Rabbi Eliezer Lazarus Nehemias Yaffe

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Rabbi Eliezer Lazarus Nehemias Yaffe

Also Known As: "Leizer Braslau"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Braslaŭ, Vitebsk province, Belarus
Death: December 12, 1746 (41-42)
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Immediate Family:

Son of Nehemia Lazarus Yafe and Martha Yaffe
Husband of Malka Yaffe
Father of Rabbi Mordecai Marcus Jaffé
Brother of Yeshayah Yaffe

Occupation: Marchand
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About Rabbi Eliezer Lazarus Nehemias Yaffe

Eliezer (1704-1747), originally from Breslau came Berlin, Germany at about 1730. He was one of the 120 householders who at that time were permitted to reside in Berlin, Germany, engage in commerce or own stores. At the same time they were continuously exploited and various taxes were imposed on them. Eliezer was prosperous already in his early years became active in Jewish communal affairs as an administrator of the Berlin, Germany Congregation, heading its Talmud Torah for many years. He also promoted the printing of Salomo Hanau's work: Zohar ha-Tevah (1733). He died only 42 years old and left a widow, Machla who remarried, and 5 sons and 3 daughters.

His signature is found in the pinḳes of Berlin of 1743 (Landshuth, "'Ammude ha-'Abodah," p. 37).
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About Rabbi Eliezer Lazarus Nehemias Yaffe (עברית)

מגילות יחש של משפחת יפה- צבי יפה 1996/ גניגר ישראל- עמוד

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Rabbi Eliezer Lazarus Nehemias Yaffe's Timeline

1704
1704
Braslaŭ, Vitebsk province, Belarus
1740
August 4, 1740
Berlin, Germany
1746
December 12, 1746
Age 42
Berlin, Berlin, Germany