Zhetel

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historic town town

Zhetel is a historic town in present-day Belarus, known for its once-significant Jewish community and as the birthplace of the influential rabbi and ethicist Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim).

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic town ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Dzyatlava District NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthplaceOf	Chofetz Chaim NERFINISHED ⓘ Yisrael Meir Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Belarus ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Dzyatlava NERFINISHED ⓘ Zdzieciol NERFINISHED ⓘ Zdzięcioł NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhetel, Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhetel’ NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhetl NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhetl’ NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHolocaustMemorial	yes ⓘ
hasJewishCemetery	yes ⓘ
hasLanguage	Belarusian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Russian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Chofetz Chaim NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yisrael Meir Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Holocaust destruction of Jewish community NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II German occupation NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPopulationGroup	Belarusians NERFINISHED ⓘ Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Poles NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Grodno Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	shtetl ⓘ
locatedIn	Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Grodno Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Jewish religious scholarship ⓘ birthplace of Yisrael Meir Kagan ⓘ historic Jewish community ⓘ
partOf	Dzyatlava District NERFINISHED ⓘ
preWarAdministrativeUnit	Nowogródek Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ
preWarCountry	Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType	urban settlement ⓘ
religiousCommunity	Catholic community ⓘ Jewish community ⓘ Orthodox Christian community ⓘ
religiousHeritage	Hasidic influence ⓘ Jewish religious heritage ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ Eastern European Time ⓘ

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Yisrael Meir Kagan → birthPlace → Zhetel ⓘ