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- noun historical One of a
tribe ortribal union ofVlachs .
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Here, as is almost certainly confirmed by archival documentation from the 1860s and 1870s, she spent the last years of her life in Jerusalem as a childless widow affiliated to the Volhynian hasidic kolel (a group of Ashkenazi Jews in Palestine, from one country or district, whose members received funds from their countries of origin).
Ludomir, Maid of. 2009
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She ended her life in apparent obscurity as a widow in the Volhynian Hasidic kollel of Jerusalem, where archival evidence dating from the 1860s and 1870s seems at least to confirm the historicity of her existence.
Hasidism. 2009
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Horodezky was the first to record her full story, which originates in the Volhynian Hasidic milieu into which he was born and with whose traditions he was intimately acquainted.
Hasidism. 2009
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Hannah Rachel, the Maid, was the only daughter of Monesh Verbermacher, an educated and well-to-do Jew in the Volhynian town of Ludomir (Vladimir-Volynskiy).
Ludomir, Maid of. 2009
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And as Vilna University was inadequate to the needs of so vast a country, the Volhynian Lyceum was founded in 1805.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The Volhynian hermit was completely overshadowed by the energetic young
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900
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A year later the humble Volhynian littérateur received by imperial command an "award" of 1000 rubles ($500) "for a work having for its object the moral transformation of the Jews."
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900
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Barely a month after the publication of the military statute, the central Government in St. Petersburg was startled by the report that the Volhynian town of
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900
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About the time when the Tzaddik of Ruzhin fell under suspicion, the Russian Government began to watch the Jewish printing-press in the Volhynian townlet of Slavuta.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900
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The Volhynian soil proved unfavorable for the seeds of enlightenment.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900
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