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R' David HaLevi, ABD Eisenstadt
#rabbinic
isak@bm.technion.ac.il
Hello RavSiggers!
I was wondering if anybody had a list of the names of the AB"Ds in Eisenstadt (then in Hungary) during the middle of the 17th century (1630-1670). I am looking for info about R' David HaLevi born in Prague who was AB"D in Eisenstadt. Thanks Isak Gath, Haifa
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic R' David HaLevi, ABD Eisenstadt
#rabbinic
isak@bm.technion.ac.il
Hello RavSiggers!
I was wondering if anybody had a list of the names of the AB"Ds in Eisenstadt (then in Hungary) during the middle of the 17th century (1630-1670). I am looking for info about R' David HaLevi born in Prague who was AB"D in Eisenstadt. Thanks Isak Gath, Haifa
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Re: Announcements in Archived Journals
#rabbinic
A. Marmorstein <mehadrin@...>
On 2007.12.28, I quoted the following announcement:
Beth Eked Sefarim---monthly journal for all areas of Torah study andAs a follow up, I assume that this is the same person as the Chaim Yissochor GROSS who wrote a supplement named Tiferes banim Avosam as a supplement to teh Sefer Be'er Yaakov on Orach Chaim, tracing the ancestry of Rabbi Chayim Yaakov Kalevi Kraushar (its author) to King David. Rabbi Ch B GROSS, is also described as the author of Toldos Binyamin. I do not know whether that is also a brief genealogy at the end of a Sefer. he mentions that he was commissioned to write Tiferes banim Avosam by Rabbi Abraham Kraushar of Brooklyn and his brother-in-law Rabbi Shmuel Yehuda Spitzer of Munkac. His footnotes are full of interesting observations and I will mention just one. the MaHaRSHa - Rav Shmuel Eidlisz, author of famous Talmudic commentary---is said to have been a descendant of Rabbi Yehuda HaChassid. He mentions that the source is the responsa Shem Aryeh, Yoreh Deah 27. Another source is the beginning of the Sefer Shiva Kenei Hamenorah which lists 22 generations >from Rav Yehuda HaChassid author of Sefer HaChasidim to MaHaRSHa. Rabbi GROSS observes that he transcribed this list of ancestors for the author of Avos Atarah leBanim , but pointed out that he does not think it is a valid chart and complained that Avos Atarah lebanim reproduced the list without mentioning that it was of dubious validity. Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein New York City
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Re: Announcements in Archived Journals
#rabbinic
A. Marmorstein <mehadrin@...>
On 2007.12.28, I quoted the following announcement:
Beth Eked Sefarim---monthly journal for all areas of Torah study andAs a follow up, I assume that this is the same person as the Chaim Yissochor GROSS who wrote a supplement named Tiferes banim Avosam as a supplement to teh Sefer Be'er Yaakov on Orach Chaim, tracing the ancestry of Rabbi Chayim Yaakov Kalevi Kraushar (its author) to King David. Rabbi Ch B GROSS, is also described as the author of Toldos Binyamin. I do not know whether that is also a brief genealogy at the end of a Sefer. he mentions that he was commissioned to write Tiferes banim Avosam by Rabbi Abraham Kraushar of Brooklyn and his brother-in-law Rabbi Shmuel Yehuda Spitzer of Munkac. His footnotes are full of interesting observations and I will mention just one. the MaHaRSHa - Rav Shmuel Eidlisz, author of famous Talmudic commentary---is said to have been a descendant of Rabbi Yehuda HaChassid. He mentions that the source is the responsa Shem Aryeh, Yoreh Deah 27. Another source is the beginning of the Sefer Shiva Kenei Hamenorah which lists 22 generations >from Rav Yehuda HaChassid author of Sefer HaChasidim to MaHaRSHa. Rabbi GROSS observes that he transcribed this list of ancestors for the author of Avos Atarah leBanim , but pointed out that he does not think it is a valid chart and complained that Avos Atarah lebanim reproduced the list without mentioning that it was of dubious validity. Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein New York City
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ZIRNER Family from Hungary and Vienna
#austria-czech
Ed Zwieback <ezwieback@...>
We have collected a lot of basic info about the ZIRNER family, originally
from Bonyhad, Hungary, and prominent in Vienna. They were connected to theZWIEBACK family. The ZIRNER family chart is shown at http://ezwieback.com/ZFN-p/ld10.htm#a0 . I would be happy add any new family info to the website. Regards, Ed Zwieback Long Beach, California with the ZWIEBACK Family Name at http://ezwieback.com/ZFN-p/index.htm
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech ZIRNER Family from Hungary and Vienna
#austria-czech
Ed Zwieback <ezwieback@...>
We have collected a lot of basic info about the ZIRNER family, originally
from Bonyhad, Hungary, and prominent in Vienna. They were connected to theZWIEBACK family. The ZIRNER family chart is shown at http://ezwieback.com/ZFN-p/ld10.htm#a0 . I would be happy add any new family info to the website. Regards, Ed Zwieback Long Beach, California with the ZWIEBACK Family Name at http://ezwieback.com/ZFN-p/index.htm
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JGS of Cleveland -- January meeting
#general
Cynthia Spikell <proprius@...>
JGS of Cleveland meeting -- Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Place: Second floor auditorium of Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road, Beachwood Time: 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Ken Bravo Topic: "Computers and the Internet -- 21st Century Tools for Finding 19th Century Ancestors" Guests are welcome. For further information see: http://www.clevelandjgs.org/ Cynthia Spikell 1st V.P.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGS of Cleveland -- January meeting
#general
Cynthia Spikell <proprius@...>
JGS of Cleveland meeting -- Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Place: Second floor auditorium of Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road, Beachwood Time: 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Ken Bravo Topic: "Computers and the Internet -- 21st Century Tools for Finding 19th Century Ancestors" Guests are welcome. For further information see: http://www.clevelandjgs.org/ Cynthia Spikell 1st V.P.
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New huge archive available
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
As Vladimir Salita has pointed out, there is an incredible, new
online resource: << The address is http://www.obd-memorial.ru/ That is an invaluable source of data on Russian (USSR) soldiers died or disappeared during WW II compiled by Russian Defense Department. I already checked it and found what I have been looking for. Search by name works well. Also they show original documents as well.>> The original documents are incredible! Some have photographs or fingerprints. The language is Cyrillic, German and others possibly. If you don't have a Cyrillic keyboard option on your computer, there is a website where you can enter the Latin characters to transliterate the text into Cyrllic (and vice-versa) and then cut and paste them in to the search box on the website. The site is: http://2cyr.com/ On the website, if your entry/surname brings up several selections, click on each one for a separate "details" page. Highlighted in crimson at the bottom of the page is the link that will bring up the actual file. Pamela Weisberger Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@...
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia New huge archive available
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
As Vladimir Salita has pointed out, there is an incredible, new
online resource: << The address is http://www.obd-memorial.ru/ That is an invaluable source of data on Russian (USSR) soldiers died or disappeared during WW II compiled by Russian Defense Department. I already checked it and found what I have been looking for. Search by name works well. Also they show original documents as well.>> The original documents are incredible! Some have photographs or fingerprints. The language is Cyrillic, German and others possibly. If you don't have a Cyrillic keyboard option on your computer, there is a website where you can enter the Latin characters to transliterate the text into Cyrllic (and vice-versa) and then cut and paste them in to the search box on the website. The site is: http://2cyr.com/ On the website, if your entry/surname brings up several selections, click on each one for a separate "details" page. Highlighted in crimson at the bottom of the page is the link that will bring up the actual file. Pamela Weisberger Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@...
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Mordechai David Pelta
Does anyone know anything about the PELTA family >from Lodz?
I know my branch >from Konskie is related to them, but I do not know how. Please let me know. Thanks, Mordechai David Pelta, Esq. San Francisco, CA
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Mordechai David Pelta
Does anyone know anything about the PELTA family >from Lodz?
I know my branch >from Konskie is related to them, but I do not know how. Please let me know. Thanks, Mordechai David Pelta, Esq. San Francisco, CA
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R' Eliezer WINTNER
#rabbinic
Avrofek <avrofek@...>
Rabbi Raphael HALPERIN in his encyclopedia Etz Hayim lists haRav
Eliezer WINTNER #2351 as one of the great rabbis of Hungary. He was rabbi in Breif(sp!) and Av Bet Din in Shtempan (sp!). He was a disciple of haRav Moshe Sofer. He died in 1893 at the age of 41. I would appreciate ANY information: scholastic, rabbinic, family, genealogy, etc. Thank you all. Avraham Ofek
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic R' Eliezer WINTNER
#rabbinic
Avrofek <avrofek@...>
Rabbi Raphael HALPERIN in his encyclopedia Etz Hayim lists haRav
Eliezer WINTNER #2351 as one of the great rabbis of Hungary. He was rabbi in Breif(sp!) and Av Bet Din in Shtempan (sp!). He was a disciple of haRav Moshe Sofer. He died in 1893 at the age of 41. I would appreciate ANY information: scholastic, rabbinic, family, genealogy, etc. Thank you all. Avraham Ofek
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Re: R' Avraham Yehoshua HESHEL aka Hersch Zewi KRAKAU
#rabbinic
richard may
Dear community,
Thank you to everyone who responded to my inquiry regarding finding information on the descendants of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua HESHEL, known as "Reb Heshel of Krakow"! Richard May Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Re: R' Avraham Yehoshua HESHEL aka Hersch Zewi KRAKAU
#rabbinic
richard may
Dear community,
Thank you to everyone who responded to my inquiry regarding finding information on the descendants of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua HESHEL, known as "Reb Heshel of Krakow"! Richard May Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
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Re: -ov ending on surnames
#sephardic
MBernet@...
In a message dated 12/30/2007 6:53:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,
dlaufer@... writes: << . . . HOFF is the German/Yiddish word for a courtyard. And FRUM is Yiddish for 'religious'. So FRUMHOFF could have been the owner of a place where some religious activities took place. ==iI think that's most unlikely. The word for pious is fromm; it does get slurred to frumm in some Yiddish dialects. It always refers to a person's personal practice, not to the nature of a ceremony. Hof does mean court, and by extension courtyard, but in surnames it is almost inevitably part of a location name meaning farm, estate, or ducal or royal holding. The personal name Frumm is >from the German personal name Frummet--though many would like to believe that it is meant as a wish for piety. == - hof or - hoffer is a quite common suffix in Jewish surnames >from Germanic countries and is almost inevitably based on a family's geographic origin. It is also one of those suffixes added to names to make them "more elegant" (read "less obviously Jewish") such as - baum, -berg, -feld, -stern, stein, etc. ==There is no connection between the Germanic hof and the central Asian -ov Michael Bernet, New York mbernet@...
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Re: -ov ending on surnames
#sephardic
MBernet@...
In a message dated 12/30/2007 6:53:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,
dlaufer@... writes: << . . . HOFF is the German/Yiddish word for a courtyard. And FRUM is Yiddish for 'religious'. So FRUMHOFF could have been the owner of a place where some religious activities took place. ==iI think that's most unlikely. The word for pious is fromm; it does get slurred to frumm in some Yiddish dialects. It always refers to a person's personal practice, not to the nature of a ceremony. Hof does mean court, and by extension courtyard, but in surnames it is almost inevitably part of a location name meaning farm, estate, or ducal or royal holding. The personal name Frumm is >from the German personal name Frummet--though many would like to believe that it is meant as a wish for piety. == - hof or - hoffer is a quite common suffix in Jewish surnames >from Germanic countries and is almost inevitably based on a family's geographic origin. It is also one of those suffixes added to names to make them "more elegant" (read "less obviously Jewish") such as - baum, -berg, -feld, -stern, stein, etc. ==There is no connection between the Germanic hof and the central Asian -ov Michael Bernet, New York mbernet@...
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ZIV/SHIFF/SIEF from Seda/shad
#latvia
yitzchok treisman <yitzchok1@...>
I'm researching the ZIV/SHIFF/SIEF family >from Seda/shad,
Does anyone have information on this family? Yours sincerely Yitzchak Treisman Yitzchak Treisman 1/5 Rabbi Akiva Street Ramat Beit Shemesh B 990083 Israel e-mail Yitzchok1@...
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Latvia SIG #Latvia ZIV/SHIFF/SIEF from Seda/shad
#latvia
yitzchok treisman <yitzchok1@...>
I'm researching the ZIV/SHIFF/SIEF family >from Seda/shad,
Does anyone have information on this family? Yours sincerely Yitzchak Treisman Yitzchak Treisman 1/5 Rabbi Akiva Street Ramat Beit Shemesh B 990083 Israel e-mail Yitzchok1@...
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