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| − | A document of [[Nancy Robins]]' lists [[Sarah Myrtle Caplan]]'s father as "Reb Harav Yehiel Beinush HaCohen". "Reb" is sometimes an honorific title, and "Harav" means "the Rabbi". Given that Vilnius was an extremely important center of Jewish culture in the 19th century, Yeheil, being a rabbi there, was likely a well-known and important person. | + | A document of [[Nancy Robins]]' lists [[Sarah Myrtle Caplan]]'s father as "Reb Harav Yehiel Beinush HaCohen"<ref>[[Nancy Robins]]'s paper with memorial dates of Reuben, Sarah, Nate</ref>. "Reb" is sometimes an honorific title, and "Harav" means "the Rabbi". Given that Vilnius was an extremely important center of Jewish culture in the 19th century, Yeheil, being a rabbi there, was likely a well-known and important person. |
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Revision as of 01:47, 6 April 2011
| Yehiel Beinush HaCohen | |
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| Born |
c. 1850[1] in/near Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Children | Sarah Myrtle Caplan[2] |
A document of Nancy Robins' lists Sarah Myrtle Caplan's father as "Reb Harav Yehiel Beinush HaCohen"[3]. "Reb" is sometimes an honorific title, and "Harav" means "the Rabbi". Given that Vilnius was an extremely important center of Jewish culture in the 19th century, Yeheil, being a rabbi there, was likely a well-known and important person.
Notes
- ↑ Assumes Yehiel had Sarah Myrtle Caplan (in c. 1877) when he was approx. 25 years old
- ↑ Nancy Robins's paper with memorial dates of Reuben, Sarah, Nate
- ↑ Nancy Robins's paper with memorial dates of Reuben, Sarah, Nate