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About Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe
The ancestry of Mordechai Jaffe has not been definitively established.
Bio in the Jewish Encyclopedia
Mordecai b. Joseph of Plungian: Descendant of Mordecai Jaffe ("Lebushim"); born in 1721; went with his father from Posen to Plungian. At the age of twelve he was captured by soldiers of the army of the Polish Confederation and taken to Wilkoviski, where he was ransomed by the wealthy Enoch Zundel (son-in-law of Tobiah b. Joseph Solomon Ḥasid-Bacharach) for 1,200 “tinpes.” He married Enoch Zundel's daughter. In 1756 he was appointed rabbi at Keidany.
According to the Pagirsky family tree, Reb Mordechai Jaffe was from Ritova (Rietavas, situated 23 km south of Plungian (Plungė), Lithuania) and was was the son of Reb Arieh Leib Jaffe, son of ha׳Rav ha׳Gaon (“Ba׳al ha׳Levushim”) Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe (1530–1612), born in Prague. The “Levush” was the son of Reb Avraham of Prague (d. 1564), son [?] of Reb Joseph of Prague, son [?] of Reb Eliezer, son [?] of Reb Avraham of Bohemia, son [?] of Reb Moshe Jaffe of Bologna (14th century).
מגילות יחש של משפחת יפה- צבי יפה 1996/ גניגר ישראל עמוד 10-א
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Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe's Timeline
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Lithuania
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1721
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Posen
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