Rabbi Efraim Eliezer Tzvi Hirsh Charlap Gaon Mezeritz — רבי אפרים אליעזר צבי הירש חרל״פ הגאון ממעזריטש
[לעיברית, ראו למטה] By Dr. Gil Dekel. Rabbi Efraim was born circa 1780 in the city of Tykocin (Tiktin), not far from the county Bialystok, to his father Rabbi Zeev Yehuda[1] and his mother, Gitel. From an early age he was known as a great scholar.[2] He served as a...
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...
Rabbi Abraham Ibn Daud – Sefer Hakabbalah — ספר הקבלה – רב אברהם בן-דוד
Rabbi Abraham Ibn-Daud – Sefer Hakabbalah. Sefer ha-Qabbalah. ספר הקבלה לרב אברהם בן דוד (ראב”ד) Rabbi Abraham Ibn-Daud (ben David) Halevi, known as Rabad (born circa 1110; died 1180). A prominent scholar and translator, arguably he “…introduced Arabic numerals...
The Book of Destiny – Toledot Charlap – Chapter XXVI
The four centuries that our ancestors spent in Spain roughly coincide with what has been called the Golden Age. It was the age of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Yehuda Halevi, and Maimonides.
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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