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  • 51JEITELES — (Jeitteles, Geidels), prominent family first appearing in Prague. The first known Jeiteles was MOSES BEN SIMON, on record as a house owner in 1615. His son LOEB (d. 1666. was gabbai of the ḥevra kaddisha for 30 years and also of the Altschul… …

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  • 52SHEM — (Heb. שֵׁם), eldest son of Noah, father of the Semitic peoples, including the Hebrew people. The meaning of the name is uncertain. It is possibly to be explained as Hebrew, meaning fame, name, appellation. The Akkadian šumu, which is the same… …

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