Notable Sabbatian Teachers of Jakob Frank
- Rabbi Issohar, one of Frank's principal teachers. A disciple of Hayim Malakh, Frank studied with him in Izmir in 1750-52.
- Rabbi Mordechai ben Elias Margalit of Prague (Mardocheusz in Polish), another of Frank's principal teachers. He helped introduce Frank to the practices of the Karakashi sect of the Donmeh in the Turkish empire, which worshipped Beruchiah Russo (also known as Osman Baba). Frank traveled with him to Salonika in November 1753. He left Bohemia and moved to the Ottoman Empire after Jakob Frank's uncle Moses Meir Kamenker was caught smuggling Sabbatian literature into Germany in 1725. Mordechai allegedly engaged in adultery and other antinomian conduct.
- Leib, a Jewish Sabbatian teacher of Frank's during the latter's childhood in Wallachia and Moldava. He was also a wonderworker who attempted to dispel demons.
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