Rabbi Meir Sobotka

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Rabbi Meir Sobotka

Hebrew: רבי מאיר סאבאטקא
Birthdate:
Death: 1668
Prague, Czech Republic
Place of Burial: Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, Prague, Czech Republic
Immediate Family:

Son of Tzvi Hirsch Sobotka, of Lublin and Tilla Sabotka, [Maharal dau. #5]
Husband of Buna Sabatka, [1st wife, dau. Mendel of Kolin] and Surel Sabatka, [2nd wife]
Father of Rabbi Samuel ben Meir Sobotka; Isaac Sobotka; Lieb Sobotka; Matityahu Sobotka; Tilla Lieberles and 4 others
Brother of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Sobotka, [Shpolar Zeide I of Krakow]; Joseph "Yoske" Sobotka, AB"D of Lublin; David Sobotka and Rabbi Moshe Sobotka, MaHaRaM of Prague
Half brother of Shmuel Hirsch Sobotka

Occupation: раввин
Managed by: Yigal Burstein
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About Rabbi Meir Sobotka

231 Meir sofer bn Hirsch Sobotke, neched haGaon hagadol Loeb z”l 1668 (Footnote: r’Meir was son of the son-in-law of the Maharal, the husband of his daughter Tileh, r’Hirsch Sobotke, according to Meir Pereles in the megillah of his jichus)

Tilla LOEW daughter of the Maharal

Tilla LOEW married Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch SABA or SABATKA of Lublin (b. Prague), Dayan of Prague 1630, son of Joseph Yaski and/or else (according to David Peter John LEWIN davidlewin at btinternet.com) she married Rabbi Zechariah Mendel I WAHL. (LEWIN's source: M001: in Johanna Sokolowski Mendl handwriting the Surname Wahl is added This is 1930's research in Germany and is now in the hands of the Leo Baeck Inst. in NY)

of her children:

  • Rabbi Meir SABATKA (d. 1668 Prague) m. Buna the daughter of Mendel from Kolin (d. 1649 Prague). Rabbi Meir SABATKA remarried Surel ZOREF (d. 1664 Prague)
    • Izhak SABATKA (d. 1703 Prague) m. Haja TILS (d. 1668 Prague)
    • Leib SABATKA (d. 1673 Prague)
    • Matatya SABATKA (d. 1680 Prague)
    • Tilla SABATKA (d. 1694 Prague) m. Josel LIBERLESH