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Spira/Spiro Family Genealogy

Last update: October 12, 2009

Origin of the name is from the city of Speyer in the Rheinland (Speyer was known by the name "Spira" as early as the fifth century. Family of scholars and rabbis of Speyer, Rhenish Bavaria, with numerous branches in other parts of Germany, and in Prague Bohemia, Galicia, and Poznan Poland. It originally bore the name "Ashkenazi," to distinguish it from the Kahane or Katz-Spira family. Many prominent families of Bohemia added to their names that of "Spiro" or "Spira" ie; Frankl-Spiro, Fränkel-Spira, Wiener-Spiro, Kohen-Spira and Porges-Spiro

*see also 2nd Spira page with Treves, Luria, Isserles, etc families or under "relationship review" Group-1 =16 names, Group-2 =11 names & Note-1 *sources: Oberländer relative, Lawrence Weinberg, Levie-kanes.com, J. K. Loren descendancy of Jechiel Michael Spira (abt 1530 -) on Rootsweb, Loeb site, Porges site, JewishEncyclopedia, Judaica Bohemiae

Kalman Yerushalmi SPIRA Born: bef 1504

• Yosef Yerushalmi SPIRA Born: bef 1522 *see .pdf document showing Yosef, father of Yechiel

• Gaon R' Yechiel Michel SPIRA (Jechiel Mechel, Jehiel Mich) Born: abt. 1530 or 1540 rabbi in Posen (Poznan). Died: Jan 24, 1598 in Prague *same as on 2nd Spira page?  

• R' Chaim SPIRA rabbi in Posen  

• R' Benjamin Wolf (Elabes?) SPIRA Born: abt 1560 Died: Oct 12, 1630 in Prague + Chava (?) Born: bef 1581 Died: 1648 in Prague. Assessor of the Rabbinate of Prague for 30 years and a known Kabbalist

  Note: JE 5 Benjamin Wolf Spira: Son of Jehiel Spira; died at Prague Oct. 12, 1630. He was for more than thirty years associate rabbi and director of a Talmudic academy in that city. Although universally respected his extraordinary modesty prevented him from accepting the chief rabbinate of Prague; but he took charge of it temporarily from 1629 until his death

  • R' Aaron/Aron (Simon, Shimon Simeon) SPIRA WEDELES Born: 1599 in Prague. Died: Dec 2-3, 1679 in Prague + Chaja  NEUHAUS Born: bef 1610 Died: Jan 10, 1676 in Prague. Father: R' Simon Neuhaus Mother: Batsheva Sachs ( - 1624 Prague), daughter of Dajan Nathan Sachs ( - 1604 Prague) *see also Group-1: Simon Spira

    Note: JE 2 son of Benjamin Wolf Spira (who died in 1630); rabbi at Frankfort, Lemberg, Brez in Lithuania, Lublin, Cracow, Vienna, Prague (1640), and also rabbi of Bohemia; born 1599; died Dec. 3, 1679, at Prague. He led an ascetic life, and collected many pupils about him. He wrote "Moreh Yehezkiel Katon" (Prague, 1695), penitential prayers ("selihot") on the sufferings of the Jewish community of Prague when that city was besieged by the Swedes in 1648 AND Simon Wolf (Aharon Simeon ben Benjamin) Spira (geb. 1599, gest. 1679 in Prag) "Er war Rabbiner in Frankfurt a.M., Lemberg, Brez (Litauen), Lublin, Krakau, Wien (hier wohl nicht offizieller Rabbiner) und von 1640 an in Prag. Er führte ein asketisches Leben und hatte zahlreiche Schüler. Sein Werk More Chason Jecheskel enthält Bußgebete (slichot) anläßlich der schwedischen Besetzung Prags "? AND on Judaica "..The close of a period that was soon to appear as the good old times was symbolized by the death of the very aged Chief Rabbi Aaron Simon Spira, on Kislev 29, 5450 / December 2, 1679. In the passing-away of this exceptionally pious man, the community lost a natural moral authority, which fact henceforth established a long-lasting political problem."

    • Freudel SPIRA Died: 1735 + (?) FRÄENKEL

    • Ascher Anschel SPIRA (SCHAPIRO) Born: 1628 or 1634 Died: Feb 25, 1661 in Vienna + Jares MIRELS Born: 1631 or abt 1636 in Vienna. Died: Feb 28, 1661 Sister: Zirel Mirels ( - 1691) & R' Aron Spira-Speier ( -1697) Father: Moses Halevi Heller-Wallerstein Mirels (Fränkel) (1598 Vienna - 11/3/1688 Vienna) Mother: Elkele Perlhefter (1614 - 11/3 or 8/26/1668 Vienna) Granfather: Jakob Koppel FränkelHeller-Wallerstein (Austria - 9/15/1612 Vienna) Grandmother: Mirl Sarah Teomin (1/9/1575 Vienna - 2/21/1639 Vienna) daughter of Dwerl Pomelitz & Meschullam Salman Teomin ( - 8/29/1621 Vienna), son of Rebecca Sterin Horowitz bat Israel HaLevi (ca. 1545 - ) & R' Moses Aaron Teomin (ca. 1550 Vienna - 1609 Prague), son of R' Simeon Teomin-Lemal

      Note: JE 4 Asher Anshel Spira son of Aaron Wolf Spira; died in 1661 at Vienna, in which city he had married the daughter of the wealthy and learned Moses Mirels. He was the ancestor of the Frankl-Spira family. Bibliography: Podiebrad-Foges, l.c. p. 149. *see Moses HaLevi Heller-Wallerstein (1520 Wallerstein - 1580), Chief Rabbi of Germany on Maharal page

    • Benjamin Wolf SPIRA Born: bef 1661 Died: 1712/15/17 in Prague + (?) BASS Born: bef 1664 *2^nd wife: Esther (see FRÄENKEL family) Born: abt 1655 or 1661 Married: 1678 in Fuerth. Died: Sep 8, 1720 in Prague. Father: Jakob Koppel Ha-Levi Fränkel/Fräenkel (1600 Bairsdorf, Germany - 1670 Vienna) Mother: Ella Holleschau

      JE 6 son of Asher Anshel Spira, died at Prague in 1712. He was educated by his grandfather Aaron Simeon Spira, in that city. He was the father of the parnas Simon Wolf Frankl

    • Elkele SPIRA Died: 1772 + Lipman NEUSTÄDTL
    • Israel SPIRA
    • Berman SPIRA Died: 1812

    • David SPIRA + Miriam Joels Died: 1773
      • Jachtel SPIRA Died: 1738
      • Isak SPIRA
        • Loeb SPIRA Born: 1753
        • Gabriel SPIRA Born: 1760
        • Esther SPIRA Born: 1765

    • Moses SPIRA + Freidel Jeushalmi (Jerushalmi?)
      • Israel SPIRA
        • Jacob SPIRA Died: 1743
      • Abraham SPIRA Died: 1737

    • Elkele SPIRA Died: 1697 in Prague
    • Hindele SPIRA Died: 1704 in Prague
    • Anshel SPIRA Born: 1683 in Prague. Died: 1711 in Prague
      • Friedel SPIRA

    • Jacob KOPPEL SPIRA or Koppel FRÄNKEL-SPIRO Born: abt 1678 in Prague
      • Israel SPIRA or FRÄNKEL Born: abt 1700

        Note: JE "..His (Simon Wolf Fränkel-Spira) successor as the head of the community was a son of his brother Koppel, Israel Fränkel. His valuable services to the community in advancing the home manufacture of silk, and in improving the "Invalidenbräuhaus," of which he for a long time was the lessee, were recognized by the Bohemian "Landesgubernium." Israel Fränkel, who was a devoted student of the Mishnah, died in his birth-place, Prague, on April 15, 1767"

    • Ritschel SPIRA Died: 1719 in Prague + Davif JEITELES

    • Slava (Slawa) SPIRA Died: 1728 + Jona LANDSCHREIBER
      • Mendel LANDSCHREIBER
        • Jona LANDSCHREIBER (BUNZLAU)

    • Simon-Wolf (Simeon) FRÄNKEL-SPIRO Born: abt 1675 in Prague. Died: Jun 9, 1745 in Prague. Occupation: parnas/primator + Jachdel GUENZBURG *2nd wife: Lana LIEBMANN *3rd wife: Friedel (?)

      Note: JE "Head of the Jewish community in Prague for two decades beginning 1724.. He was wealthy by inheritance, and his extensive business interests brought him often into contact with the great of the land; he thus gained a knowledge of the laws of the country which raised him high above the mass of his brethren. Founded an orphan asylum, and won lasting popularity by elevating the standard of the Jewish school system.." *any relation to Magdalena see Günzburg page (1802 Prague - ) + Heinrich Grünfeld (1792 Lieben/Prague 8 - 1865) or others on the page ie. Simon (Shim‘on) Günzburg (1649 Prague - ) + (?)

      • Friedel SPIRA Died: 1734

      • Ritschel FRÄNKEL-SPIRO Born: abt 1710 Died: 1761 + Meir FISCHEL Born: abt 1707 Died: 1769
        • Löb FISCHEL Born: abt 1740 + (?)
          • Esther FISCHEL Born: 1769 in Prague + Jacob Koppel (see FRÄNKEL family) Born: 1769 Died: 1850 Father: Issachar Bärmann Fränkel Mother: Esther Fränkel

        *2nd husband of Ritschel: Rabi Meir BUNZLAU Died: Dec 16, 1769 Prague

    • Sara BUNZLAU + Baer BUNZLAU

    • Moses Fischel BUNZLAU Died: Dec 7, 1833 Eisenstadt + Pesel Elisabeth KUH Born: 1759 Prague. Died: Nov 11, 1842 Eisenstadt
      • Marcus Meir FISCHER Born: 1788 Prague. Died: May 22, 1858 Prague
      • Regina FISCHER Died: 1792 Prague
      • Theresia FISCHER Died: 1797 Prague

      • Ester FISCHER Born: 1799 Died: Sep 1, 1877 Eisenstadt + Eleaser Lazar LAZARUS Born: 1759 Died: Aug 27, 1847 Eisenstadt
        • Max LAZARUS Born: 1825 Died: 1913

    • Jacob KOPPEL SPIRA Died: Aug 15, 1689 in Prague + Vogel DARSHAN Father: Lipmann Eliezer Died: 1729 Prague. Jacob and Vogel are cousins, 4 generations
      • Jares SPIRA Died: 1699 + Meir SCHULHOF
        • KOPPEL SCHULHOF + Malca MELIZ
          • Lipmann SCHULHOF + Hindel AUSCHA

      • Simeon SPIRA

    • Rebekka SPIRA-FRÄENKEL Died: 1727 + Michel SPIRA Father: Wolf Spira Grandfather: Ahron Simeon Spira *Rebekka & Michel are cousins

      • Asher Anschel SPIRA Born: 1713
        • Jacob SPIRA Born: 1743

      • Moshe Isak SPIRA Died: 1749 + Maete (?) Father: Mordecai ha-KOHEN from Hamburg Died: 1736. *2nd wife: Bela SPIRA Died: 1743

        JE 10 Isaac Spira died 1749 in Prague. son of Jehiel Michael Spira. He was rabbi at Lissa, then at Jung-Bunzlau H. Gold, Bohemia (1704-27), and finally at Prague, and was the teacher and father-in-law of Jonathan Eybeschütz. He wrote novellæ on Talmudic treatises, likewise responsa, etc.; but none of his works has been printed. Bibliography: Buber, l.c. p. 118; Fuenn, l.c. p. 111.

        • Jaresh SPIRA + Jacob WEDELES Died: 1764

        • Elkele SPIRA + R' Yonasan (Yehonatan, Jonatan, Jonathan) (see EYBESCHÜTZ family) EIBESCHUTZ Born: abt 1690 in Cracow or Posen. Died: Sep 18, 1764 in Altona. Father: Nathan (Nata) Spira or Nathan Neta Eybeschuetz ( - 1702 in Ivančice/Elbenschitz, Moravia)

    • R' Benjamin Wolf SPIRA (WEDELES) Born: 1640 in Prague. Died: Jan. 11, 1715 in Prague + Scheba KALISCH Born: bef 1642 Died: Feb 1, 1710 in Prague. Father: R' Samuel Kalisch *see also Group-1

      Note: JE 7 son of Aaron Simeon Spira. He was for twenty years chief rabbi of Bohemia. Bibliography: Podiebrad-Foges, l.c. pp. 73, 148 et seq. Possibly same person as: ".. Among the party elite in the last quarter of the seventeenth century were.. Wolf Wedeles (1640–1715).." from Judaica Bohemiae

      • R' Aaron Jehiel (Jechiel) Michel SPIRA Born: 1660 or 1665 Died: Oct 8, 1723 + Rebecca SPIRA-FRÄENKEL Born: bef 1645 Died: Nov 17, 1707

        Note: JE 1 son of Benjamin Wolf Spira (No. 7?) and grandson of Jehiel Spira? Rabbi of the Meisel Synagogue, Prague. Bibliography: Landshuth, 'Ammude ha-'Abodah, p. 12; Zunz, Literaturgesch. p. 438; Podiebrad-Foges, Alterthümer der Prager Judenstadt, pp. 76, 149, Prague, 1870

      • Elijah (Elia) Wolf SPIRA Born: 1660 Died: Apr 13-14, 1712 in Prague + Dobrisch BONDI Born: bef 1660 Died: 1725 in Prague. Father: Azriel Bondi ( - 1716 Prague) Rosh Kehilla in Prague Grandfather: Isaac (Eisik) Yomtov-Bondi *any relation to Isaac ben Solomon Zalman (see Bondi family) born 1664 & Shifrah Spira (abt 1670 -)

        Note: JE 8 son of Benjamin Wolf Spira. He was rabbi at Tiktin, and afterward preacher and director of a large Talmudic academy at Prague. He published "Eliyahu Zuta," a commentary on that part of Mordecai Jafe's "Lebush" relating to the Shulhan 'Aruk, Orah Hayyim (Prague, 1689, 1701). His valuable work "Eliyahu Rabbah" (Sulzbach, 1757), containing discussions on the Orah Hayyim, was printed posthumously by his son, whose name is not given. "Shishah Shitot," novellæ on six Talmudic treatises, were published by his grandson Elijah b. Wolf Spira (Fürth, 1768). His manuscript works, including commentaries on the Bible and Talmud, as well as sermons, responsa, etc., were destroyed by fire in 1754. Bibliography: Eliyahu Rabbah, Preface; Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 239 (contains many incorrect statements); Zunz, Monatstage, p. 19

        • Loebel Elia SPIRA Born: bef 1673 Died: Feb 3, 1712 in Leipa, Bohemia (buried in Prague) + Saerel KROTOSCHIN Born: bef 1673 Died: 1741 in Prague *see below

        • Wolf SPIRA
          • Elijah ben Wolf SPIRA

      • Schifra (Shifra) SPIRA Born: bef 1673 Died: 31 Dec 1737 in Prague + R' Isaac ben Solomon ZALMAN (see BONDI family) Born: abt 1664 Occupation: rabbi of Prague

        Note: Lawrence Weinberg has Schifra's husband as Salomon Lichtenstadt-Levi (bef 1678 m. 1691 - 1697 Prague) AND on Judaica Bohemiae: Salomon Oettingen Lichtenstadt, son of Abraham Aaron Lichtenstadt, had become engaged to Schifra, the youngest daughter of R' Wolf Wedeles

      • Jittel SPIRA Born: unknown + Jacob REICHER Died: Feb 1733 in Metz

      • Freudel SPIRA Born: bef 1699 Died: 1743 + Yomtov LIPMANN Born: bef 1699 Died: 1729

      *2nd wife of Benjamin: (?) BONDI Married: 1710-1711

      • Malka SPIRA Born: bef 1651 Died: 1691 in Prague + Kassriel Hirsch KROTOSCHIN Born: bef 1651 Died: 1691 in Prague. Father: R' Hirsch Krotoschin
        • Saerel KROTOSCHIN Born: bef 1673 Died: 1741 in Prague + Loebel Elia SPIRA Born: bef 1673 Died: Feb 3, 1712 in Leipa, Bohemia (buried in Prague) Parents: R' Elijah (Elia) Wolf Spira & Dobrisch Bondi above
          • Malka SPIRA Born: 1691 in Prague. Died: unknown + Abraham Simon PRESSBURGER Born: 1691 in Vienna. Father: Simon Michel Pressburg(er) (1656 Raab - 1719 Vienna), son of Michel Simon in Raab Mother: Chana (Hanna) Menzels (abt 1658-1718 Vienna), daughter of Meir Menzels of Prague *2nd wife of Simon Michel: Edel DRACH (1700 - Oct 24, 1744 Vienna) *see also Edel Drach on Oppenheimer page

            • Elias Abraham PRESSBURG Born: 1714 in Furth Died: 1771

    • Sheva SPIRA Died: 1660 in Prague + Sinai SCHLACKENWERTH Died: 1676 in Prague *likely same Sinai as below, father of Mirl Schlackenwerth (-1681) & R' David Wiener-Spira (aka David Michal Wien)
  • R' David Chajim SPIRA (WIENER-SPIRA) Born: 1595 Died: 1635 in Vienna. Occupation: Rabbi in Vienna + (?)

    Note: Michael Honey chart says he died 1676 in Altona. Testament book has st. 1635 (st notation in other places indicates death). Die Famalie Frankel has died 1640 in Vienna

    • R' Michl (Michal, Michael) SPIRA (WIENER-SPIRA) Born: 1620 Died: 1691 + Pessel (Perl?) TODROS Born: 1624 Died: 1676 or 1691 Father: Elasar (Eleasor) Todros of Prague ( - 1635) Mother: Yehudit (Judith) Loeb Grandparents: R' Khaim (Chaim) ben Sinai Loeb (1545 - 1620) + Krasna bat Gabriel (?) Chaim was av beit din and head of yeshiva in Kolin and Bohemia and everybody called him "Rabbi Chaim son of Rabbi Sinai" (brother of the Maharal)

      Note: Michael remained in Vienna and his memory was perpetuated by his gift of several valuable curtains to the Old-New School of Prague

      • Ascher Anschel SPIRA Born: 1645 Died: Jun 18, 1714 in Prague

        Note: Tombstone 11408, year 1714: On Monday the 5th of tammuz, which corresponds with Monday 18 June 1714, the rabbi, our teacher Ascher Anschel Spiro, member of the beth din, teacher of responses and torah teachings, and head of the community of the Zigeuner (gipsy) synagogue, son of the head and leader, the important rabbi Michal from Vienna. *see stories from Vienna page 180

        • Chajja SPIRA Born: 1690 Died: 1721 + Samuel WEDELES-SPIRA? Father: Elias Wedeles-Spira

      • R' David WIENER-SPIRA (David Michal Wien) + Mirl SCHLACKENWERTH Died: 1681 Father: Sinai Schlackenwerth *2nd wife: Elen LICHTENSTADT Father: Abraham (see Lichtenstadt page)

        Note: any relation to: on Judaica Bohemiae ..R' Leib Neustädtl (Nasch) the husband of R' Gaon Simon Spira's granddaughter Slawa Schlackenwerth. Simon’s grandson was the brother of Slawa, R' Aharon Sinai Schlackenwerhth.. and R' David Michal Wien, Simon’s great nephew AND ..Aaron Schlackenwerth.. Liberman Lichtenstadt Katzenellenbogen, Menahem Mendel Lichtenstadt (died 421/1660) and his son Abraham ben Menahem Lichtenstadt ( - 1695) and Lieberman Lichtenstadt mentioned along with Hayyim Todros OR Salomon Oettingen Lichtenstadt, son of Abraham Aaron Lichtenstadt, had become engaged to Schifra, the youngest daughter of R. Wolf Wedeles OR Avraham Aharon Lichtenstadt (died 1702) Court Jew OR land primas Abraham Aaron Oettingen-Lichtenstadt (mentioned in 1689) and Reb Jacob Lichtenstadt, who presided as parnas of the province until his death, and possessed enormous riches OR Abraham Lichtenstadt on Wolf family web site OR Hindel Rakhel bat Moshe Lichtenstadt (1725 Eisenstadt - 1752 Wien) on Eskeles page OR Edel Lichtenstadt (d. 1708 Altona-Hamburg) OR Rabbi Hayim Lichtenstadt mentioned in a letter (1674-75), possibly same as Hayyim /Joachim/Lichtenstadt primas of 1660 OR Rabbi Feisch Manes Halfan Lichtenstadt, possibly same as Feischel Liechtenstadt OR Moses Kallmens Lichtenstadt OR Abraham Liberman Lichtenstadt?

        • Salman WIENER Died: unknown + Malke (?) Died: unknown
          
          • Bele WIENER + Falk MARKUS

            Note: see Notes and descendants on LOEB page

    • Rabbi Juda SPIRA (SPIRO) Died: 1703 brought up by his uncle R. Simon Spiro in Prague above + Maria (see PORGES family) Died: 1699 in Prague. Father: Salomon Porges chairman of the congregation in Prague. Granfather: R' Moses ben (Israel) Naphtaly Hirsch Porges Born: ca 1600 in Prague. Died: 1670 in Jerusalem. Chairman of the congregation and Rabbi of the Pinkas Synagogue in Prague

  • R' Man SPIRA Born: abt 1590 Died: 1648, rabbi in Brzecz + Jares or Yorsy (?) Born: abt 1590 Died: 1658 in Prague
    • Wolf BELIS SPIRA Died: 1651 or Wolf KALISCH-SPIRA Died: 1692
      • Keila/Kela SPIRA (SCHAPIRO) Died: 1590 or Kela KALISCH Born: 1638 Died: 1690 + Leib PORGES
        • Samuel PORGES

        *2nd husband of Keila: Rabbi Jakob Koppel BRANDEIS HaLEVI

• Treindl SPIRA Died: 1630 in Vienna + David HaLEVY HOROWITZ (ish) Died: 1635 in Vienna or 1637 *see die familie Horowitz in Prag im 16 Jahrhundert

  Note: JE: any relation to Bella Horwitz, daughter of the martyr Be'er ben Hezekiah ha-Levi Horwitz and wife of Joseph ben Ḥayyim Ḥazzan, who died at Prague in 1713 In 1705 she published "Gesch. des Hauses David." In conjunction with Rachel Porges, the wife of Löb Porges, she edited a primeval history, mostly legendary, of the Prague Jews, entitled "Eine Schöne Geschichte, so Ist Geschehen, Ehe noch Jehudim zu Prag Gewohnt." She also wrote a "Teḥinnah" for the ten penitential days

• Josef SPIRA
• Chaim SPIRA Born: abt 1590

• Kalman SPIRA
• Moshe SPIRA
  • Kalonylmous SPIRA Died: 1655
    • Issachar Dov SPIRA Died: 1713
    • Zvi Hirsch TAUSSIG Died: 1713

• Shlomoh SPIRA
  • Rebekah SPIRA Died: Dec 29, 1587 in Prague
  • Kalman SPIRA

• Yaakov SPIRA Died: 1597

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Group-1: names=16 below info. is and "relationship review", thus surnames are not included under Names

Judaica Bohemiae: Prague Jews and Judah Hasid. A Study on the Social, Political and Religous History of the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries -Part One. What is remarkable about the group of the most wealthy people in the ghetto is the high proportion of close relatives of the late Chief R' gaon Simon SPIRA. R. Katriel KROTOSCHIN was his son-in-law, Wolf Anshel FRENKEL his grandson, R' Michael WIEN his nephew, Wolf SPIRA WEDELES his son, R' Leib NEUSTÄDTL (NASCH) the husband of SPIRA’s granddaughter Slawa SCHLACKENWERTH. Simon’s grandson was the brother of Slawa, R' Aharon Sinai SCHLACKENWERHTH. The immediate family also included R' Naftali BRANDES, the husband of Simon’s granddaughter Judita and R' David Michal WIEN, Simon’s great nephew. Only four people in the top ten were not members of the SPIRA clan. It is hard to believe that such an extensive concentration of property in a single family would have gone unnoticed at the time.

	Top 20 wealthy men in Prague			ghetto 1687
1	R' Katriel KROTOSCHIN	Sch.M. 125	11	R' Baruch NEUSTÄDTL (NASCH)	Sch.M. 60
2	R' Wolf Anshel FRENKEL	Sch.M. 120	12	R' Jacob ben Gershon BRANDES	Sch.M. 60
3	R' Michael WIEN	Sch.M. 110	13	R' Israel DUSCHENES	Sch.M. 58
4	R' Wolf SPIRA WEDELES	Sch.M. 95	14	R' Leib R. G. KARPELES	Sch.M. 55
5	R' Leib NEUSTÄDTL (NASCH)	Sch.M. 85	15	R' Naftali Gershon BRANDES	Sch.M. 55
6	R' David AUSTERLITZ	Sch.M. 85	16	R' Simha PIK	Sch.M. 55
7	Jacob Muntes ROßTÄUSCHER	Sch.M. 70	17	R' Zalman YT BONDI	Sch.M. 55
8	Hirschl Zimel POLL	Sch.M. 65	18	R' Zanwil TACHI	Sch.M. 55
9	R' Aharon Katz PLANTA	Sch.M. 65	19	R' Chajim Faubers TAUSK	Sch.M. 55
10	R' Aharon S. SCHLACKENWERH	Sch.M. 60	20	R' David R. Michael WIEN	Sch.M. 55

*names below are compiled from the paragraph above: (names=XX)

R' Aron Simeon SPIRA-WEDELES

Note: Tobias Jakobovits: Die Erlebnisse des Oberrabbiners Simon Spira-Wedeles in Prag (1640–1679), in: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Juden in der âechoslovakischen Republik, IV, 1932, s. 253–296.

• R' Wolf SPIRA WEDELES Occupation: rabbi and a banker. March 1698 elections: It is worth noting that the prominent secular function was re-assumed by Rabbi Wolf Wedeles, a man who was the true Land Rabbi for one-half of Bohemia and pretender to the post of Chief Rabbi of Prague
  • Elias SPIRA WEDELES + Dobrisch BONDY Father: Ezriel Bondy Died: 1716

    Note: Elias, who from 1696 occupied the function of first chief justice, was a pious, erudite man who proved as a competent rabbi in Kolín nad Labem. Related to Salomon Bondy Died: 1736?

  • Rochele (Rachel) SPIRA WEDELES + R' Aaron RIES or RIESS (Berlin - ) chief occupation was usury and the smuggling of Bohemian silver coins into Brandenburg. Father: Koppel (Coppel) Ries (-1709) Mother: Resel LIPMANN, (-1701) daughter of Lipman DARSHAN Grandfather: R' Mordechai Mottel Reis OETTINGEN ( - 1675) Grandmother: Pessel MIRELS (1618 - 1678) Koppel Ries, Brandenburg court Jew comes from the same formerly Viennese family as Abraham Aaron Oettingen Lichtenstadt (below). Aron is also related to Löbl ben Gershon Karpeles *see Loeb site

    Note: Aaron Ries must have also been a spy. His presumed services for the Habsburg Monarchy could explain the authorities' surprising tolerance to his criminal economic activities. (He may have also worked for the Prussian government.) It should be mentioned that Rachel, daughter of Rabbi Wolf Wedeles, was omitted from the official genealogy of the Fränkel-Wedeles family. Undoubtedly this happened in order that the name of her notorious husband would not appear in it

    Note: any relation to: "1565-1574 Klage (Appellation) des Juden Möstlin (Mosse) zu Lichtenstadt in Böhmen als Anwalt seiner Tochter Bölin (Bela) gegen Jakob Friedrich Rieß, Bürger zu Oettingen, vormals Jude David zu Dürrwangen, wegen Herausgabe von Heiratsgut, Aussteuer bzw. Kindern nach Übertritt des Beklagten zum Katholizismus"

    • Schoene RIES Died: 1751 *see Oppenheimer page + Salman GOMPERZ-EMMERIC Born: 1685  Died: 1761 Father: Moses Kosman Elias Gomperz-Emmeric (1654 - 1730) Mother: Zippora HAMELN

  • Schifra SPIRA WEDELES Born: abt 1671 in Prague youngest daughter + Salomon Oettingen LICHTENSTADT Born: abt 1660 Died: bef 1714 in Prague Father: Abraham Aaron Oettingen Lichtenstadt (abt 1630 - ) leader (landesprimas) of Bohemian Jews, 1681 belonged to the Liga Jewish political party in Bohemia and stepson of Jacob Lichtenstadt genealogy *2nd wife of Abraham Aaron: Muschkat (?) (abt 1640 m. aft 1691 - ) previously married to Isaac ben Meir TAUSSIG SACHSEL descendants *see also Lichtenstadt page Group-B

    Note: Judaica Bohemiae: Abraham Aaron Oettingen-Lichtenstadt owed his position to his stepfather Jacob Lichtenstadt, whom he did not repay too well. In this connection, Glückel of Hameln (original, Breuer) link: "Reb Jacob presided as parnas of the province until his death, and possessed enormous riches. But finally he came to strife with his stepson Abraham Lichtenstadt, so that toward the close of his life he was shorn of his wealth "The Memoirs of Glückel of Hameln, transl. by Marvin Lowenthal, New York, Schocken Books 1977, p.122". Abraham Aaron carried out his plan of dividing the Land Rabbinate between Rabbi Abraham Broda and his new in-law, Rabbi Wolf Wedeles

    • Bella LICHTENSTADT Born: abt 1688 in Prague. Died: aft 1766 + R' Isaac (Jizchack, Itzchak Shlomo) ben Solomon Zalman BONDI Born: abt 1678 Died: abt 1713 or 1750 *see family
      • Mordechai BONDI Born: 1716 in in Prague
      • Chajim BONDI Born: abt 1707 in in Prague
      • Simon ben Isaac BONDI Born: 1711 in in Prague
      • Chayle BONDI Born: abt 1721 in in Prague + Samuel LICHTENSTADT (aka. LEV, OETTINGEN) Born: abt 1690 in Prague. Married: May 28, 1736 Died: Feb 4, 1751-2 below

    • Samuel LICHTENSTADT (aka. LEV, OETTINGEN) Born: abt 1690 in Prague. Died: Feb 4, 1751-2 + Rifka (?) Born: abt 1693 Died: Apr 15, 1735 *2nd wife: Chayle BONDI Born: abt 1721 in in Prague above *3rd wife: Freudel (?) Born: abt 1695 Married: 1749 Died: Feb 4, 1751-2

• R' Ascher Anschel + (?)

   

• Wolf (aka Slaves) FRÄNKEL "Wolf Fränkel (nephew of Wolf Wedeles), who up to then had been a rather inconspicuous, yet extremely affluent and capable member of Catena. Wolf Fränkel was the son of Rabbi Ascher Anschel Wedeles and grandson of famous Rabbi Simon Spira. Wolf Fränkel, known also as Slaves, was the father of future Primas Simon Fränkel"
  • Simon FRÄNKEL primas

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Group-2: names=11, remaining of 25 Spira names from Jewishencyclopedia not included on this page

JE 19 Menahem Zion b. Meïr Spira: a native probably of Speyer. He wrote in 1430 "Ziyyuni" (Cremona, 1560), a cabalistic commentary on the Pentateuch, prefaced by a song for the Sabbath and enumerating the labors forbidden on that day. Bibliography: Steinschneider, Cat. Munich, codices 68, 76.; Landshuth. l.c. p. 193;Zunz, S. P. p. 110; idem, Literaturgesch. p. 523.E. C. M. K.

JE 11 Isaac Kohen-Spira: Died: in 1582 at Cracow. son of David Kohen-Spira. officiated as rabbi in Cracow, was the father-in-law of Rabbi Meïr Lublin. He had a namesake and contemporary, Isaac Kohen-Spira, who was probably rabbi at Kreminiec, and afterward at Cracow. Bibliography: Frankel, Zeitschrift, iii. 386; Ha-Karmel, xii. 658;  J. B. R., Bemerkungen zu I. M. Zunz Ir ha-Zedek, p. 18, Brody, 1878.E. C. M. K.

JE 9 Isaac Spira: Died: March 16, 1711 in Lemberg. son of Eliezer Spira. wrote "Elef ha-Magen" (notes on the four ritual codices), printed by his son Nathan Spira (Zolkiev, 1732).

JE 17 Jacob Kohn - Spira: son of Isaac Spira. lived at Lemberg in the seventeenth century. He was the author of "Be'er Mayim Ḥayyim" (Cracow, 1616), a commentary on the Pentateuch and on Rashi's commentary. Bibliography: Buber, l.c. p. 112.E. C. M. K.

JE 13 Isaac ben Nathan Spira: Born: 1624 Died: 1649 in Cracow. son of Rabbi Nathan. Polish merchant. He was a man of means, and when, in May, 1641, the Jewish community of Cracow was financially embarrassed he voluntarily made it a loan of 800 Polish gulden in gold. When, toward the end of the eighteenth century, his tombstone began to decay, the community showed its gratitude by erecting a new one. Bibliography: Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. iv. 1207; Fürst, l.c. iii. 372; Friedberg, Luhot Zikkaron, pp. 61-62, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1904.

JE 15 Israel ben Nathan Spira Died: 1700 (known also as Israel ha-Darshan): scholar, rabbi, and preacher of the seventeenth century;. While still young he was called to Kalisz in Poland, where he founded a large school which soon became famous. Among his most prominent pupils were Jehiel Michael Segal and Selig Margolioth. Israel was the author of "Bet Yisrael," a commentary on the "Hilkot Shehitah," of which 201 paragraphs appeared in Berlin in 1726. Appended thereto was a second work. "Bet Perez," a commentary on the treatise Megillah which he wrote in honor of his son-in-law. Bibliography: Benjacob, Ozar ha-Sefarim, p. 74;Friedberg, l.c. pp. 7-10.

JE 16 Jacob ben David ha-Kohen Spira: rabbi of Neutitschein, Moravia, in 17th and 18th centuries; relative of Isaac ben David Spira. He was the author of "Ohel Ya'akob," haggadic novellæ (Frankfort - on - the - Oder, 1719). His sons Moses Moeschel and Isaac severally added to it "Likkutim" to difficult passages in the Midrash and Yalkut and novellæ to Yoreh De'ah. Bibliography: Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1257; Nepi-Ghirondi, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, p. 187; Benjacob, l.c. p. 19; Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 577; Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii. 3; Fürst, l.c. i. 17.E. C. S. O.

JE 18 Judah Löb Spira (Pap): Rabbi of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; officiated probably in Frankfort-on-the-Main. He was the author of "Ha-Rekasim la-Bik'ah" (Altona, 1815), containing brief notes on the Bible. Bibliography: Steinschneider, l.c. col. 1373; Fürst, l.c. iii. 372.E. C. S. O.

JE 22 Nathan Nata Spira: Died: 1662 Reggio, Italy. son of Reuben David Spira, associate rabbi of Cracow. He was sent from Jerusalem to Germany and Italy to collect alms. Most of his works are cabalistic in nature, including "Tub ha-Arez" (Venice, 1655; Zolkiev, 1781), on the excellencies of the Holy Land, on the holy vessels, etc.; "Yayin ha-Meshummar" (ib. 1660), on "Yayin Nesek"; "Mazzot Shimmurim" (ib. 1665), on the mezuzah, zizit, etc. Azulai saw the manuscripts of his religious discourses and of several of his cabalistic works. Bibliography: Azulai, l.c. i. 148; De Rossi-Hamberger, Hist. Wörterb. p. 301; Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2051.

JE 21 Nathan Nata Spira: Died: Nov. 13, 1761 in Eibenschütz. son of Selig Spira and grandson of Nathan Nata Spira. He was rabbi in various communities, his last charge being at Eibenschütz, in Moravia, where he officiated only one year, dying in early manhood. Bibliography: Dembitzer, Kelilat Yofe, i. 118 (contains Spira's epitaph, in which must be read instead of ).

JE 3 Aryeh Löb Spira Born: 1701 Died: May 19, 1761 in Wilna. (aka Klein Löb) (see image) son of Isaac Spira. Holograph Letter of Baruch Spinoza, Dated 1665. (From Van Vloten and Land, "Benedicti De Spinoza Opera."); associate rabbi in Wilna. At the age of seventeen he corresponded with the rabbi of the Karaites at Troki. Aryeh Löb acquired a knowledge of mathematics and Hebrew grammar. He wrote "Nahalat Ariel" and "Me'on 'Arayot" (Dyhernfurth, 1732), a double commentary on the treatise Soferim. Bibliography: Buber, Anshe Shem, p. 118; Fuenn, Kiryah Ne'emanah, pp. 111 et seq. (contains Spira's epitaph).

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Note-1: see descendants of Jehiel Michael Spira on J. K. Loren's AND Levie Kanes genealogy site OR any relation to Spiro, Salomon Levinger (Salomon Wolf Levi oder Salman Levi; sein Vater war burgauischer LandRb, geb. 1748 Pfersee, gest. 1825 Gailingen): studierte in Prag, 1776 bis 1825 LandesRb der Ritterschaft Liebenfels mit Sitz in Gailingen) OR Isaak Speyer, sons Michael Isaak Speyer ( -1692) + Jutle Oppenheim and Moses Isaak Speyer on Wertheimer page

*see Miscellaneous Names page from Judaica Bohemiae documents

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