| Name |
Year |
Comments |
Source |
| Rabbi Israel ben Sholom |
early 17th century
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In 1657 two rabbis, Rabbi Israel ben Sholem and Rabbi Tuvia ben Joseph,were executed on account of an unproved blood libel accusation.Descendants of Rabbi Israel then took the name Zak, an acronym for Zera Kodesh, meaning "the holy seed". |
AL |
| Rabbi Tobias ben Joseph |
early 17th century
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In 1657 two rabbis, Rabbi Israel ben Sholem and Rabbi Tuvia ben Joseph,were executed on account of an unproved blood libel accusation. |
AL |
| Rabbi Jonathan ben Joseph |
1700
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|
AL |
| Rabbi Avigdor ben Schmuel ("Harif") |
18th century
|
|
AL |
| Rabbi Yakov SOFER Hakohen |
18th
century |
Born.Zloczew? Died27 Iyar 5523 (1765) buried in
Pinsk served In Pinsk & Ruzhany as Rabbi, Dayan
SHATZ. Was also a Sofer Stam. Was the son of
Eliezer b'Elazar KATZ Of Zloczew. |
YK |
| Rabbi Isacc Haver |
1819-1833
|
|
AL |
| Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel JAFFE
(YOFFE) |
1820-1890
|
A rabbi in Ruzhany and a colonist in Eretz Israel. |
SF
HM Dec 1984 |
| Rabbi Ghirsh ZAKIN |
1838
|
Elected May, 1838 |
Synagogue elections |
| Rabbi Duber KESTIN |
1823-1890
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Born in Bodki, Grodno province, in 1823, Feb 21. Passed away at the age of 66. |
HO |
| Rabbi Jacob Eizer
SHERESHEVSKY |
~1860-~1902
|
|
AL |
| Rabbi Yizhack Ignatz
LEMBERGER |
1912
|
Son of Arie Leib Lemberger, born in 1882. |
Ohel Shem |
| Rabbi Shabse VOLACH (WALLACH) |
|
A Zak descendant and an
uncle of Maxim Litvinov, Soviet foreign
minister.
 |
AL |
Rabbis Born In Ruzhany |
| Rabbi Meir
BASIN |
1912
|
|
Ohel Shem |