Joe Slater (jewishgen@...) wrote:

... my wife's great-uncle R' Shmuel GLASS.
... R' Shmuel GLASS's father-in-law, R' Yisroel Simcha Bunim SOFER.

Incidentally, does anyone know anything about R' Yisroel Simcha Bunim
SOFER? He was eulogised in 1898/1899.

There was a Rabbi Yisrael **David** Simcha Bunim SOFER or Warshaw,
who died in 7th Adar 5659 (= 1899).
He was son of Rabbi Shimon SOFER or Krakow, son of the famous
"Chatam Sofer" - Rabbi Moshe SOFER of Pressburg.

More about him and his family can be found in the book "Ktov Zot Zikaron"
(by Rabbi A.S.B SOFER)

Best regards,
Tomer Brunner, Israel

I'm seeking a comprehensive descendant tree of the Rav. Mordechai JAFFE,
"Ba'alei HaLevushim" [~1530-1612]--especially in digital format: FTW or at
least in GEDCOM.

For years I have been trying to link my JAFFE family in Rawitsch, Posen
Province to the Ba'alei HaLevushim, with no success.

My oldest ancestor was Avraham Jaffe, b.~1680. >son Moshe> grandsons Shmuel
and Avraham, > great grandsons Avraham Shmuel, Shimshon, Meir, Hirsch and
Moshe.

The name pattern is similar to that of the rabbinical family -- but I
haven't found any Mordechai's in my family.

I have living JAFFE male relatives--direct-line descendants of my earliest
ancestor. Has any of you JAFFE's >from the Levushim family taken a DNA
test? If so I will get one of my cousins to do the same and we will see if
there is a genetic similarity.

Jim Bennett
Haifa, Israel

I'm seeking a comprehensive descendant tree of the Rav. Mordechai JAFFE,
"Ba'alei HaLevushim" [~1530-1612]--especially in digital format: FTW or at
least in GEDCOM.

For years I have been trying to link my JAFFE family in Rawitsch, Posen
Province to the Ba'alei HaLevushim, with no success.

My oldest ancestor was Avraham Jaffe, b.~1680. >son Moshe> grandsons Shmuel
and Avraham, > great grandsons Avraham Shmuel, Shimshon, Meir, Hirsch and
Moshe.

The name pattern is similar to that of the rabbinical family -- but I
haven't found any Mordechai's in my family.

I have living JAFFE male relatives--direct-line descendants of my earliest
ancestor. Has any of you JAFFE's >from the Levushim family taken a DNA
test? If so I will get one of my cousins to do the same and we will see if
there is a genetic similarity.

Jim Bennett
Haifa, Israel

Joe Slater (jewishgen@...) wrote:

... my wife's great-uncle R' Shmuel GLASS.
... R' Shmuel GLASS's father-in-law, R' Yisroel Simcha Bunim SOFER.

Incidentally, does anyone know anything about R' Yisroel Simcha Bunim
SOFER? He was eulogised in 1898/1899.

There was a Rabbi Yisrael **David** Simcha Bunim SOFER or Warshaw,
who died in 7th Adar 5659 (= 1899).
He was son of Rabbi Shimon SOFER or Krakow, son of the famous
"Chatam Sofer" - Rabbi Moshe SOFER of Pressburg.

More about him and his family can be found in the book "Ktov Zot Zikaron"
(by Rabbi A.S.B SOFER)

Best regards,
Tomer Brunner, Israel

I was interested to see if anyone had information on the descendants
of Aryeh Leib "Harif" HALPERN, who lived in the 18th century and was a Rabbi
of Opatow and then Sochaczew. I believe he was also briefly the rabbi
of Przedborz, probably in the 1770's. Additional he was a mentor to
The Przedborzer Rebbe (WELTFRAJD) and the "Holy Jew".

There is a lot of information on his direct ancestors, as well as his
cousins, but I have found nothing on his descendants. Having lived a long life
as a rabbi in several towns, it would have been unusual for him to
not have had children, though perhaps he only had daughters who did
not marry rabbis or only had sons, none of which became rabbis.

I have been looking for a connection between my Halpern family of
Piontek, Poland and this extended Halpern (Heilprin, etc.) family.
My family claimed a connection to the Seder Hadorot, Jehiel Heilprin,
in particular, but due to the proximity of time and place between
Aryeh Leib Halpern and my earliest known family members, I think he
or others in his immediate family might be the true direct link
between my family and this large rabbinic family.

I believe Aryeh Leib may also have connections to Yaakov of Widoma
(probably surnamed BLUMENSON) , who was a student of Yeshayahu WELTFRAJD,
and married his niece (and then later in life became a Hassidic
leader in Widoma). Yaakov was most likely my 4th great grandfather.

Steve Bloom
Farmville, VA

I was interested to see if anyone had information on the descendants
of Aryeh Leib "Harif" HALPERN, who lived in the 18th century and was a Rabbi
of Opatow and then Sochaczew. I believe he was also briefly the rabbi
of Przedborz, probably in the 1770's. Additional he was a mentor to
The Przedborzer Rebbe (WELTFRAJD) and the "Holy Jew".

There is a lot of information on his direct ancestors, as well as his
cousins, but I have found nothing on his descendants. Having lived a long life
as a rabbi in several towns, it would have been unusual for him to
not have had children, though perhaps he only had daughters who did
not marry rabbis or only had sons, none of which became rabbis.

I have been looking for a connection between my Halpern family of
Piontek, Poland and this extended Halpern (Heilprin, etc.) family.
My family claimed a connection to the Seder Hadorot, Jehiel Heilprin,
in particular, but due to the proximity of time and place between
Aryeh Leib Halpern and my earliest known family members, I think he
or others in his immediate family might be the true direct link
between my family and this large rabbinic family.

I believe Aryeh Leib may also have connections to Yaakov of Widoma
(probably surnamed BLUMENSON) , who was a student of Yeshayahu WELTFRAJD,
and married his niece (and then later in life became a Hassidic
leader in Widoma). Yaakov was most likely my 4th great grandfather.

Steve Bloom
Farmville, VA

According to an article by Akiva Kostrometzky in the Horodetz yizkor
book, my greatgreatgrandfather, Yermiyah Zerah JARMUK, had a son,
Itche Meir, who became a Hasid in the mid 19th century and
eventually [the] Rabbi in Rechitsa (Minsk Gub.). My research, so
far, has yielded no information about the Rabbi. Does anybody on
this list you know anything about him?

Itzhak Epstein New York, NY
<mailto:iegen@...>

According to an article by Akiva Kostrometzky in the Horodetz yizkor
book, my greatgreatgrandfather, Yermiyah Zerah JARMUK, had a son,
Itche Meir, who became a Hasid in the mid 19th century and
eventually [the] Rabbi in Rechitsa (Minsk Gub.). My research, so
far, has yielded no information about the Rabbi. Does anybody on
this list you know anything about him?

Itzhak Epstein New York, NY
<mailto:iegen@...>

Hello to the group,

In the scope of a research work I am trying to identify living persons
who could be direct descendants, in the paternal line, of the MaHaRaL of
Prague or >from his relative Rav Gabriel ESKELES. If someone is such a
descendant or knows such a descendant, could he be so kind to let me know.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Gilbert HENDLISZ (Brussels)

Hello to the group,

I have seen lots of references about the descendants of Rabbi Ahron
PERLOW of Karlin the great but nothing about his ancestors. I think he
was born around 1736 and that he was a disciple of Rav Dov Ber of
Mezerich. His father's name was Yakov who seemed also to have been a rabbi.
Are there any sources about the ancestors of Rabbi Ahron Perlow?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Gilbert HENDLISZ (Brussels)

Hello to the group,

In the scope of a research work I am trying to identify living persons
who could be direct descendants, in the paternal line, of the MaHaRaL of
Prague or >from his relative Rav Gabriel ESKELES. If someone is such a
descendant or knows such a descendant, could he be so kind to let me know.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Gilbert HENDLISZ (Brussels)

Hello to the group,

I have seen lots of references about the descendants of Rabbi Ahron
PERLOW of Karlin the great but nothing about his ancestors. I think he
was born around 1736 and that he was a disciple of Rav Dov Ber of
Mezerich. His father's name was Yakov who seemed also to have been a rabbi.
Are there any sources about the ancestors of Rabbi Ahron Perlow?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Gilbert HENDLISZ (Brussels)

There is a genealogical tree chart for Eliezer Lipman Heilprin in
Rosenstein and Weber's "Avnei Zikaron."
This tree indicates two sons, Israel (d.1689) and Joseph
(1619-1690). Both men had sons Shmuel.
Joseph's son was nicknamed "Pulvermacher" and Israel's son was
called Shmuel Helman.

I can't seem to match him conclusively to any of the Eliezer Lipman
Heilperin's in the charts of Meorei Galicia (by Meir Wunder).
According to his charts the best bet is Eliezer Lipman of Lublin who
had a son Israel of Krotoschin, who had a son Samuel Helman
of Mannheim and Metz.
This appears to be the match, but this Eliezer doesn't seem to have
a son Joseph. Also, no further line >from Samuel Helman
is mentioned in Meorei Galicia (at least not in the chart).

I'd be interested in a knowledgable opinion on whether these are the
same Eliezer Lipman Heilperin. If so, Rosenstein and Weber extend this
tree quite a bit.

Also, curiously, this tree of Meorei Galicia also shows this
particular Heilperin family to be cousins of Jehiel Heilperin of
Minsk( "Seder Hadorot")--something like a 3rd cousin to this Eliezer
Lipman. I haven't see any other source mention this particular
connection. Thoughts?

I am a descendant of Rabbi Elyiahu Nachum (probably ben Ruven of
Glowno) HALPERN of Piontek (1789-1869). His family later claimed he
was a descendant of the Seder Hadorot. I have yet to find the
connection, but I am trying to be a collector of all things Halpern,
Heilperin, etc.

Steve Bloom
Central Virginia

There is a genealogical tree chart for Eliezer Lipman Heilprin in
Rosenstein and Weber's "Avnei Zikaron."
This tree indicates two sons, Israel (d.1689) and Joseph
(1619-1690). Both men had sons Shmuel.
Joseph's son was nicknamed "Pulvermacher" and Israel's son was
called Shmuel Helman.

I can't seem to match him conclusively to any of the Eliezer Lipman
Heilperin's in the charts of Meorei Galicia (by Meir Wunder).
According to his charts the best bet is Eliezer Lipman of Lublin who
had a son Israel of Krotoschin, who had a son Samuel Helman
of Mannheim and Metz.
This appears to be the match, but this Eliezer doesn't seem to have
a son Joseph. Also, no further line >from Samuel Helman
is mentioned in Meorei Galicia (at least not in the chart).

I'd be interested in a knowledgable opinion on whether these are the
same Eliezer Lipman Heilperin. If so, Rosenstein and Weber extend this
tree quite a bit.

Also, curiously, this tree of Meorei Galicia also shows this
particular Heilperin family to be cousins of Jehiel Heilperin of
Minsk( "Seder Hadorot")--something like a 3rd cousin to this Eliezer
Lipman. I haven't see any other source mention this particular
connection. Thoughts?

I am a descendant of Rabbi Elyiahu Nachum (probably ben Ruven of
Glowno) HALPERN of Piontek (1789-1869). His family later claimed he
was a descendant of the Seder Hadorot. I have yet to find the
connection, but I am trying to be a collector of all things Halpern,
Heilperin, etc.

Steve Bloom
Central Virginia

Further to my earlier post on genealogy articles in Israeli newspaper :

Recently, the articles writer, Rabbi Naftali Aharon Vekshtein, announced
that he is about to publish a book about each of the following Rabbis
and their descendants:

1) Rabbi Yechiel Michel, the Magid of Zloczow

2) Rabbi Klonimus Kalman EPSTEIN, the author of "Maor VaShemesh"

If anyone has relevant details, the author will surely be interested to know.
His contact info:

Naftali Aharon Vekshtein
Email: vekshtein@...

Best regards,
Tomer Brunner, Israel

Further to my earlier post on genealogy articles in Israeli newspaper :

Recently, the articles writer, Rabbi Naftali Aharon Vekshtein, announced
that he is about to publish a book about each of the following Rabbis
and their descendants:

1) Rabbi Yechiel Michel, the Magid of Zloczow

2) Rabbi Klonimus Kalman EPSTEIN, the author of "Maor VaShemesh"

If anyone has relevant details, the author will surely be interested to know.
His contact info:

Naftali Aharon Vekshtein
Email: vekshtein@...

Best regards,
Tomer Brunner, Israel

I agree with Celia. It is always good practice to get whatever exists. You never
know what it will say until you see what it says. That goes for passenger lists
and every other document.

For example, my great grandmother came to the US as a little girl. I had her
death certificate with her parents names, and I had found her origin on the
Hamburg Passenger lists - and her birth record >from there.

But what did she do in the US by herself; obviously somebody met her at the ship?

I had ordered birth records for her kids, a few at a time, some >from Missouri,
some >from NYC - and there weren't any. I finally ordered the last one, thinking
'what is the point, I know who she is and who the kid is'. Well, it actually
existed and had another maiden name on it! I knew the surname of her US family.
If I hadn't bothered to try to get that birth record (I was short of money at the
time), I would not have found out what I didn't know was there.

Bottom line is 'You never know'.

Sally Bruckheimer
Princeton, NJ

I agree with Celia. It is always good practice to get whatever exists. You never
know what it will say until you see what it says. That goes for passenger lists
and every other document.

For example, my great grandmother came to the US as a little girl. I had her
death certificate with her parents names, and I had found her origin on the
Hamburg Passenger lists - and her birth record >from there.

But what did she do in the US by herself; obviously somebody met her at the ship?

I had ordered birth records for her kids, a few at a time, some >from Missouri,
some >from NYC - and there weren't any. I finally ordered the last one, thinking
'what is the point, I know who she is and who the kid is'. Well, it actually
existed and had another maiden name on it! I knew the surname of her US family.
If I hadn't bothered to try to get that birth record (I was short of money at the
time), I would not have found out what I didn't know was there.

Bottom line is 'You never know'.

Sally Bruckheimer
Princeton, NJ

Dear Genners,
I am searching for descendants of my paternal g. grandfather Izrael ZAJDMAN
( who was born around 1826) and lived in Pilica, Poland, in the late 1860s.
His second wife was Frajdla Laja LENCZNER ( my g. grandmother), whom he
married in 1868 in Pilica. (I have no knowledge of any children of Izrael
and his first wife)
My grandfather Icyk ZAJDMAN (son of Izrael and Frajdla) had a niece whose
name was, possibly, DORFMAJER or DORFBERGER. Also, he talked about a
brother, and I am interested to know if this brother had children.
Grandfather came to the U.K. in the mid 1880s to live with his uncle Abram
Maier LENCZNER.
Any information about my family would be gratefully appreciated.

Many thanks,
Sheila R. Lanch (nee Sideman).
Leicestershire U.K.
robinsmead@...

Researching:
Pilica/ Lodz : ZAJDMAN, LENCZNER, WAYLAND / WAYSZLAND.

Dear Genners,
I am searching for descendants of my paternal g. grandfather Izrael ZAJDMAN
( who was born around 1826) and lived in Pilica, Poland, in the late 1860s.
His second wife was Frajdla Laja LENCZNER ( my g. grandmother), whom he
married in 1868 in Pilica. (I have no knowledge of any children of Izrael
and his first wife)
My grandfather Icyk ZAJDMAN (son of Izrael and Frajdla) had a niece whose
name was, possibly, DORFMAJER or DORFBERGER. Also, he talked about a
brother, and I am interested to know if this brother had children.
Grandfather came to the U.K. in the mid 1880s to live with his uncle Abram
Maier LENCZNER.
Any information about my family would be gratefully appreciated.

Many thanks,
Sheila R. Lanch (nee Sideman).
Leicestershire U.K.
robinsmead@...

Researching:
Pilica/ Lodz : ZAJDMAN, LENCZNER, WAYLAND / WAYSZLAND.