This website, in part, traces the ancestors of the Reis family who trace their descent from Moritz Reis. Among the antecedent families of the Reis family is the Auerbach family and in particular Gittel (Auerbach), Авербах (אוּרבּך), Isserles ca. 1476 – 1552. She was the daughter of Moses Auerbach, born around 1462, court Jew to the bishop of Regensburg as of around 1497. Most of the information about Gittel and other members of this family comes from elsewhere such as: Wikipedia. the Encyclopedia Judaica and GENI.
Gittel was the wife of Yosef ben Chaim Isserles and mother of Rabbi Israel Joseph Yosef ben Chaim Isserles (See Isserles family). All of whom were the direct ancestors of Moritz Reis. We can represent this graphically as follows where == is a marriage and >> a child of that marriage:
Rabbi Moses Auerbach, of Regensburg & Krakow (ca. 1462 – 1540) == Mushkat / Muscat Isserles >> Gittel Auerbach (ca. 1466 – ) == Yosef ben Chaim Isserles of Krakow >> Rabbi Israel Joseph Yosef ben Chaim Isserles / Israel Isserlein (ca. 1490 – 1568) == Dinah Malka Schrentzel (ca. 1492 – 1552) >> Miriam Beila Isserles (ca. 1535 – 1617) == Pinchas Halevi Horowitz Parnas of the Four Lands (ca. 1535 – 1618) >> Hinda Halevi Horowitz (ca.1570 – ca.1617) == Meir Moshe Wahl Katzenellenbogen ( – 1631 ) >> Baila / Beila Katzenellenbogen == Jonah / Yonah I Frankel-Teomim (1596 – 1669) >> Ezekiel Joshua Feivel Teomim| (ca. 1637 – ca. 1726) == Pearl Leib (1640 – 1710) >> Chaim Jonah Frankel-Teomim == Sarah Oppenheim >> Magdelene Genendel Frankel-Teomim (1713 – 1778) == Simon Isaac Bondi (1711 – 1773) >> Jonas Bondi (1732 – 1765) == Bella / Belle Schifra >> Koppel Loeb of Bamberg >> Moises Loeb / Moritz Reis (1782 – 1855) == Émilie Bickartt (1784 – ? ) >> Jonas Reis (1809 – 1877) == Marian Samuel (1825 – 1900) >> REIS FAMILY
The Auerbach family gained Court Jew status and later nobility titles under the Habsburg monarchy. The name, Auerbach means, “the stream that comes from the meadow, meadow brook”. Auerbach is the name of several places in Southern German.
One of the more prominent members of the Auerbach family was Simon (Ze’eb) Wolf Auerbach Talmudist and rabbi of several large communities; born at Posen about 1550; died Nov. 12, 1631, at Prague. His father, R’ David Teibele Auerbach, was either rabbi or, at least, an eminent Talmudic authority in Posen. His grandfather was Moses Auerbach and his aunt was Gittel (Auerbach) Isserles. His wife was Krondel Luria the daughter of Solomon Luria (Maharsha) whom he succeeded, after the latter’s death, in the rabbinate of Lublin (1578-84). Krondel’s sister Valentina was a direct ancestor of Moritz Reis. However, Simon was not a direct ancestor of Moritz Reis but rather a cousin many generations removed.
Below are three charts illustrating the Auerbach descent of Moritz Reis.
Chart Two – Shows how Moritz Reis is descended from BOTH Gittlel (Auerbach) Isserles AND her brother Simon Wolf Auerbach zu Scheuer.
Chart Three:
