Collection
Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.
The Epstein Family
Write the Great Bookאפשטיין
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Epstein lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Surname originating from Eppstein (Hesse). Prolific rabbinic lineage. Yechiel Michel Epstein, author of the Arukh HaShulchan (1829-1908).
Geographic origin: Lituanie / Biélorussie
Memory register · custodian, not owner
A book yet to be written
The Great Book of the Epstein lineage has not yet been written.
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<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/epstein">Epstein — Zakhor</a>Citation
Epstein — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/epsteinVariants of the name (8)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin7
ApsteinEppsteinEpshteinEpshteynEpstainEpstein (Russie)Epsteyn
עברית · Hebrew1
אפשטיין
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Notable figures
- 1.
Yehiel Mikhl Epstein
Rabbin, auteur Aroukh Ha-Choulhan
In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Epstein.
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Works & texts (2)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
à partir de 1884 (1ʳᵉ éd. Varsovie 1893 pour Choshen Mishpat)
Aroukh ha-Choulhan (sur les quatre parties du Choulhan Aroukh)
Yechiel Michel Epstein
Code halakhique de Yechiel Michel Epstein. (à partir de 1884 (1ʳᵉ éd. Varsovie 1893 pour Choshen Mishpat))
Aroukh ha-Choulhan he-Atid (mitsvot liées à la Terre d'Israël)
Yechiel Michel Epstein
Code halakhique de Yechiel Michel Epstein.
Notable figures of the lineage
Aryeh Leib Epstein
אריה ליב אפשטיין1708–1775
Yitzchak Eizik Epstein
יצחק אייזיק אפשטיין1770–1857
Abraham Epstein
אברהם אפשטיין1841–1918
Baruch HaLevi Epstein (Torah Temimah)
ברוך הלוי אפשטיין1860–1941
Isidore Epstein
יחזקאל אפשטיין1894–1962
Moshe Mordechai Epstein
משה מרדכי אפשטיין1866–1933
Yechiel Michel Epstein (Aruch HaShulchan)
יחיאל מיכל אפשטיין1829–1908
Yechiel Michel ha-Levi Epstein
יחיאל מיכל הלוי אפשטיין1829–1908
Moshe Yechiel (ha-Levi) Epstein, admor d'Ozharov
משה יחיאל הלוי אפשטייןXXe s.
Zelik Epstein
אהרן זליג אפשטיין1914–2009
Diaspora regions
AngleterreBiélorussieÉtats-UnisLituanie
The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Epstein give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.
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Bibliography
- A. Beider ; L. Menk, Dictionnaires des patronymes juifs d'Europe de l'Est (Beider : Empire russe 2008, Royaume de Pologne 1996, Galicie 2004) et judéo-allemands (Menk 2005), Avotaynu
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