Yehuda LOEW, the Maharal of Prague (1525-1609) married Perla Shmelkes. For genealogy, see N'tiv Hoalom. Children: Rabbi Betzalel Loewe, Vogele Bezalel, Rachel Lowe.

Tila LOEW, the 5th Maharal's daughter married Rabbie Yosif Yoska (b. appr. 1540), the head of the Dubno rabbinic court.

Reb Tsvi Sabal (b. appr. 1570), the kabbalist

Gaon, tsadik Moshe (b. appr. 1600)

Yehuda Yudul (b. appr. 1630), the head of Kael court and region

Moisha ZE'EV VOLF (b. appr. 1660) - the jewish head of Minsk and Smolensk Region, later of Fiod. reg.

Akiva (b. appr. 1685), the head of the Borisov rabbinic court.

Shlomo (b. appr. 1710)

Menachem Nohum  TWERSKI of Chernobyl (1730- 1797), the tomb is in Chernobyl), a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and senior disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch. He was the author of Meor Enayim.

Abraham Itsak KATZ (b. appr. 1780)

Rabbi Garav Aaron Azriel YAFET (1810 (appr.) -1861), the head of the Resekne rabbinic court.

    Sora YAFET (appr. 1845- appr. 1900) Rezekne. She married Itsik Behr Maimind and had 7 children.

      Golda MAIMIND (1870-1960) Rezekne, married Abram Druyan and had one daughter.

        Yelena DRUYAN (1909-1973) Ekaterinburg, married Samuel Rempel and had son and daughter.

          Polina REMPEL (1938-1995) Ekaterinburg married Victor Myakishev

            Max REMPEL MYAKISHEV, b. 1964

              Yelena MYAKISHEV b. 1988

              Andrey MYAKISHEV b. 1990

              Samuel REMPEL MYAKISHEV b. 2002

              Michael REMPEL MYAKISHEV b. 2007

    Ziska (Zisl) YAFET (appr. 1830-appr.1880)

      Azriel YAFET (1880-1937)

        Ziska (Zisl, Alex) YAFET (b. appr. 1919)

          Hana YAFET (b. appr. 1946)

from Rashi - Maharal - Ze'ev VOLF tree at Frumkin site

Об этимологии слова Яфет

On origins of Yafet family name

Хана Яфет пишет (16 Feb 2006 ): "Макс, вы наверное знаете, что по библии Яфет и его брат Хам были одни из первых людей на земле. Так что Яфетов много. Интересно, что есть много йеменских евреев с фамилией и именем Яфет. На иврите Яфе - красивый, Яфа - красивая. Очень популярно женское имя Яфит. Я уж не говорю о фамилии Йоффе. "

Judith Romney Wegner wrote in Latvia SIG: "...Hebrew biblical name YEFET(usually transliterated Japhet in English bible translations, i.e., he was one of the three sons of Noah).The use of Japhet as a given name is far more common amongm gentiles than Jews; that's because the characters in the first eleven chapters of Genesis (i.e., before Abraham) were not Jews (or Hebrews, or Israelites). This is also why Adam and Noah are not terribly common as Jewish given names..."

Саша (Зиска) Яфет пишет:

 карты Резекне

 

 maps of rezekne

  отрывки из  календаря-альманаха  изданного в Резекне в 1940 г. Перевод с идиша.

 

  Four pages translated from Yiddish from the Rezekne's calendar-almanac, 1940.

 

Updated Feb. 26, 2006

Max Rempel Myakishev

Gaithersburg, MD, USA