Mstsibava
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Mstsibava or Mstibovo is a village in Vawkavysk District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It is part of Hnyezna selsoviet.
Site of the original settlement
Historic photo of Mstibovo, including Kostel Svyatogo Ioanna Krestitelya (English: Church of St. John the Baptist)
Shabbatai HaKohen
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Shabbatai ben Meir HaKohen was a talmudist and halakhist. He became known as the Shakh, which is an abbreviation of his most important work, Siftei Kohen on the Shulchan Aruch.
Mstsibava
…lived in the center of the village, where its synagogue was situated. Rabbis in the community's history include Rabbi Meir HaKohen (father of Rabbi Shabbatai HaKohen), Rabbi David HaLevi Segal, and Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman. During the Holocaust, in late June 1941, the village's Jews were transported to Vawkavysk…
Shabbatai HaKohen
Tomb of Sabbatai ben Meir ha-Kohen in Holešov
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