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

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.