Sharhorodשרגורוד

Podolia (Ukraine)

Sharhorod (Shargorod), a town in Podolia (today in Vinnytsia Oblast, western Ukraine), had a long-established Jewish community. Rabbi Yaakov Yosef HaKohen, later the famous chasidic master of Polnoye, served as rav of Sharhorod for several years before becoming a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov around 1748.

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