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ESKELES Family Tree

[12.1] Rabbi Gabriel ESKELES or Rav Gabriel of Krakow (b. 1655 Krakow, d. 4 Feb. 1718 Nikolsburg), Rabbi of Nikolsburg, married [12.4] Esther Hadassa daugther of Issakhar Berush HESHEL son of Rav Avram Yehoshua HESCHEL a prominent figure in Krakow, head of the Vaad Arba Aratzot, Council of the Four Lands. R'Gavriel took the surname of his father-in-law, HESCHEL'S (Eskeles being a corruption of ESHELES).

Numbers in brackets are references to The ESKELES Genealogy by Zeev ESHKOLOT.


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