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Patriarch of the Meisels family of Cracow, whose branches also reached Lithuania Rabbi Simcha Bunim Meisels was the son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe Isserles of Cracow.A great Talmud scholar. Died in Krakau 1623 (iv 55 vi 96) ריינס -------------- The Meisel family comes from a long line of community leaders, sages and Rabbis starting with Simcha Bonem Meisels (d 1624 Krakow) who married Dreizel Isserles, the daughter of Moses ben Israel Isserles, the REMA, and was a decendant of RASHI and King David of Israel. In the second half of the 17th century there were many eminent rabbis, amongst them Simcha Bonem's grandson, Rabbi Moshe Meisels (b 1650), son-in-law of the MaHarSha. He was Av Beit Din of the Holy Community of Lublin and author of "Mahadura Batra" (The Last Edition). This tradition continued in the 18th century with more important leaders. Also descended from the Simcha Bonem line was Rabbi Dov Berush Meisel (1798-1870) who was the Chief Rabbi of Krakow for a quarter of a century, and also the Rabbi of Warsaw. Rabbi Moshe Meisel (1759-1844) was the head of the Jewish community of Vilna for 22 years, originally a follower of the Vilna Gaon, he went on to become a leader of the Habad movement with Shneur Zalman. Considered a scholar and fluent in several languages, he worked as a translator for Napoleon's high command and became a spy for the Czar of Russia.
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