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The Horowitz Family
Write the Great Bookהורוויץ
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Horowitz lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Great Levite rabbinical lineage from Bohemia. Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz (Shelah HaKadosh, 1565-1630).
Geographic origin: Prague → Bohême → Pologne
Memory register · custodian, not owner
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Horowitz — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/horowitzVariants of the name (12)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin11
GurevitchGurvichGurwitzHoroviczHorovitzHorowitz (Ropshitz)HorvitzHorwitzHurewiczHurwitzRopchitzer
עברית · Hebrew1
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Notable figures
- 1.
Rabbi Isaïe Horowitz (Shlah ha-Kadosh)
Auteur du Chnei Louhot ha-Brit
- 2.
Naftali Horowitz (Ropshitzer)
Fondateur de la dynastie hassidique de Ropshitz
- 3.
Shmuel Shmelke Hurwitz
Nikolsburger Rebbe · 1726-1778
- 4.
Naftali Tsvi Horowitz
Tsaddik de Ropshitz
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 Horowitz.
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Works & texts (5)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
mystique
Zera Kodesh
Naftali Tzvi Horowitz
Ayala Sheluchah
Naftali Zvi Horowitz de Ropshitz
Livre (commentaire) de Naftali Zvi Horowitz de Ropshitz. (posthume)
mystique
Shnei Luhot ha-Berit (le Chla)
Isaïe Horowitz
Écrit de Isaïe Horowitz (publié en 1649).
religieux
Zikaron Zot
Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz
Ouvrage hassidique de Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz, le Voyant de Lublin.
Tefillat ha-Shla
Isaïe Horowitz (le Chla)
Prière pour les enfants composée par Isaïe Horowitz (le Chla).
Family tree
rootdescentmarriage
Notable figures of the lineage
Abraham Horowitz
אברהם הורוביץ1540–1615
Shabbethai Horowitz
שבתי שפטל הלוי הורוביץ (ווי העמודים)1590–1660
Shabtai Sheftel ben Akiva Horowitz
שבתי שעפטל הורוביץ1565–1619
Isaïe Horowitz (le Chla)
של"ה הקדושvers 1565–1630
Naftali Zvi Horowitz de Ropshitz
נפתלי צבי הורוביץ מרופשיץ1760–1827
Pinchas Horowitz
פנחס הורוביץ1731–1805
Zevi Joshua Horowitz
צבי יהושע הורביץ1753–1816
Chaim Arie Leibusz Horowitz
חיים אריה לייבוש הורוביץ1851–1904
Hayyim Saul Horovitz
חיים שאול הורוביץ1858–1921
Jacob Isaac Horowitz (le Voyant de Lublin)
החוזה מלובלין1745–1815
Lazar Horowitz
אלעזר הורוויץ1803–1868
Markus Horovitz
מרדכי הורוביץ1844–1910
Moses Horowitz
1844-1910
Pinchas David Horowitz
פינחס דוד הורוביץ1876–1941
Stefanie Horovitz
1887–1942
Tzvi Hirsch Horowitz
צבי הירש הורוביץ1872–1945
Yosef Yozel Horwitz (Alter of Novardok)
יוסף יוזל הורביץ1847–1919
Avraham David Horowitz
אברהם דוד הורביץ1911–2004
Chaim Avrohom Horowitz
1933–2016
Levi Yitzchak Horowitz
לוי יצחק הורוביץ1921–2009
Vladimir Horowitz
ולדימיר הורוביץ1903–1989
Yidele Horowitz
יהודה הורוויץ מדז'יקוב1905–1989
Yitzchok Horowitz
יצחק הורוביץ (מעליץ)1901–1977
Places along the journey
Diaspora regions
AllemagneBohêmeÉtats-UnisIsraëlPologneTerre d'Israël
The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Horowitz 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
- Horowitz — Wikipedia ↗
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