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The Book of Destiny – Toledot Charlap – Chapter XIX
The Book of Destiny – Toledot Charlap – Chapter XIX

By Arthur F. Menton and Dr. Gil Dekel for formatting and images.   Chapter XIX - The Left-Handed Tailors Page 227 The early records from Poland identify many Mankutas living in our shtetlach, and also many who spelled the name Mankita. The latter seems to derive...

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Ibn Yaḥya family tree
Ibn Yaḥya family tree

Dr. Gil Dekel A manuscript of the Ibn Yahya family tree. According to Arthur Menton, the manuscript is off an original tapestry. It was perhaps created by the Italian branch of Yahya. I have obtained an article[1], suggesting the manuscript was donated to The Jewish...

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Charlap Rabbis  –  רבנים ממשפחת חרל”פ
Charlap Rabbis – רבנים ממשפחת חרל”פ

דר. גיל דקל. 3083    הרב רבי אפרים אליעזר צבי [הירש] חרל"פ. גיסו הרב רבי מרדכי זאב אורנשטין (14117). רב גאון גדול וצדיק מפורסם. רב בשצוצין, גאנידז, ביזון, סאכטשוב, מזריטש. נפלה דליקה ונשרפו חידושיו וספריו ומיגון קודר נפטר ה אלול תר"ט. מחבר: עטרת צבי. הוד תהילה. ריח...

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Efraim Tzvi Charlap — אפרים צבי חרל”פ
Efraim Tzvi Charlap — אפרים צבי חרל”פ

דר. גיל דקל. אפרים נולד ביום 27 לחודש יוני 1858, טו' תמוז תרי"ח, בטרספול (Terespol), מחוז ביאלא פודולסק (Biała Podlaska). המחוז היה אז בשטח רוסיה, והיום הוא בשטח פולין. הוריו היו יוסף שלמה חרל"פ ושיינה אלקה. הוריו נישאו בשנת 1850.[1] אפרים קיבל חינוך דתי מסורתי[2]...

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Charlap Facebook Group
Charlap Facebook Group

A closed Facebook group for the family descendants of Charlap/Ibn Yahya/Ser: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120671549807795More on this topic:

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Shalshelet HaKabbalah – Gedaliah ibn Yahya
Shalshelet HaKabbalah – Gedaliah ibn Yahya

PDF file size about 180 MB - may take a few minutes to load...Gedaliah ibn Yahya ben Joseph (גדליה אבן יחייא בן יוסף), born in Imola, Italy, 1515 or 1526, was a Talmudist and Biblical chronologist. He studied in the Yeshiva at Ferrara under Jacob Finzi and Abraham and...

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Origins of Yahya, Charlap, and subsequent family branches
Origins of Yahya, Charlap, and subsequent family branches

By Gil Dekel, PhD. This article[1] traces the origins of the Yahya family, and their descendants: the Charlap family and subsequent branches (Budowla, Danowitz, Kiejsmacher, Grapa, Kopyto, Kur, Kuropatwa, Lapin, Lew, Lewin, Mankuta, Pakciarz, Pasternak, Parczewski,...

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The Book of Destiny – Toledot Charlap – Chapter XXIX
The Book of Destiny – Toledot Charlap – Chapter XXIX

By Arthur F. Menton and Dr. Gil Dekel for additional notes {in brackets}, corrections, and images.   Chapter XXIX - The Family of Ze'ev Ben Avraham of Tykocin Page 483 Rabbi Ze'ev Ben Avraham Charlap and his wife Gittel established their home in Tykocin. Ze'ev...

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אזכורי אנשים ממשפחת חרל”פ בפנקס קהל טיקטין, כרך א’, עם תאריכים ומספרי עמודים
אזכורי אנשים ממשפחת חרל”פ בפנקס קהל טיקטין, כרך א’, עם תאריכים ומספרי עמודים

מאת גיל דקל. חול המועד פסח, שנת תקי"ב, 1752.ר' ישכר חר"י חרל"פ.(עמוד 19 בפנקס) חול המועד פסח, שנת תק"ח, 1748.מר נחמן חר"ר חרל"פ.(עמוד 22) The minutes book of the Jewish community council of Tykocin 1621-1806. (Photo: Gil Dekel, 2021)  י"ב לעומר (כ"ז ניסן), שנת תק"ט,...

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The Historian R. Gedalya Ibn Yahya
The Historian R. Gedalya Ibn Yahya

By Dr. Abraham David. Edited by Dr. Gil Dekel. The closing period of the Middle Ages, from the Spanish Expulsion until the late sixteenth century, saw the appearance of Jewish historiographical compositions of varied length and quality. The majority were written by...

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The Kuzari book and the ibn Yahya family
The Kuzari book and the ibn Yahya family

By Dr. Gil Dekel When Yehuda Halevi’s philosophical book ha-Kuzari was completed circa 1140, the moveable-type printing press was not invented as yet. And so, the book was copied by hand for over 350 years. Then, in the year 1506, the book was finally printed for the...

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King David Dynasty: the Charlap family ascension.
King David Dynasty: the Charlap family ascension.

The ancestry lineage from King David down to the Exilarchs, Ibn Yahya (בן חיים) family, and Charlap (חרל”פ) family. — David, 2nd king of lsrael and Judah. b. ca 1040 B.C.E. Reigned ca 1004-968 {or 970, the year he died} B.C.E. {Reigned over the United Kingdom of Israel. Buried at King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, Israel. דוד המלך. דָּוִד בֶּן יִשַׁי}.

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The personal driver of the first President of Israel.
The personal driver of the first President of Israel.

By Tikva Vineshtock, 2021. (Based on my column in ‘MaAriv’ newspaper, 17 November 1952.)Translated from Hebrew by Dr. Gil Dekel.  [גרסא עיברית למטה]   On 9 November 1952 (תשי"ג), Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel, passed away. Immediately I have...

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The Book of Destiny – Toledot Charlap – Chapter XXV
The Book of Destiny – Toledot Charlap – Chapter XXV

Charlap {חרל”פ} was the ancestral honorary title of our family. {The surnames} Ser and Kiejsmacher were arbitrary names assigned near the beginning of the nineteenth century. The Charlaps were descended from King David. Relatives who belonged on totally different branches of the family tree and who had never had connections with one another presented documents claiming Davidic ancestry.

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