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Personal data Rabbi Simcha Bunim Meisels ABD Cracow 

  • He was born in the year 1545 in Kraków, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
  • He died on February 29, 1624 in Kraków, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, he was 79 years old.
  • A child of daughter of Yehuda Leib Meisels

Household of Rabbi Simcha Bunim Meisels ABD Cracow


Child(ren):

  1. Moshe Eliezer Meisels  1580-1671 


Notes about Rabbi Simcha Bunim Meisels ABD Cracow

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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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rabbi Simcha Bunim Meisels

Yehudah Leib Meisels
< 1499-????

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Meisels
1545-1624



Onbekend

Moshe Eliezer Meisels
1580-1671

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    Historical events

    Day of death February 29, 1624

    • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1624: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 28 » Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
      • June 10 » Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
      • August 12 » The president of Louis XIII of France's royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King's principal minister.
      • August 13 » The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
    

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