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Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik MP (1903 - 1993)

Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (1903 - 1993) (Hebrew: יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ'יק‎) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a descendant of the Lith...

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Eliezer Simcha Rabinowitz MP (1832 - 1911)

R' Eliezer Simcha Rabinowitz born in 1839 in Kovno, died in 1911 in Lomza, Av Beit Din (A.B.D.) Raguva, Sadowa and Suwalki and then the fifth A.B.D. Lomza. He was embroiled in disputes with the leaders...

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Moshe Zeev Wolf Yavitz, A.B.D. Tykocin and Bialystock (b. - 1829)

R' Moses Zev Wolf Yawetz, Av Beit Din (A.B.D) Tykocin and Bialystok (died in 1829), author of Mar'ot HaTzov'ot (Grodno, 1810) and Agudat Azov (Bialystok, 1824). He was eulogized by R' Gershon ChenTov i...

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Rabbi Yaacov Shor MP (b. - 1655)

The Unbroken Chain, by Dr. Neil Rosenstein - See Chapter Vl:B Jewish Gen - Pinkus Poland . . . There was also a Yeshiva in Ludmir headed by Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller, the author of Tosfot Yom T...

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Arye Leib 7.23 Katzenellenbogen (b. - 1837)

Russian rabbi; born at Brest-Litovsk, where he died Aug. 13, 1837. Both his grandfather and father were rabbis there; he succeeded the latter in 1797, while still a young man, and held the position unt...

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Zvi Margolis (c.1810 - c.1890)

Ancestor of the Rosenberg brothers who were early immigrants to Charleston, South Carolina and who married Winstock daughters. The Unbroken Chain by Dr. Neil Rosenstein, Vol 1 2nd edition, page 18. P...

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Abraham Margolis (c.1820 - c.1856)

The Unbroken Chain by Dr. Neil Rosenstein, Vol 1 2nd edition, page 18. Paragraph G.12.2 Also The Margolis Family by Dr. Neil Rosenstein, 1984.

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Jacob Margolis (1812 - c.1862)

"Jankiel" per Jewish Records Indexing for Poland (Jewish Gen). Landsmen: Married in Bakalarzewo in 1832: Margolis, Jankel age 20 of Kalwarija, Son of Mortchel son of Szmoyl and Hindy daughter of ...

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Sulka Margolis MP (b. - c.1860)

Update February 2012: Children of R' Chaim Sterling and Sulka Margolis Oszer (Asher) Zundel, b. c. .1840 Married Liba Aleksandrowicz in 1863 in Bakalarzewo Note (Nathan) b. c. 1844. Married Chaya...

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Elijah Margolis MP (1807 - 1867)

Rabbi of a number of Lithuanian towns - Veisiejai, Radun, and Rokishok for certain and likely also Wizhany. His sons were also rabbis of Lithuanian towns (see below and profiles of his sons). Was he ...

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Judah Leib Margolis MP (1798 - 1837)

Profession: Stallkeeper Judah died at the age of thirty nine and was buried on the 14th Elul (14th Sept), 1837, according to "Nachlat Asher". His wife Badana, daugher of Judel (Judah) Myszkowsky was ...

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Kaila Bernstein (c.1815 - c.1880)

Rosenstein "Little is known about Kaila, daughter of Mordecai Kalwaryiski-Margolis. Her husband, David Bernstein, is noted to have changed his name to Zirilstein to avoid the mandatory military service...

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Mordechai Margolis MP (b. - 1846)

There are a number of births in Przersol, Suwalki Gubernia, Biyalstok Province, Poland that indicate that Mordechai Margolis was deceased by 1850, namely his grandson and great grandson (respectively):...

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Itel Prozner (deceased)

Source: The Unbroken Chain, Vol 1, page 18 (Neil Rosenstein): Ittel Margolis died age ninety one and was buried in Merkine (Meretz), married Eliezer Pruzhiner, ancestor of the Efrati Family, who di...

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Asher Margolis (deceased)

R. Asher "the great" of Grodno Sources The Unbroken Chain by Dr. Neil Rosenstein, Vol 1 2nd edition, page 18. Paragraph G.10.1

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Mrs. Mordechai Margolis (deceased)

Sources The Unbroken Chain by Dr. Neil Rosenstein, Vol 1 2nd edition, page 18. Paragraph G9.4

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Samuel Margolis MP (deceased)

Reported DOB is 1725. Sources The Unbroken Chain by Dr. Neil Rosenstein, Vol 1 2nd edition, page 18. Paragraph G.10,2 The Margolis Family by Dr. Neil Rosenstein, 1984.

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Judah Mirkes (deceased)

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Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Meisels (deceased)

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R' Phineas Maggid of Plotsk, The Plotsker Maggid (1747 - 1823)

Phineas Maggid of Plotsk, was born in 1747 and died in Vilna in 1823. He was known as the Plotsker Maggid, where he preached for some ten years. Later he settled in Vilna and authored Maggid Tzedek...

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Eliezer Prins MP (1835 - 1915)

PRINS, LIEPMAN PHILIP (Eliezer Liepman; 1835–1915), merchant and scholar of Arnhem, the Netherlands. Until 1876 Prins was privately tutored, after which time he continued his studies in Amsterdam and...

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Wolf Feilchenfeld (1827 - 1913)

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Simon Isaac Bondi MP (1711 - 1773)

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Rabbi Yerachmiel Tzvi רבי ירחמיאל צבי Rabinowich רבינוביץ', מפשיסחא (1784 - 1836)

רבי ירחמיאל מפשיסחא, בנו של רבי יעקב יצחק מפשיסחא ("היהודי הקדוש").

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Samson HUBERBAND (deceased)

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Baruch Teomim (deceased)

A.B.D. Brody

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Samuel Schwerdscharf (1817 - 1878)

שמואל אלי שוורדשרף נולד בלובלין בשנת תקע"ז [1816]. הוא היה בנו של אליעזר שוורדשרף מלובלין ונכדו של דב בעריש שוורדשרף הלפרין "המגיד מלובלין" מצד אביו היה מצאצאי המהרש"ל. מצד אמו היה נכדו של יחזקאל מאיר ...

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Ezekiel Meir Teomim-Weinberg (b. - 1849)

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Mordechai Dovber Twersky Schneerson מרדכי דב בער שניאורסון (1848 - 1920)

Family book of Rabbi from Ladi, ref #56

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Moshe Chanoch Rappaport Novoseller (1867 - d.)

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Rabbi Aryey Yehuda Leibush of Proskurov and Kishinev (deceased)

There is some uncertainty about some of his children of which marriage they were born. According to Birkat Yosef, by Mekhon Nahlat Zvi, Rabbi Mordechai was probably a son of his second wife, and probab...

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Chaim HIRSCHORN (b. - 1887)

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Hirsch Wein (deceased)

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Joseph Saul Frankel Teomim (deceased)

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Alexander Sachs (c.1818 - c.1886)

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Moses KALISKI (deceased)

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Jacob Caro (deceased)

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Nathan Weinberger (deceased)

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Nathan (Nusyn) Lewinstein (1768 - 1834)

Neil Rosenstein has the birth date as 1774. Nathan was the A.B.D. (Av Beit Din - Head of the Rabbinical Court) of Lubartow. "While the rest of the family adopted the surname of Berenstein, he took th...

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Rabbi Peretz (deceased)

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Judah Wallerstein (deceased)

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Heinrich Marx MP (1782 - 1838)

1913--1996- The Eger Family Association- pg.39 1913--1990- The Eger Family Association-אילן יח- Bron Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk Archieflocatie Gelders Archief Algemeen Toegangnr: 0207 Inventarisn...

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Ari Gunzberg (deceased)

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Shabtai Fuenn (deceased)

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Elijah Stampfer (1893 - 1963)

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Aryey Leib (deceased)

ABD (Av Beth Din = Chief Rabbi) Taurage

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Naftali Hirsch (Herz) (deceased)

Rabbi.

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Pinya Gitel (deceased)

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David Katzenellenbogen (1850 - 1930)

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Yehosef Ralbag (1868 - 1908)

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Rabbi Aryeh Levin / הרב אריה לוין MP (1885 - 1969)

Yahrtziet: 9th of Nissan, 5729 Wikipedia: Aryeh Levin and אריה_לוין Rabbi Aryeh Levin, (March 22, 1885 - March 28, 1969), known as Reb Aryeh, was an Orthodox rabbi dubbed the "Father of Prisoners" ...

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Rav Chaim Lando (1910 - 1997)

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Meshulam Zalman Za'k (b. - 1800)

head of the court in Pakruojis.

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Aryey Lipschutz (1766 - 1800)

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Meir Gunzburg (deceased)

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Isaac Olswanger (1825 - 1899)

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NAFTALI Pernik (deceased)

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Joseph Silverstrom (deceased)

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Isaac of Meseritz Mintz (c.1770 - d.)

See "document section" for family tree. (Click Media tab and see "Documents" on right) Isaac Mintz was the progenitor of the Mintz family. There are several other branches of the MINTZ family which a...

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Leopold KLEIN (b. - 1922)

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Yacov יעקב סג"ל Prager פראגער אב"ד אדא (b. - 1918)

יעקב סג"ל פראגער, רב פה אדא ופעטראוואסעללא מחבר שאילת יעקב

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Aaron Visanska (1809 - d.)

Reportedly from Jerusalem, Israel. Aharon Visanska (1809-1893) married Chaja Dyna Zylbersztejn (Zilbersteyn) (1810-1865). Her father was Zysk ? (Zyskowna is her patronymic). Reportedly traveled bac...

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Leopold Ignatz/Itzig Maron (1841 - 1921)

Banker in Dresden (Unbroken Chain p.345)

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Rabbi Dr. Marcus (Meir) Lehmann MP (1831 - 1890)

German rabbi; born Dec. 29, 1831, at Verden, Hanover; died at Mayence April 14, 1890. After graduating from the gymnasium, he studied Hebrew at Halberstadt under Israel Hildesheimer. He then went to ...

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Rabbi Jonas Moses Bondi (1768 - 1806)

Rabbi Jonas Moses Bondi, 1768-1806, born in Prague and settled in Mayence (Mainz). He was a distinguished pupil of the famous Rabbi Ezekiel Landau, the "Noda BiYehuda", and later settled in Dresden. ...

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Ruben Daniel Warburg (1773 - 1847)

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Dr DeWitt Stetten (1881 - 1951)

Dr DeWitt Stetten was born in 1834 and died in 1951. Me was married twice: 1. Magdalen Ernst born 1886, in 1906 2. Alice Mayer Stein born 1887, in 1930. He was a prominent surgeon in New York City,...

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Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise MP (c.1819 - 1900)

Faith in America'" United States Jewry, 1776-1985: The Germanic Period/, Part 2

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Isaac (Eizik) Bondi, Rabbi of Prague MP (c.1678 - 1750)

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Shlomo (Salomon) Zalman Goldstoff (c.1787 - 1865)

Krakow source: Solomon Zalman Goldstoff (Wunder, Me'orei Galicia, vol.1, p672.) One of the Leaders of the Cracow Community and founder of the family. (Unbroken Chain p. 319) Yosi Mor had him listed a...

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Joshua Heschel Frankel-Teomim (deceased)

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Yehudi Menuhin, OM, KBE MP (1916 - 1999)

Yehudi Menuhin plays Bach Chaconne (Part 1) Yehudi Menuhin plays Paganini Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 6: 3rd movement Yehudi Menuhin plays Mendelssohn violin concerto (excerpt) Yehud...

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Aryeh Leib (Loeb) Lichtenstadt-Barnett (c.1798 - 1878)

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Sir Benjamin Samuel Phillips, Lord Mayor of London, 1865 MP (1811 - 1889)

From H.S. Morais, Eminent Israelites of the Nineteenth Century. Sir Benjamin Samuel Phillips was born at London, England, on January 4th, 1811. He early engaged in commercial pursuits, displaying, at...

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Frank POLITZER (1869 - 1944)

------ The Unbroken Chain (1990), Neil Rosenstein, vol 1, page 51, G16.1

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Morris Salinger (1815 - 1891)

Morris Salinger was born 1815 and died 1891. He was married to Sarah Phillips, who was his first wife. Sarah died a day or two after the birth of her daughter Sarah , after whom she was named. He...

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Isaac Paiba (1796 - 1870)

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David Samuel (1732 - 1798)

David Samuel 1732-1798 was a merchant who settled in London on Mansell Street, Goodmans Field. Married Sarah who died in 1805. She was the daughter of Simon Prager. Source The Unbroken Chain (199...

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Elijah Apter (c.1655 - c.1736)

Elijah (Eliezer Hirschel) Apter, died 1737. He was the son of R' Zvi Hirsch He married his first cousin, daughter of Samuel Katzenellenbogen and Reina. Samuel was Parnas of the Posen community, who...

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Jehiel Kristianpoller (b. - 1863)

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Haim KATZENELLENBOGEN (b. - 1837)

Haim Padua of Brest was the son of Sheine HaLevi. He died in Busk in 1837, and had two wives. 1. Dinah, daughter of Meir son of Rbbi Benedict (himself son of R. Haim (A.B.D. Orla) 2. Mirke, died in...

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Saadiah Katzenellenbogen (b. - 1726)

ר' סעדיה ישעיהו קצנלבוגן הנ"ל, היה אב"ד לעסלא ומעזריטש בפולין ואונגריש בראד. ובאחרונה היה רב בהעלישוי, שם נפטר ונקבר בשנת תפ"ו. אשתו מרת איידל היתה בתו של ר' נפתלי כץ בעל סמיכת חכמים. ומעב"ק. -------...

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Judah Magid (deceased)

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Hanoch ITELSON MP (c.1778 - 1854)

"Genakh son of Leyzer" 1855 All Lithuanian Revision List, listed as having died the year before. Listed in Viliampole, Kaunas, Kaunas, Lithuania. Age 76 at death. Household: Son: Iosel, age 48 ...

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Rabbi Abraham Efrati MP (1767 - 1860)

The Unbroken Chain, page 19. Rabbi Abraham Efrati of Meretz, 1797-1860, a merchant, married the daugher of Rabbi David Tebele Lipschutz (married Frume, daughter of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Atias whose second d...

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Asher Anshel, Rabbi Jungreisz, מנוחת אשר MP (1806 - 1873)

See page 37, Shem Hagedolim Hasholaim L'Gedolei Hungariah, #203. Also Encyclopedia Judaica. - Rabbi of Csenger for 40 Years - Author of Menuchas Asher, published by his children posthumously (E...

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Moreinu R'Avraham Mordechai Alter (1815 - 1865)

Rebbes of Ger 1. Yitzchak Meir Alter (1798–1866) 2. Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847–1905) 3. Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866–1948) 4. Yisrael Alter (1895–1977) 5. Simchah Bunim Alter (1898–1992)...

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Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev MP (1740 - 1810)

Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740–1809), also known as the Berdichever, was a Hasidic leader. He was the rabbi of Ryczywół, Żelechów, Pinsk and Berdychiv, for which he is best known. He was one of the ...

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R' Zev Wolf Citron (1854 - 1927)

Zev Wolf Czitron תולדות אנשי ש"ם - אשר ראנד, ומה"ר אהרן משה גרינבלט Page 118

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Rabbi Shraga Zvi Tannebaum, ABD Mezocsat (Tchata) Borsod, Szendro (1825 - 1897)

Rabbi Shraga Zvi Tannenbaum, zt"l (1826-1897), Chahter (Mezcsát) Rav, and author of "Neta Soreik". Av Beit Din Mezocsat (Tchata) Borsod, born in Szendo and married the daughter of R'Abraham Jacob R...

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R' Shmuel Frankel, The Kamader - Doroger Rav MP (1815 - 1882)

Harav Shmuel Frankel of Dorog , The Imrei Shefer was born on 5 Nisan 1815 to Harav Shraga Feivush Frankel Rav of Ginz-Riska. He was one of the foremost Chassidic Rabbis in Hungary, who studied under R'...

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Mordechai Gerstein (deceased)

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Rabbi Gabriel Eskeles, of Krakow MP (1655 - 1718)

2 possible death dates are 2 or 4 February 1718, perhaps one is death and the other burial "[12.1] Rabbi Gabriel ESKELES or Rav Gabriel of Krakow (b. 1655 Krakow, d. 1718 Nikolsburg), Rabbi of Nikols...

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Moshe Katz (c.1570 - d.)

Known as Moshe Ha-Cohen Katz of Brest Litovsk--------------------191 3--1996- The Eger Family Association- pg. 39 1913--1990- The Eger Family Association-אילן יח-

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Zelig Katzenellenbogen-Volovelsky (deceased)

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Aryeh Hakohen Katz (c.1610 - d.)

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Menachem Nachum Twersky, 1st Chernobyler MP (1730 - 1797)

Rabbi Menachem Nochum Twerski of Chernobyl (born 1730, Narynsk, Volhynia - died 1798, Chernobyl, Ukraine) was the founder of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty. He was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and th...

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Rabbi Arye Leibish Halberstam רבי אריה לייביש האלברשטאם MP (1770 - 1831)

Father of the "Divrei Chaim" Avrumi Keller and Hillel Pinchas HaLevi Applebaum collaborated on the profile of Arye Leibish Halberstam

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Chacham Tzvi Hirsh Ashkenazi חכם צבי הירש אשכנזי MP (1658 - 1718)

Chacham Tzvi . . צבי הירש אשכנזי, חכם צבי Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch ben Yaakov Ashkenazi (b.1656-9?, Moravia (most likely,Velké Meziříčí) - May 2, 1718, Lviv) (Hebrew: צבי הירש בן יעקב אשכנזי‎), known as the...

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הג"ר שאול אב"ד קראקא (1655 - 1707)

אב"ד ור"מ בקראקא rabbi of Cracow from 1700 to 1704

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