The Sokal Memorial Book
Tartakov, Varenzh, Stoyanov & Vicinity

Sokal, Ukraine
50°29' / 24°17'
Tartakiv, Ukraine
50°28' / 24°24'
Varyazh, Ukraine
50°31' / 24°06'
Stoyaniv, Ukraine
50°22' / 24°39'

Translation of
Sefer Sokal, Tartakow Ve-ha-Seviva

Edited by: A. Khomet

Published in Tel Aviv, Israel, 1968

 

English Translation Prepared and Published by

Jacob Solomon Berger

Mahwah, New Jersey, USA 2023

 

Acknowledgments

 

Our sincere appreciation to Jacob Solomon Berger who has kindly donated
his original book to JewishGen for online presentation

 

Translation Editors: Dr. Rafael Manory & Erica S. Goldman-Brodie

This is a translation from: Sefer Sokal, Tartakow, Ve-ha-Seviva
ed. A. Khomet, Memorial Book of Sokal Tartakow and Surroundings, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1968

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Translator's Foreword xiv
Editorial Committee Foreword xiv
Map of the Area xv
 
The History of the Jews in Sokal 1
The Sokal Community 2
Our Teacher, David HaLevi, Author of ‘Tur Zahav,’ Resident of Sokal 2
The Gaon-Teacher Aryeh Yehuda Leib, Rabbi and Bet-Din Senior of Sokal 3
The Gaon-teacher R' Aryeh Leib, son of the Gaon ‘Pnei Yehoshua,’ Rabbi and ABD”K of Sokal 4
The Bet-Din of Sokal in the Years of The Gaon-Teacher Aryeh Leib's Rabbinate 5
Rebbe Baruch son of Zvi Hirsch Heilperin of Sokal, Author of the Book ‘Mitzvot HaShem.’ 5
Hasidism in Sokal 6
The Gaon-Teacher Issachar Ber, the ABD”K, and the Gaon-Teacher R' Shlomo, the Maggid of that Location 6
Sokal Up To The Second World War 7
How to Write and Pronounce the Name of the City of Sokal 9
The Jewish Community in Sokal – A Center of Torah & Yiddishkeit 10
Sokal My Birthplace 11
A Bit of Residue and Facts about the Oldest History of Sokal 11
The Oldest Headstones in the Sokal Cemetery 12
The Sokal Settlement Depended on the Jewish Community in Belz 14
The Social-Community Importance of the Sokal Jewish Settlement 14
The Lineage of Sokal Jewry 15
The Sokal Community Obtains Its Independence from Belz 15
Sokal - A Center of Prominent Torah Scholars 15
The Thousand Nights of the Young Gaon – Sholom Rokeach זצ”ל 16
The Sokal Settlement and the Belz Dynasty 17
The Great Torah Scholars in Sokal 20
Sages & Hasidic Persona in Sokal 21
Synagogues and Study Houses in Sokal 26
The Cruel Expulsion from Hrubieszow-Chelm & the Sokal Jews 27
The Jews in Sokal from Ancient Times to the Holocaust Dr. Abraham Khomet 30
The First Evidence of Jews in Sokal 33
Under Austrian Rule 40
In Independent Poland 61
Historical Graves in the Old Cemetery in Sokal A. Birnbaum 71
The Jewish Members of the Sokal Municipal Council Dr. Zigmunt Gruber 73
 
Hasidism in Sokal 75
The Czortkow-Husiatyn Kloyz–The Great Sacred Place in Sokal 76
 
The Zionist Movement in Sokal 82
The Zionist Organization in Sokal Dr. David Kindler 83
From the History of the ‘Mizrahi’ in Sokal Yitzhak Birnbaum 97
From the Revisionist Movement in Sokal Israel Shapiro 99
Poalei Tzion and Hitakhdut in Sokal A. Kh. 101
A Story from a Youth Organization Moshe Kubler, Lawyer 106
The ‘HaShomer Ha'Tzair’ Movement in Sokal Dr. Y. Efrat (Menkes) 114
‘Tze'irei Mizrahi’ in Sokal Yaakov Za”K 123
The Youth Organization “Gordonia” in Sokal Yitzhak Levin 128
The Revival of the Hebrew Language in Sokal Dr. David Kindler 133
 
Non-Zionist Organizations in Sokal 137
Agudat Israel A. Kh.
The “Bund” 139
 
From the Economic Life of the Jews of Sokal 140
Jewish Agricultural Work in the Sokal Vicinity Aryeh Fass 141
The Jewish Contribution to Sokal's Development Dr. David Kindler 143
 
Humanitarian and Charitable Institutions of the Jews in Sokal 147
Jewish Philanthropic Organizations & Institutions In Sokal Dr. David Kindler 148
The ‘Ladies Committee’ at Work Clara Kindler 152
 
Memories and Personalities 155
What I Remember of Sokal! Zvi Klinger 156
The Home of My Father Dr. Y. Efrat (Menkes) 165
And I Will Remember These!… Y. HaLevi 169
When I Remind Myself of Zabuzhzhya… Zvi Klinger 173
The Rebbe R' Shmuel Rokeach זצ”ל Menashe Unger 181
The Gaon Rabbi R' Shimshon Sztokhammer זצ”ל Melech Neustadt 182
Rabbi Shimshon Sztokhammer הי”ד Abraham Zemba 184
Abraham Yaakov Z”K ז”ל Y. F. 185
Leoniah (Leib) Fyvel Y. F. 186
Dr. Joseph Weniger ז”ל Michael Landau 190
Regarding the Image of Naphtali Shimoni (Tauba) Dr. Y. Efrat (Minkes) 192
Aryeh Fass ז”ל Dr. Y. Efrat (Menkes) 195
David Byk Dr. David Kindler 197
The Engineer Schwartz 200
Zigmunt Leider 200
Yidd'l Grossman A. Becker (Buenos Aires) 201
 
The Holocaust 206
Pages About the Torture and Execution of the Jewish Settlement in Sokal Moshe Maltz 207
In the Nazi Gehenna 210
On the Ruins of Jewish Sokal 233
The Fate of Two Jewish Children: Miriam & Shlomit 236
Dov Zigman's Experiences in the Ukrainian Gehenna A. Kh. 247
The First Letter to Dov'cheh's Aunt, Szprinza in Haifa 247
Letter to Dov'cheh Zigman's Uncle Henryk Klinger 249
Frightening Details Regarding Ukrainian Cruelties 251
The Rescue of 15 Jews in an Attic Above of a Pig Sty Y. Szmulewitz 255
The Course of My Life During the German Occupation Safa Rotenberg 259
In the Forest 262
In A German Labor Camp Aryeh Fass 264
Memories from the Period of Suffering and Pain Miriam Ruziner 266
From the Sokal Ghetto Leah Baumel 271
“Remember What Amalek Did To You” Baruch ben Zvi HaLevi Lewittes 272
One of the Righteous Gentiles of the World Gitt'l Linsker 280
Jewish Doctors & Medical Professionals in the Sokal Ghetto Dr. David Kindler 283
Scions of Sokal & Vicinity In Israel and the Diaspora 287
The Organization of Émigrés of Sokal & Vicinity in Israel Joseph Fyvel 288
Jews from Sokal in the Diaspora Joseph Fyvel 298
 
Tartakov 306
Memories of My Birthplace, the Sacred Congregation of Tartakov Aryeh Bak 308
The Community of Tartakov 308
The Community Way of Life Within the Town and Congregation 315
Tartakov – My Shtetl Shaul Linsker 325
Jewish Life in Tartakov A. Becker 330
About the Jewish Religious & Socio-Cultural Life in Tartakov 332
The Tale of One Family Chana Cohen 342
The Path of Pain and Suffering Hersch Genauer 349
A Diary from the Nazi Gehenna Zvi Abers 351
In Memory of My Friend Asher Rubinstein Shaul Linsker 355
 
Varenzh 357
My Town of Varenzh Sarah Ben-Yaakov 358
Joseph-Hersch the Itinerant Village Merchant Shlomo Strauss-Marko 371
 
Stoyanov 375
Regarding My Small Shtetl of Stoyanov Aryeh Warband 376
Memories of My Shtetl Moshe Yekhiel HaLevi Segal 383
R' Moshe Yekhiel Segal ז”ל Elimelech Rosenbaum 390
A Little Bit of the Memories of My Shtetl Leah Ben-Yehuda (nee Tzukerkandel) 391
Our Brother A. D. Warbner Szifra Rosenfeld, Malka Landi, Zvi Warbner 394
Regarding Yaakov ben Joseph Grossman ז”ל Szifra Rosenfeld, Malka Landi & Zvi Warbner 396
Stoyanov – In the Years of Nazi Captivity Y. Kremnitzer 397
 
List of the Martyrs That Were Exterminated in the Holocaust 409
 
Necrology 411
 
Index of Illustrations 437

 

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