.

He attended several meetings of the communal board when he fell ill with a terminal disease. Doctors were called in but to no avail. He even raveled to Vienna to visit medical professors but the disease progressed and he passed away. He left two sons and five daughters. He insisted on being buried with his favorite psalm book that was well used. He stated that this was the only think that was really his from all his life work.

Three of his son-in laws lived in Jaslo. The oldest son in law lived in Grybow and the youngest named Meirtchik, a modern orthodox student, lived in Krakow. The third son-in-law was Yossef Pearlberg a quiet studious type that had a wholesale haberdashery and paper store. His fourth son in law was Moshe Kaufman related to the

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famous rabbinical Rubin family of Korczyna. He devoted himself to the study of the Talmud and dedicated daily his life to it. His sons were also raised in the same spirit of Hassidic thinking. He had a small store at the Bronglewicze house in the market square.

The fifth son in law was Hertzel Ashkenazi who devoted himself to the study of the scriptures. He was also well read in general. He dealt with promissory financial notes for which he obtained a rabbinical permit and also dealt with currency exchanges.

His youngest son Bunem Tzimet was a talented and spirited youngster but a bit strange in his daily behavior. He was a regular at the study center and was very active in the “ Agudath Israel “.

He also attended biblical lectures given by Yossif Frumowicz and literature lectures by Kiczkowski in spite of the fact that he was very orthodox in his outlook and very conservative in his political views. He was well versed in the Talmud and understood its pages. He also incorporated the knowledge he acquired from the lectures in is talmudic discussions. He also read secretly material from the enlightened movement. He wore a short velvet hat, dressed in black but shaved his beard.

He was merely twenty and very busy with his fathers business.

He also sold books on the side to make extra money. (The last Talmud books that I bought from Wilno for the study center were purchased through him). He married the granddaughter of Rabbi Steinberg of Brod. With his brother Yossil they conducted their father' business.

Yossil Tzimet

The oldest son of Leib Tzmet was a very pious man and distanced himself from the public eye. Communal affairs did not interest him and was very careful when speaking to people. He was very pleasant in general. He lived almost his entire life at the home of his father and worked in the family business. He attended regularly services and the study sessions at the “kahal shtibel”.

Lately, prior to WWII, he began the opening services of the High Holidays. His wife Goldzi Tzimet, the daughter of the well to do owner, Kalman Reich, was very involved in the community. She was very active in social work and also collected monies for the needy and the social institutions.

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For many years she headed the Beith Yaakow school and frequently dealt with the wife and daughters of the rabbi.

Yakil Tzimet was their only son. He studied at the study center but lately began to study general academic materials that influenced his thinking. He still followed in his father's footsteps.

He was a serious follower of the local Mizrahi branch . He was a good public speaker and knew how to tackle public issues. Helped to establish the Mizrahi public school in the city. He was also the treasurer for the school and dreamt to settle in Palestine. Unfortunately his dream vanished with the destruction of the Jewish community of Jaslo.

Zacharia Tzimet

A son of Simcha Bunem Tzimet. He was educated and well read. Sympathized with the Zionist movement that began to spread throughout the Jewish population. He was a good businessman but then left for Germany. One of his daughters is married to the Wolff family and they live in Tel Litwinsky. Their house is known for its warmth, tradition and hospitality.

Moshe Tzimet

One of the most important individuals in the Jewish community. He was a quiet man and very unobtrusive. Behaved in an aristocratic manner. He had a great deal of integrity and behaved in a like manner. He was very pious and well connected to the rabbinical world. He was a man of few words but very decisive and tactful.

His house was known for its warmth and charity. He raised his children in the very orthodox tradition. In the business world he was known as a fair and straight man. He had two large stores. One sold bulk and retail groceries and sweets in the market while the other store located along Iglena sold furniture.

In spite of his busy financial and commercial schedule, he always set aside time for his prayers in the synagogue where he also exchanged some words with other worshippers. With the destruction of the study center during WWI, he joined the Rabbi's study center and remained a member of this congregation until his last living day.

He shied away from public debates or political stands, he revolved around his family, educating his children and his commercial affairs. With age, he became seriously ill and the doctors could notsave him. He died in 1924.

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His oldest son Hirsh Tzimet was an excellent student at the study center where he studied until he was married. He studied and delved into various aspects of Jewish knowledge. He rounded out his Jewish education and became a staunch supported of the “Mizrahi” movement in Jaslo. Following his marriage he left Jaslo and settled in Przemysl where he opened a paper store that was very successful. After a few years he decided to fulfill his Zionist dream and sold his business and left Poland for Palestine. He settled in Jeda (today Ramat Ishai). He wanted to open a knitting workshop there. The venture did not materialize and he eventually settled in Jerusalem where he opened a large bookstore that served primarily the British mandate clerks since most of the books were in English. He lived along Julian Street but left the area following the war of independence. He settled in the center of the city of Jerusalem.

He lost his only son Aaron in the War of Independence. His soft-spoken son died on the 17^th day of the month of Tishri 1949 (the second day of Hol Hamoed Sukkot). The late Aaron grew up in Jerusalem and was very popular amongst his friends. He loved the city where he received his religious and general education.

He was a good-looking man, courageous, and well respected by the numerous customers that he served in his father's store. He treated everybody with respect and insisted on the same treatment for himself. He was able to impose himself on those that tried to denigrate the Jew. The summer of 1948 affected him as all the other Jews in Jerusalem, namely they had to defend their newly established country, especially Jerusalem that was shelled almost daily… He participated in many engagements namely, the battle of Sheich Jarrach, the police academy training school, Yemin Moshe, Har Tzion, Ramat Rachel, Malcha and many other places. He was always in the forefront of the battle.

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Aaron Tzimet Hero of the War of Independence

On Wednesday (the second day of Hol Hamoed Sukkot Tashat), 19^th October 1948, he and his friends lead an attack on the Arab village of Beitar, South Jerusalem. He is mortally wounded but the smile is still on his lips as he uttered the fatherland is ours.

A fine lad, devoted to the family, close ties with friends, and devotion to the newly created state and to the words of G-d. All his dedication he draws from the Jewish historical sources that he studied with devotion and they gave him the necessary courage. (Loosely translated from the (eulogy that appeared and was written by A.A.Jerusalmi)

Moshe Tzimet also had two daughters that were deeply involved in the activities of the Bnot Agudath Israel or the women counter part of the Agudath Israel and headed the Beith Yaakov School for girls. The oldest daughter Faiga married Meir Illiowicz of Krosno who was a Talmudic student and concentrated on his studies, he avoided all public activities.

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He was a regular participant at the study center of the rabbi. He was a merchant in the store of his father in law in the market.

His second daughter Haya married Meir Moshel, the son of the well to do Mendel Moshel of Sanok, who was a student of the famous Rabbi Shapiro who was the judicial head of the rabbinical court of the same city. (He was the founder of the Yeshiva Chochmei Lublin, member of the Polish Parliament as a representative of the Agudat Israel, later headed the rabbinical office of Piotrikow and Lublin). He was a talented individual with an abundance of energy and enterprise. Always neatly dressed, a follower of the rabbi, and very active in the political party of the Agudah Israel. He was one of the younger leaders of the party and was involved in all the minute details of the movement.

He traveled to the opening of the Yeshiva Chochmei Lublin in order to partake in the festivities. When the head of the Yeshiva passed way, he eulogized him before a large audience in the synagogue. His words were impressive and left deep impressions on the participants. He became known as a good speaker, familiar with Judaic knowledge and a capable public figure in the community.

He was placed on the ticket of the community board and was elected member. His name was also placed as a candidate for municipal office on behalf f the merchants association. He defeated a relative, Betzalel Tzimet who also ran for office on another list.

He visited Palestine in 1935 with the opening games of the Maccabiah. He intended to stay in the country but things did not work out and he returned to Poland. He described to fiends the country, the life style and the people. According to his cousin, Hersh Tzimet, he was a bit disappointed but deep in his heart he hoped to return to Palestine but events will overtake his plan.

He had a nice income from his wholesale and retail haberdashery store within the place of his father in law in the market.

He had no sons. With the German onslaught on Poland he managed to reach Lemberg but decided to return to Jaslo and was one of the first German victims in the city. From the entire family, only a sister remained alive Rike, who married the student Awraham Yehoshua Heshil Liberman (Livni), the son of the Rabbi of Dobri. They had a jewelry store in Tel Aviv on Allenby Street.

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Leibish Tzimet

The second son of Moshe Tzimet was a religious student at the study center. He was a quiet and genial person. Following his marriage, he settled down in Jaslo to manage the furniture store that he received. He was also very active in social organizations namely the association of young unwed girls. This organization helped financially the girls to wed. He personally went with the musical band to the homes of the intended brides and grooms on Saturday evenings to ask for contributions for the association to help poor girls to wed. He was also active in the burial society and was one of its officers. He was also a member of the board of the synagogue on Florianska Street (Souveniover). He had five sons.

Awraham Tzimet

He was born in Zmigrod and settled in Jaslo. He was a wheat merchant and lived in his house on Kurlewskiego Street He was a simple Jew that followed the precepts of the Hassidic Rabbi of Rymanow. He had two daughters and three sons. His oldest daughter lived in Istrik. According to rumors, one of his sons lives in France.

Lipa Tzimet

He was also a wheat merchant like his brother. He was very active amongst the merchants of the city. Transactions were made in his name; his suggestions were circulated amongst the merchants… Lipa said… Lipa did… He was successful and bought a piece of land on which he built a three story house. The first large Jewish edifice to be built in Jaslo, following Polish independence.

The Rabbi of Rymanow was invited to the opening of the house and with him came many of the Hassidic followers that were very happy to spent a Sabbath with their rabbi in the house of Lipa Tzimet. Amongst the guests was the well to do Hassid from Rzeszow, Asher Zilber. (He lives presently in Czernowic; he is about 90 years old). This Saturday provided many stories for the inhabitants of Jaslo.

He gave charity and supported many institutions. Suddenly, his commercial enterprise began to flounder and collapsed. He had three

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daughters that received a high school education. Two survived the war. One of them is the daughter in law of Shlomo Weingarten, they live in Paris.

Moshe Mandil Tzimet

He was the son of Alter Levi Tzimet from Zmigrod. He was very religious, Hassidic in outlook but well read in Jewish knowledge. He owned a haberdashery store in Stillman's house that was located in the market. He did very well and eventually bought the house from Stillman's inheritors where he continued to live. He had several sons that were raised along the precepts of the Hassidic Rabbi of Bobowa. His oldest son Yaakov, known as Yankel, had a very pleasant voice and was an assistant in the choir of Avish Neuman during the High Holidays.

Benyamin Tzinger

He was a quiet person, always dressed formally, and wore a hard hat. He gave the impression of a high school teacher or writer in his mannerisms. He was a tailor that barely scrapped together an income to feed his family. He lived in the house of Goldstein most of his life.

Rabbi Yona Tzanger

He was the son in law of Elimelech Teller and Awraham Hersh Brenner. He served as Rabbi before his successor Rabbi Yehoshua Heshil Rubin assumed office. He was rabbi when there were a few Jews that concentrated in the suburb of Ulaszowice near Jaslo. Unfortunately, he became ill and passed away in the prime of his life.

Tzafat family

This family resided in Tarnowici for years. They were traditional people and were traders.

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