Brendel Bacharach, aus Burgau

Brendlen bat Ascher (Brendlen Bacharach aus Burgau) [23.1.1596]

top of the page Textansicht Text/Zeilenansicht Edition und Übersetzung ‎‏ברענדלן בכרך מבורגא‏‎ Brendlen Bacharach aus Burgau ‎‏פה היתה‏‎ Hier war ‎‏טמונה אשה ה‏‎ geborgen eine Frau, die ‎‏נאמנה ׃ הי[%D7%90 עו]סקיה‏‎ Verlässliche, sie war beschäftigt ‎‏במצותיה [%D7%91%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94]‏‎ 5 in ihren Geboten in Treue. ‎‏חזיקיני ש[%D7%9E%D7%94 ליציאת] !‏‎ Ent setzen ergriff mich ob des Hingehens ‎‏נש[%D7%9E%D7%94 וגויעת תמה]‏‎ der Seele und des Hinscheidens einer Lauteren, ‎‏יש[%D7%A8%D7%94 ונעמה ש]פרה‏‎ Aufrechten und Anmutsvollen, Schifra ‎‏בר[%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%9F בת ר׳]אשר‏‎ Brendlen, Tochter des Herrn Ascher ‎‏ממשפחת בכ[%D7%A8%D7%9A] נפטר׳‏‎ 10 aus der Familie Bacharach, sie verschieden ist ‎‏יו׳ ג׳ כ״ג שבט שנ״ו ל[%D7%A4%D7%B4%D7%A7]‏‎ Tag 3, 23. Schwat 356 der kleinen Zählung top of the page Kommentar Datierung Gestorben Dienstag, 23.1.1596 Zl 1: Burgau, im östlichen Schwaben gelegen, burga geschrieben. Zl 6: Jer 8,21; im ersten Wort fehlt ein Buchstabe, es müßte ‎‏החזיקיני‏‎ lauten, falls er nicht am Ende von Zl 6 geschrieben stand. Abkürzung Punkt?; Satztrenner: halbhoch gesetzte Raute. top of the page Stilmittel Reim auf -nah in Zln 3/4 und auf -mah in Zln 6-8. top of the page Beschreibung Maße Zustand Die neun Fragmente stammen von Hügel A.

top of the page Zur Person Brendlen wohnte anfangs in Lauchheim, danach In Frankfurt im Haus Buchsbaum und später im Haus Nußbaum. top of the page Zur Familie Vater: Ascher Lemlin Bacharach aus Burgau S. Uri Mutter: unbekannt Gatte I: Jizchak Bacharach zu Lauchheim Kind: Mendlen (Nr. ffb-1881, Ho 362, ET 23.VII.1599) Gatte II: Ber S. Meir SeGaL (Nr. ffb-2144, Ho 212, ET 13.XII.1557) Gatte III: Natan Satan S. Semmel SeGaL (Ho 263, ET 12.X.1575) Kind: Gutlen G. Amschel aus Wertheim (Nr. ffb-0770, Ho 385, ET Aug./Sptbr. 1603) top of the page Quellen / Sekundärliteratur ET 23.I.1596 Ho 342 HoNam S. 698: Bacharach Brendle HoEd: Zl 1 ‎‏ברענדלין‏‎, im Text ‎‏ברענדלן‏‎. Zl 6 ‎‏הזיקיונח?‏‎, im Text (unvollständig) ‎‏חזיקיני‏‎ statt ‎‏החזיקיני‏‎. Zl 11 ‎‏יום‏‎, im Text ‎‏יו׳‏‎. HoSt 2003 top of the page Fotografien

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Dem nur fragmentarisch erhaltenen Stein mit der Inv.-Nr. ffb-3205 konnten die Fragmente ffb-3240 ffb-3327 ffb-3474 ffb-3534 ffb-3610 ffb-3703 ffb-3830 ffb-3852 ffb-3919 virtuell zugeordnet werden.

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Her Tombstone survives in Frankfurt in pieces due to WW2

But to focus on what Ettlinger knew about Mendel, who did, after all, spend all or most of his life in Frankfurt: The pivotal record, proving that Mendel’s mother was named Brendel, is apparently a Gerichtsbuch record from 1561 speaking of “Breinlin, Beer juden z Buchsbaums Weib und Mendlin z Knoblauch, deren Kind”. This is quoted in the Knoblauch house section and referenced in a couple of other places. But the problem with this is that absolutely ALL it tells us with certainty is that Mendel’s mother was named Breinlin/Brendle and that she had lived in the Buchsbaum. This is a secular record, and names were often incorrect, especially when the main person in a certain house (in this instance Beer of the Buchsbaum) was known to the officials writing the document. And since Beer had died in 1557 giving the impression of leaving a widow named Minke, Breinlin can’t be his widow as well.

So the options are A) that Breinlin/Brendel had been married to Beer’s son, Judman, who in at least one record is called “Beer Judman” (and this is a Gewaltbuch record, cited on Judman’s ET sheet, with reference to his wife Brendel), which could account for the name Beer in the record, or B) that Beer’s son, Semmel, who was in and out of Frankfurt (using the Buchsbaum as his home when he was in town) and had married someone in the early 1530s by whom he had at least five sons, had at some point re-married to the widow Breinle, who moved into the Buchsbaum with her son, Mendel. This is lent credence by the fact that when Semmel dies in the 1550s, Mendel is one of the guardians for his minor sons. And in either case Breinle would have still lived in the Buchsbaum until she re-married (if she did) or moved into the Knoblauch with her son, which could be what the 1561 record is dealing with. Or not. I wish we knew the content of that record! We already know she had been married previously to Isaac Bacharach, so all we need to do is find out whether option A or option B fits better. In either case, she would be a daughter-in-law of Beer Buchsbaum, rather than his wife. Incidentally, Semmel’s children are, in several cases, incorrectly described as Beer’s children, so it is not a great stretch for Breinlin to be described incorrectly as Beer’s wife.

With regard to the other Brendlin/Breinlin: She is HO 342 and Epidat ffb-3205, and died in 1596 at a relatively young age. She cannot possibly be the mother of Mendel, who died at a very old age 3 years later. She is shown in Ele Toldot as if she were the same person as Mendel’s mother, however, and is described as the wife of Isaac Bacharach, then Beer Buchsbaum, and then Beer’s grandson Natan Satan. As shown above, the first of these cannot apply to this younger Brendlin. The second is possible, if unlikely, but only if the third is incorrect. But the third one is actually very likely. Natan died at a young age in 1575, presumably leaving a widow, who could be this Brendlin. Natan is one of the older sons of Semmel Buchsbaum and was not one of the minors who were placed under guardianship in the 1550s. But the guardians for those minors were Kalman Kalman Cahn and Mendel of the Knoblauch. Ettlinger describes the usual criteria for choosing guardians, and this choice at first seems odd. But under option B) above, Mendel is likely to be their step-brother (or even half-brother) and Kalman should be another relative. Kalman’s wife, Roeslin HO 348, daughter of Uri Bacharach, is a sister of the father of the younger Brendlin (i.e. Ascher Lemle Bacharach of Burgau). Roeslin died in December of the same year as Brendlin, as a very old lady.

In conclusion, we are faced with the need to confirm that the Brendlin/Breinle, who was Mendel’s mother and who was mentioned in the 1561 Frankfurt record, had been married to Semmel Buchsbaum and to see if she died in Frankfurt (which is likely but not definite). We also need to find more conclusive proof that the younger Brendlin/Breinle was married to Natan Satan and, hopefully, to establish that she had been married previously to Natan’s uncle Judman Buchsbaum. In addition to reviewing all the data hidden in various parts of Ele Toldot, the many, many Andernacht entries on these folks should be checked. Fortunately, we know all of the citation numbers, and it is just a question of reading them and watching for any mention of Brendle or Mendel or for anything which shows that these theories are or are not viable.

I’ll get right on it ;-)

All the best

Nancy