Rabbi Jechiel Michel Jerusalem

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PLEASE NOTE: Further investigation is required to verify Jehiel Michal's father, as some important sources disputing Shimshon being the father of Jehiel Michal have been brought to light, and instead ascertain that Yosef Yerushalmi Spira is his father.

PLEASE NOTE FURTHER: According to Jacobi's Shapiro tree, the father of Jechiel Michel is: Nathan II Spira, and if this is so then Yekhiel (I) Mikhel Spira may be merged with the current Jechiel Michel (Spira) and the current parents (i.e. Yosef Yerushalmi and Spouse) may be detached from the newly merged Jechiel Michel Spira. Please see Jacobi for primary source on this information: Nathan II Spira: Jacobi: p. 187, 16.2, V4, father of Yekhiel I Mikhel Jacobi: p. 188, 15.2, V4. It could be that there is a second Jechiel Mikhel ben Yosef Yerushalmi (who died in Prague 1598, versus in Posen 1575), this I do not comment upon, but the offspring Menachem and Binyamin Vulf and Chaim given here belong to Jechiel Mikhel b. Nathan Spira according to the Jacobi Shapiro tree. I have added the Jacobi source references for the offspring to their individual profiles.. (23 DEC 2022)

SOURCE NOTES:

1. Kalman Yerushalmi Spira (bef 1504 - ) father of Yosef Yerushalmi Spira ( bef 1522 - ) father of Yechiel see below for ref. document and Lawrence Weinberg's notes.
Source

2. Rabbi Yechiel Michel SPIRA (born about 1530, rabbi in Posen). Shimshon as father conflicts with information from Lawrence WEINBERG devoutbokononist@gmail.com who has two sources claiming Yechiel Michel SPIRA's father was Yosef Yerushalmi SPIRA. 
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1. Shapira Family Tree Chart

2. Shapiro / Gelles Chart

3. Rohel Tree - Spira Family

4. Loebtree - Spira Family

5. Spira Family Information

DOCUMENTS

• Hebrew Document showing Yosef as the father of Yechiel
• Luria Family Tree From Rosenstein, Rottenberg, Encyclopeadia Judaica & Jewish Encyclopedia.
• Spira Family Jewish Encyclopedia, "Die Grabschriften des alten Judenfriedhof in Wien" - Dr. Bernhard Wachstein, Band I pg. 404
• Rohel Spira Tree According to Lawrence Weinberg Yechiel Michel Spira's father should be Yosef Yerushalmi Spira (born bef 1522 - ) son of Kalman Yerushalmi Spira (born bef 1504 - ).

SHAPIRO FAMILY RESEARCH

I sent a posting some time ago reporting that my research studying many SHAPIRO family trees which suggested that all SHAPIROs (and variants) of Lithuania, Belarus, and most SHAPIRO families in Poland and Galicia were descended from one progenitor, namely Rabbi Noson Notte ben Shimshon SHAPIRO of Grodna, author of Mevo Shearim on the laws of Kashrus and Imrei Shefer, a supercommentary on Rashi. He died in 5337 [1577]. Even kohanim known as KAHANA-SHAPIRO or KATZ-SHAPIRO are his descendants being descended from his son in law Rabbi Yitzchok KATZ-SHAPIRO of Lublin.

According to traditonal genealogy, the yichus continues :

• Rabbi Noson Notte's father was Rabbi Shimshon SHAPIRO of Posen,
• son of Rabbi Noson Notte SHAPIRO of Posen,
• son of Rabbi Perets SHAPIRO av beth din of Constanz in the state of Baden,
• son of Rabbi Shlomo SHAPIRO av beth din of Heilbron and Landau in Bavaria,
• son of Rabbi Shmuel of Speyer which was called Shapiro in Hebrew, whence the name, a descendant of Rashi.

In "Bet Almin Heyudi BiPrague" Jerusalem, 5748 (I believe this was translated from a German edition, but I don't know the exact name in German) p. 204, headstone 200 Reb [Binyomin] Wolf Dayan ben Hagaon Rabbi Yechiel [Michal] Zatsal 7 Marcheshvan 5391 [1631], Source: Scribe of the Jewish community of Bonzlau (Bohemia)
In the letter Shmuel writes that he heard from his mother Keila and from her brother Reb Wolf Klit that the rabbi of Posen, Rabbi [Yechiel] Michel had three sons,
1) Reb Wolf Elabes (subject of this headstone), the father of Rabbi (Aharon) Shimon SHAPIRO;
2)Rabbi Chaim, who inherited his father's position as rabbi of Posen;
3) Rabbi Man, rabbi of Brisk deKoi (Brzecz) who died of the plague while fleeing from the Cossaks 12 miles from Hamburg and was buried there. His wife, Rebitzen Yorsy died in the year 1658 in Prague and his son Reb Wolf Belis died in 1651. His daughter Keila, mother of the author of this letter , Shmuel ben leib Porges, died in 1690 and was the widow of Reb Koppel BrandeIs.

I'd like to hear from anyone who can answer the question is who were the parents of Rabbi Yechiel Michel. If anyone has access to the original article in MGWJ I would like to hear from him.
David Shapiro, 
Jerusalem
. dshapiro@actcom.co.il - 1997