{"id":2099,"date":"2024-07-03T17:49:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T01:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/?page_id=2099"},"modified":"2025-06-28T18:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T02:10:58","slug":"horowitz-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/?page_id=2099","title":{"rendered":"Horowitz Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Horowitz rabbinical family\u2019s direct male line traditionally <\/em>traces itself back thousands of years, with several gaps, to Samuel Halevi, the prophet and judge who anointed Kings Saul and David 3,000 years ago. We will not go quite that far back. Most of the information on this family shown here comes from elsewhere such as: Wikipedia. the Encyclopedia Judaica and GENI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The patriarch of the family line who is most visible to modern eyes is thought to be Aaron Meshulam \/ Meshullam Horowitz, also known as Zalman Horowitz (ca. 1480 \u2013 1515), who lived in the village of Horovice and, later, in Prague, and had seven sons. Of these seven sons, one – Israel Jacob Halevi Horowitz (ca. 1510 \u2013 1572) who married Nissel Reisel (Rachel?) Ursula Ashkenazi \u2013 Stern (ca. 1511 \u2013 1572) is the direct ancestor of Moritz and Jonas Reis. The son of Israel and Nissel was Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz (1535 \u2013 1618). Pinchas held the rather grand title of Rabbi of Prague and Parnas of the Four Lands. He married Miriam Isserles.<\/a> Pinchas and Miriam had eight sons who spread the family throughout Europe, the Middle East, the Russian Empire and the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of Moritz \/ Maurice Reis<\/a>, he is descended via a female: Hinde \/ Hinda Halevi Horowitz (ca.1570 \u2013 ca.1617) the daughter of Pinchas and Miriam (Isserles) Horowitz. Hinde Halevi Horowitz married Meir Wahl Katzenellenbogen, the son of Saul Wahl Katzenellenbogen<\/a> (1545 \u2013 1617) and Deborah Drucker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Horowitz family is one of the most illustrious rabbinic families in Jewish history; producing some of the greatest rabbinic scholars of Hachmei Provence, France, and Italy in the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries. The original Sephardic surname of this family was Benveniste. Already a wealthy merchant family, they fled the Iberian Peninsula in the early 15th century, decades before the Alhambra Decree, and settled in the town of Ho\u0159ovice in central Bohemia. It is also claimed by some that the Horowitz family is descended from the medieval Shem Tov Halevi of Gerona, who had connections with the Kalonymos Nessiim (Princes) of Narbonne, the Benveniste, and others in the Spanish March and the area of the later Languedoc. However, none <\/em>of these claims has much, if any, evidence to support it and furthermore a 2016 article by Avrohom Marmorstein questions the Horowitz tradition of claiming ancestry from Spain, asserting that it was not until the late 19th century that Iberian roots were claimed for the Horowitz rabbinical family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, once settled in Bohemia, they presented outwardly as Christians, as Jews were not permitted to own land, but continued to practice Judaism. In the 1470s, the family moved to the shtetl of Horovice, Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic) (the name Horowitz designates an origin in Horovice), near Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the growth of the Jewish community in Prague and the passing of the B\u00f6hmischer Landtag which consisted of land rights reforms in 1501, more real estate in the city could be built and owned by Jews. To take advantage of this, the family sold their holdings in Ho\u0159ovice and moved to Prague in the early 16th century, taking on the Horowitz surname. The family began to leave their Sephardic origins behind and instead adopted Ashkenazi customs as they integrated into the Prague Jewish community. From that time forward, prominent rabbis of this family were found in virtually every European country. For recent discussion on the Iberian origins of the Horowitz family see Does the Horowitz Family from Bohemia Really Descend from the Benvenisti Halevy Family from Spain?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Horwitz was born in about the year 1480 in Prague. He was the father of Israel Jacob Munka HaLevi Horowitz 1500 \u2013 1572 and grandfather of Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz and thus a direct ancestor of Moritz and Jonas Reis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meshulam inherited his great wealth and status from his father (Rabbi Yeshaya ben Moshe Asher HaLevi-Horowitz), he served as the leader and head of the Jewish community of Prague. But, because of his wealth and status many of the Jews of Prague envied him, which caused quarrels and discord in the congregation. King Rudolph of Bohemia was inclined to believe Meshulam\u2019s enemies and issued an order to confiscate his liberty and appraise his property, which reached forty thousand meizner grashins (a huge sum in those days, unprecedented among the Jews). After long trials, his case was vindicated and the king restored all his rights to him, including the right to determine all congregational orders. As a sign of recognition, he used his money to build the Pinchas Shuhal synagogue in Prague, named after his grandson, Rabbi Pinchas, who completed the building.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
The Pinkas Synagogue<\/a> built by R. Aaron Meshullam Horowitz and named after his grandson R. Pinkas Horowitz.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Horwitz’s tombstone in Prague is engraved: Here lies the lord of the land, who fenced a fence and stands in the gap of a people and called to the mourners in March – A Hasidic was lost from the land – and he always went with effort in the thickness of the beam – and built a magnificent synagogue – for the honor of the place be blessed and its glory – for from it the Torah will come out – and his household and Jews were poor – And his right will stand in times of trouble for the remains – they are always righteous in the land of peace –  Aharon Meshulim Br. Rabbi Yeshai Halevi Z’al Horvitz – died on the day of SHK 7 of Elul and was buried on the Sunday of 8 of Elul \u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is the descent line from the first Horowitz of interest through to Moritz Reis. == is a marriage and >> is the child of the marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph HaLevi (ca. 1453 – 1506) == Midel HaLevy Shmulman Halevi (ca. 1435 – 1510) >>Yeshaya ben Moshe Asher HaLevi-Horowitz ==   Rivka Heller Wallerstein (ca. 1462 – 1515) >>  Ahron Meshulam \/ Meshullam Zalman Munka Halevi Horowitz (ca. 1480 – 1545) aka Zalman Munka == Nechama bat Menachem Munk >> Israel Jacob Halevi Horowitz (ca. 1510 \u2013 1572) == Nissel Reisel (Rachel?) Ursula Ashkenazi \u2013 Stern (ca. 1511 \u2013 1572)  >> Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz == Miriam Isserles<\/a> <\/strong> >> Hinde Horowitz (ca.1570 \u2013 ca.1617) = = Meir Wahl Katzenellenbogen <\/a> >>  Baila \/ Beila Katzenellenbogen == Jonah \/ Yonah I Frankel-Teomim <\/a>(1596 \u2013 1669)  >>  Ezekiel Joshua Feivel Teomim (ca. 1637 \u2013 ca. 1726) == Pearl Leib (1640 \u2013 1710)  >>  Chaim Jonah Frankel-Teomim == Sarah Oppenheim <\/a>>> Magdalene Genendel Frankel-Teomim (1713 \u2013 1778) ==  Simon Isaac Bondi<\/a> (1711 \u2013 1773) >> Jonas Bondi (1732 \u2013 1765) == Bella \/ Belle Schifra  >>  Clara \/ Caroline Bondi (1760-1829)  == Koppel Loeb of Bamberg  >> Moises Loeb \/ Moritz Reis<\/a> (1782 – 1855) == \u00c9milie Bickartt (1784 ) >> Jonas Reis (1809 – 1877) == Marian Samuel <\/a>(1825 – 1900) >> REIS FAMILY <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

Aaron Meshulam Zalman Munka Halevi Horowitz. Hebrew: \u05d4\u05e8\u05d1 \u05d0\u05d4\u05e8\u05df \u05de\u05e9\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d6\u05dc\u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05e5. Also known as: “Munk”; birthdate: circa 1480 at Prague. Death: August 16, 1545 at Prague. Son of Rabbi Yeshaya ben Moshe Asher HaLevi-Horowitz and Rivka Horowitz- Munka. (below) and husband of Esther Horowitz and Nechama bat Menachem Horowitz and the father of the below Israel Jacob Horowitz. Aaron Meshulam was a direct ancestor of Moritz Reis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Rivka (Heller Wallerstein) Horowitz- Munka Hebrew: \u05e8\u05d1\u05e7\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05e5, \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05e5. Also known as: “\u05d1\u05ea \u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1”. Birthdate: before 1462 at Prague. Death: June 02, 1515 at Prague, Czech Republic. She was the daughter of Rabbi Yom Tov Heller-Wallerstein and Rachel. Rivka was the wife of Rabbi Yeshaya ben Moshe Asher HaLevi-Horowitz and mother of Aaron Meshulam Zalman Munka Halevi Horowitz (above) and the grandmother of the below Israel Jacob Munka HaLevi Horowitz and the direct ancestor of Moritz Reis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Israel Jacob Munka HaLevi Horowitz; <\/a>Hebrew: \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d9\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05e5. Also known as: “Izdrael Munka”. Birthdate: circa 1510 at Prague. Death: September 21, 1572, at Prague. He was the son of the above Aaron Meshulam Zalman Munka Halevi Horowitz and the grandson of the above Rivka Horowitz- Munka (Heller Wallerstein). Israel Jacob was the father of Pinchas Halevi Horowitz Parnas of the Four Lands (1535 \u2013 1611) and the direct ancestor of Moritz Reis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Rabbi Shabtai (Sheftil) Halevi Horowitz. Hebrew: \u05e9\u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e9\u05e2\u05e4\u05e1\u05d9\u05dc \u05d4\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05e5. Also known as: “Shpasil”, “Sheftel”, “Sefl Munka” Death: 1555 at Hlavn\u00ed m\u011bsto Prague. Place of Burial at Prague. Immediate Family: Son of Rabbi Yeshaya ben Moshe Asher HaLevi-Horowitz and Rivka Horowitz- Munka and brother of Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz and therefore the Nth great uncle<\/em> X of Moritz Reis. The text of his tombstone reads: Shabbati Br. Yeshayah Halevi, a man of Horwitz, here lies a faithful man and head of Zorim, a speaker of righteousness and a leader of ministers, a leader and judge of the congregation, a leader of the people who judged them correctly, a man of speech and a master of the Torah, the son of the intercessor and husband of Danshiya Akiva who was head to every exile, and will give you a high place on high. And the Redeemer will be sent to all his people, in the year 15 BC, the trial will be, because an eye for an eye will fear the return of Zion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Miriam Beila Isserles <\/a>was born circa 1535, at Krakow and died on September 08, 1617 also at Krak\u00f3w. She was the daughter of Rabbi Israel Joseph Isserles, of Krakow and Dinah Malka Schrentzel. <\/a>Miriam Beila was the wife of Pinchas Halevi Horowitz, Parnas of the Four Land, and the mother of Hinda Halevi Horowitz ca.1570 \u2013 ca.1617 who married Meir Moshe Wahl Katzenellenbogen, 1565 – . She was a direct ancestor of Moritz Reis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

R’ Shmuel Schmelke ha-Levi Horowitz, ABD of Tarnow 1615 Birthplace: Krak\u00f3w, Poland. Death: August 19, 1696 (80-81) Tarnow, Poland. His father was Yehoshua HaLevi Horowitz \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05da whose sister Hinda Horowitz married Meir Moshe Wahl Katzenellenbogen was a direct ancestor of Moritz Reis\u2019. Thus, Shmuel Schmelke ha-Levi Horowitz was a first cousin several times removed of Moritz Reis\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

_____| 16_\u00a0Moshe Asher Zalman HaLevi HOROWITZ<\/a>\u00a01435-1506
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0_____| 8_\u00a0Yeshaya HaLevi HOROWITZ<\/a>\u00a0\u20201517
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af| 17_\u00a0Zeldtka SHMULMAN<\/a>\u00a01435-1510
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0_____| 4_\u00a0Aharon Meshulam Zalman HaLevi HOROWITZ<\/a>\u00a0\u20201545
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\\ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0_____| 18_\u00a0Yom Tov HELLER WALLERSTEIN<\/a>\u00a01435-
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af| 9_\u00a0Rivka Yom Tov HELLER WALLERSTEIN<\/a>\u00a01462-1515
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af| 19_\u00a0? ?<\/a>
|2_\u00a0Yisrael Yaakov HaLevi HOROWITZ<\/a>\u00a0ca 1520-
| \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \\ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0_____| 20_\u00a0Moshe MUNK<\/a>\u00a0\u2020
| \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\\ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0_____| 10_\u00a0Menachem (Rabbi) MUNK<\/a>\u00a0\u20201529
| \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\\ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af| 21_\u00a0? ?<\/a>
| \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af| 5_\u00a0Esther Nechama MECHANEM MUNK<\/a>\u00a0\u2020
| \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\\
| \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af\u00af| 11_\u00a0? ?<\/a>
|–1_ Pinchas HaLevi HOROWITZ\u00a01535-1618<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another way of looking at things: The Tov Halevi Descent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shem Tov Halevi of Gerona and some other leading families including the Benveniste moved between Provence and Aragon. The Hebrew name Shem Tov and the Greek Kalonymos meant \u201cof good name\u201d.  They were related to the Kalonymos Nesiim of Narbonne. From the Shem Tov Halevi of medieval Spain and Provence (1 \u2013 13) a sprig transplanted to Bohemia (14 \u2013 19) in the 15th century became the Horowitz family, taking their name from the town of Horovice near Prague where they settled before moving to Prague and beyond (19 \u2013 31):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Shem Tov Halevi of Gerona (a leading Talmudic scholar in Provence) (the Ha-Yitzhari family claimed direct descent from Samuel the Prophet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Zerachia Halevi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Yitzchak (scholar in Provence)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Zerachiah Halevi Girondi 1125 – 1186 (author of Ha-Maor<\/em> and other works)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Joseph Halevi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Benveniste Halevi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Joseph Halevi ben Benveniste == Clara bat Asher ben Meshullam ben Jacob of Lunel (reputedly of Davidic descent)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Pinchas Halevi – lived near Perpignan (elder brother of Aharon Halevi, 1235 – 1305, who gives his descent from Zerachiah Halevi in Bedek Habayit)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Yitzchak Halevi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Joseph Halevi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. ? \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. ?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. ?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. ?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Moshe Halevi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Isaiah ben Moshe Halevi Ish Horowitz ca.1440 – 1515\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 in Prague 1480<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Ahron Meshulam \/ Meshullam Zalman Munka Halevi Horowitz 1470 – 1545 aka Zalman Munka<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Israel Jacob Halevi Horowitz 1500 – 1572 of Prague<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Pinchas Halevi Horowitz of Prague 1535 == Miriam Belle \/ Beila Isserles ca. 1535 – 1617<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Hinda Halevi Horowitz ca.1570 \u2013 ca.1617 == Meir Moshe Wahl Katzenellenbogen<\/a> 1565 \u2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Beila Wahl Katzenellenbogen ca. 1610 \u2013 ca. 1669 == Jonah I Frankel Teomim <\/a>1596 \u2013 1669<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Ezekiel Joshua Feivel Teomim ca. 1637 \u2013 ca. 1726 ==. Pearl Aryeh Leib Kloisner ca. 1666 \u2013 1722<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Chaim Yona Joseph Frankel Teomim 1684 \u2013 1727 == Sara Oppenheim <\/a>ca. 1695 \u2013 1713<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Magdelene (Genendel) Fankel Teomim 1713 \u2013 1778 == Simon Isaak Bondi<\/a> ca. 1711 \u2013 1773<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Jonas Bondi 1732 \u2013 1765 == Bella Schifra<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Kela \/ Caila \/ Chayle Bondi ca. 1760 \u2013 1829 == Koppel Kolb (Loeb) of Bamberg 1747 \u2013 1835<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Moshe Loeb of Mainz who changed his name to Moritz \/ Maurice Reis 1782 \u2013 1855 == Bickartt 1784 <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Jonas Reis of Liverpool <\/a>1809 – 1877 <\/a>== Marian Samuel 1825 \u2013 1900<\/a>, the daughter of Moses Samuel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Alphonse Louis Reis 1860 \u2013 1940 == Marian Dugan 1859 \u2013 1929<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Horowitz rabbinical family\u2019s direct male line traditionally traces itself back thousands of years, with several gaps, to Samuel Halevi, the prophet and judge who anointed Kings Saul and David 3,000 years ago. We will not go quite that far back. Most of the information on this family shown here comes from elsewhere such as: Wikipedia. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2099","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3876,"href":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2099\/revisions\/3876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reiswolfesamuel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}