How would I go about finding jews in Novarodok by the name of ABRAMOWITZ during the 19th cent. ? Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

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Searching for family name of Rabbi David, ben (son of) Moshe of Kletzk. David was the Rav of Novarodok during most of the 19th century. His son, Moshe, who died young (age 30) adopted the name HOROWIT

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According to an autobiography written by a member of my family in which authoress stated that the "facts" she writes are not to be taken exactly, as they are based on her personal experiences or heres

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A scribbled note in our family mentions that my great grandmother was a descendent of R' Chaim of Volozhin. From my maternal side my great great grandmother was Sarah Hinde who married Shlomo KANTOR o

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I recently received a list of my paternal great grandfather (Moshe PITERMAN)' children: Minnie , immigrated to the USA early 20th cent. Married ARON (family name) Goldie " " " " " Married KATZOFF Avra

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According to family lore my great great grandmother, gittle ABRAMOWITZ a widow with 4 children married an English widower with some 10 children and they lived in the Meah Shearim section in Jerusalem

Looking for HOROWITZ family from Minsk whose daughter married Moshe ben (son of) Rabbi David , the rabbi of Novarodok during the 18th cent. I haven't found David's family name and his son Moshe, adopt

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Someone wrote that "jews do not give their children names". I know several Orthodox families who gave their children names such as Peter or Paul. True that one of these families were of German jewish

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I have heard that the famous poet Bialik used the term KATCHAP in one of his works. Is anyone aware of this and how it was used? Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

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Does anyone know the meaning of the name KATZOFF. Disregarding the hebrew possibities of a Kohen or butcher. My ancesters' profession was in tree logging and there is a theory that in a slavic languag

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Several weeks ago (during March) someone mentioned the family name WEISINGER. Can the poster please resend to me the post. Privately. Tia. Yoni Ben-Ari yonibenari@...

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Just "2 cents": I changed, like many Israelis, my surname and my brother stayed with his name. Also it is known that in rabbinical circles often the groom adopted his wife's family name when she came

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In hebrew zevik is a common nickname for z'ev (Wolf). Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

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According to an interview given to my ultra-orthodox journalist in Jerusalem by his Jerusalem born grandmother, her grandmother ,Gittle ABRAMOWITZ, a widow married a British widower with 10 children.b

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According to an interview given to a Jerusalem Charedi (ultra-orthox) by his grandmother, her grandmother, Gittle ABRAMOWITZ ( a widow,) married an Isaac LAZAROFF, a Britsh widower with 10 children. A

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I am still trying to confirm a family connection between the HOROWITZ and ABRAMOWITZ families from Novarodok. Both families, it seems left Novarodok during the latter part of the 19th century when one

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In my great great uncles diary he mentions that a Rabbi Mordechai (Ruzhiner) of Pinsk was a relative of his mother. He doesn't mention the name ZACKHEIM but I understand that the Rav of Pinsk during t

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My great great grandmother, Rivka ABRAMOWITZ, came to the USA as a widow with 4 orphaned children. To the best of our knowledge-we have no records of any kind-she came around 1870-1880 to New Haven. H

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I think an easier and more common example which appears in my family are parents who only have daughters and call one of their daughters Meira (after an ancestor Meir) or in the case of my children-al

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Menachem Mendel Biber's book "Mazkeret Legedoley Ostraha" mentions two Rav Yisrael of Ostraha, which he presumes they are one and the same. As I am a descendant of one of these Yisraels , I would like

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