Friday, April 17, 2020
DNA Connection to Rabbi Samson Wertheimer's Family and the Wertheim Dynasty and Those In It
Nadene Goldfoot
Careful selections in marriage lead to dynasties being created which can include a future of very productive people.
I am connected through DNA testing, to Rabbi Samson Wertheimer born in 1658 who was born in Worms, Germany in 1658 or more likely, to his brother.
This is quite a surprise to me. He was a famous man who loaned money with his Uncle Oppenheimer to kings and queens.
Now I find that there was a Wertheim Dynasty. The reason we have their genealogy tree is because rabbis thought well of having this genealogy and kept doing it. They felt it important to keep up the tradition of having rabbis in the family in these days of arranged marriages, and used it for arranged marriages. They wanted to their children to marry into another rabbinical family. It stems from history from biblical days of being a part of the 71 decision makers of the Sanhedrin. To be in the Sanhedrin, one needed proof of their genealogy. The head was usually a descendent of Hillel.
My DNA 4th to distant cousin, Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull and Dr.Jeffrey Briskman, my 5th to distant cousin, have written an article titled CONNECTING TO THE WERTHEIM-GITERMAN RABBINICAL LINEAGE THROUGH Y-DNA. This was just posted in Acadamia.
That would be through the men's Y haplogroup. My father's line is QBZ67. Jews from Aaron who are called Cohens happen to be DNA Cohens of J1. I see that 2 out of the 4 Wertheimers that match me are J1s. One is an E-M35 and the other is unknown. My brother matched one that I did and was his 5th cousin, and 2 others that I didn't match. One was his 4th and the other a 5th cousin. 2 of the 3 were J1s, a J-M172 and J-A15512. These were Wertheimers. We didn't match any Wertheims.
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Wertheim of Bendery was born in 1772, over 100 years after Rabbi Samson Wertheimer. The Dynasty had been in existence for quite a while. Bendery was in the Ukraine. It's now called Bender, Moldova. This would be a Hasidic group.
Rabbi Aryeh's 1st wife was Leah Hirsch. Hirsch is a surname of many Rabbis
and well-known people. There was Emil Gustav II born in 1852, a reform rabbi who immigrated to Chicago, son of Samuel Hirsch born in 1815, chief rabbi of Luxemburg from 1843 to 1865. There was Baron de Hirsch Fund from Baron Maurice de Hirsch born 1831, a banker and philanthropist from Munich, Germany. Max Hirsch born 1832 was a German economist and labor leader. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch born 1808 was a German leader of Jewish Orthodoxy and was chief rabbi of Moravia in 1846. Solomon Hirsch born 1839 was a US diplomat. He was a merchant in Portland, Oregon. Solomon served in both the Senate Legislature and State Senate and was the US minister to Turkey from 1889 to 1892. A Jewish man in Turkey!
Her grandparents were Rabbi Menahem Nakhum Twersky who was married to Sarah Shapiro from the Shapiro rabbis, and that included Rabbi Twersky. He was born in 1730 and died in 1797, part of Twersky Hasidic Dynasty, and was living at Chernobyl.
Rabbi Menahem Nakhum Twersky was a pupil of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidic Judaism, who was known as the maggid of Chernobyl. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Mordecai who died in 1837 whose place was filled by his 8 sons.
Another Twersky who was born in 1900 was Yohanan, a Hebrew novelist. He wasn't a rabbi but was part of the Ukrainian Hasidic family. He had studied in Germany, but lived and taught in the USA, and in 1947 make aliyah and lived in Israel. Twersky was a prolific author chiefly of biographical works. He wrote about Uriel Acosta, Ahad Ha-Am, Dreyfus, Freud, Rashi, and M.M. Noah.
Rabbi Aryeh and wife Leah Hirsch had a daughter named Sima Wertheim. She married Rabbi Eliyahu Pinkhas Polensky, a great grandson of Rabbi Pinkhas Shapira of Koretz, Ukraine.
There is the Shapiro Rabbinical Dynasty. Shapiro was a family of Hasidic tzaddikim and printers in Volhynia, between Poland and Belarus . Phinehas Shapiro of Koretz who died in 1791 was a pupil of the Baal Shem Tov, and was the author of the Hasidic classic, Midrash Pinhas. His son, Moses Shapiro -born in 1758, was from 1808 the tzaddik at Slavura where he printed the Talmud at his own press. Karl Jay Shapiro has been since 1956 a professor of English at the U of Nebraska. He is a US poet and works include V-letter and Other Poems, Essay on Rime, and Trial of a Poet.
Resource: Connecting to the Wertheim-Giterman Rabbinical Lineage through Y-DNA. by Drs. Jeffrey Paull and Jeffrey Briskman
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
I am connected through DNA testing, to Rabbi Samson Wertheimer born in 1658 who was born in Worms, Germany in 1658 or more likely, to his brother.
This is quite a surprise to me. He was a famous man who loaned money with his Uncle Oppenheimer to kings and queens.
Now I find that there was a Wertheim Dynasty. The reason we have their genealogy tree is because rabbis thought well of having this genealogy and kept doing it. They felt it important to keep up the tradition of having rabbis in the family in these days of arranged marriages, and used it for arranged marriages. They wanted to their children to marry into another rabbinical family. It stems from history from biblical days of being a part of the 71 decision makers of the Sanhedrin. To be in the Sanhedrin, one needed proof of their genealogy. The head was usually a descendent of Hillel.
My DNA 4th to distant cousin, Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull and Dr.Jeffrey Briskman, my 5th to distant cousin, have written an article titled CONNECTING TO THE WERTHEIM-GITERMAN RABBINICAL LINEAGE THROUGH Y-DNA. This was just posted in Acadamia.
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That would be through the men's Y haplogroup. My father's line is QBZ67. Jews from Aaron who are called Cohens happen to be DNA Cohens of J1. I see that 2 out of the 4 Wertheimers that match me are J1s. One is an E-M35 and the other is unknown. My brother matched one that I did and was his 5th cousin, and 2 others that I didn't match. One was his 4th and the other a 5th cousin. 2 of the 3 were J1s, a J-M172 and J-A15512. These were Wertheimers. We didn't match any Wertheims.
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Wertheim of Bendery was born in 1772, over 100 years after Rabbi Samson Wertheimer. The Dynasty had been in existence for quite a while. Bendery was in the Ukraine. It's now called Bender, Moldova. This would be a Hasidic group.
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| A modern Leah Hirsch who might be related to Rabbi Aryeh's wife, Leah Hirsch. I only hope our original Leah was as lovely. |
and well-known people. There was Emil Gustav II born in 1852, a reform rabbi who immigrated to Chicago, son of Samuel Hirsch born in 1815, chief rabbi of Luxemburg from 1843 to 1865. There was Baron de Hirsch Fund from Baron Maurice de Hirsch born 1831, a banker and philanthropist from Munich, Germany. Max Hirsch born 1832 was a German economist and labor leader. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch born 1808 was a German leader of Jewish Orthodoxy and was chief rabbi of Moravia in 1846. Solomon Hirsch born 1839 was a US diplomat. He was a merchant in Portland, Oregon. Solomon served in both the Senate Legislature and State Senate and was the US minister to Turkey from 1889 to 1892. A Jewish man in Turkey!
Her grandparents were Rabbi Menahem Nakhum Twersky who was married to Sarah Shapiro from the Shapiro rabbis, and that included Rabbi Twersky. He was born in 1730 and died in 1797, part of Twersky Hasidic Dynasty, and was living at Chernobyl.
Rabbi Menahem Nakhum Twersky was a pupil of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidic Judaism, who was known as the maggid of Chernobyl. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Mordecai who died in 1837 whose place was filled by his 8 sons.
Another Twersky who was born in 1900 was Yohanan, a Hebrew novelist. He wasn't a rabbi but was part of the Ukrainian Hasidic family. He had studied in Germany, but lived and taught in the USA, and in 1947 make aliyah and lived in Israel. Twersky was a prolific author chiefly of biographical works. He wrote about Uriel Acosta, Ahad Ha-Am, Dreyfus, Freud, Rashi, and M.M. Noah.
Rabbi Aryeh and wife Leah Hirsch had a daughter named Sima Wertheim. She married Rabbi Eliyahu Pinkhas Polensky, a great grandson of Rabbi Pinkhas Shapira of Koretz, Ukraine.
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| Israel ben Eliezer AKA Baal Shem Tov b: about 1700 d: 1760 |
Resource: Connecting to the Wertheim-Giterman Rabbinical Lineage through Y-DNA. by Drs. Jeffrey Paull and Jeffrey Briskman
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
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