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Y-DNA Research Studies of Rabbinical Lineages and Their Importance to Jewish Genealogy

Y-DNA Research Studies of Rabbinical Lineages and Their Importance to Jewish Genealogy

by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Feb 26, 2019 | Research Room

Abstract For centuries, Jews have sought their yichus by connecting themselves to rabbinical families, either through marriage or by a paper trail. Thanks to recent advances in genetic genealogy and DNA technology, this is now possible to do for many more individuals...
Connecting to the Great Rabbinic Families through Y-DNA: The Savran-Bendery Chassidic Dynasty

Connecting to the Great Rabbinic Families through Y-DNA: The Savran-Bendery Chassidic Dynasty

by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Aug 24, 2018 | Research Room

Abstract According to Arthur Kurzweil, one of the pioneers of Jewish genealogy: For the Jewish people … our royal families have been those of the illustrious rabbis.0F1 Through the practice of shidduch (arranged marriage), these illustrious rabbis and their...
When Y-DNA and Yichus Tell Different Stories

When Y-DNA and Yichus Tell Different Stories

by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Aug 24, 2018 | Featured Post, Research Room

Introduction Y-DNA analysis has proven to be a valuable tool in the genealogical research of Jewish paternal lineages. In our research, we have used it to validate the paper trail of pedigreed rabbinical descendants and identify the Y-DNA genetic signature of many...
The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of the Twersky Chassidic Dynasty

The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of the Twersky Chassidic Dynasty

by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Aug 24, 2018 | Research Room

Introduction Throughout the centuries, the Jewish people have always prided themselves on their yichus (lineage, distinguished birth, or pedigree). Yichus was especially important for rabbinical families, and many of them have created genealogy charts or family trees...
The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of Rabbi Raphael of Bershad

The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of Rabbi Raphael of Bershad

by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Aug 24, 2018 | Research Room

Introduction During the period when Chassidic Judaism1 was still in its infancy, Rabbi2 Raphael of Bershad3 (c. 1751–1827)4 was a charismatic figure who was revered by his followers in the region that is now southwestern and central Ukraine. Rabbi Raphael was a...
Identifying the Genetic Fingerprint of a Tzaddik that Touched the World: The Shpoler Zeida

Identifying the Genetic Fingerprint of a Tzaddik that Touched the World: The Shpoler Zeida

by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Aug 24, 2018 | Featured Post, Research Room

Introduction Yehuda Leib of Shpola (1725 – 1811), better known as the Shpoler Zeida (Yiddish for “Grandfather of Shpola”) or Saba Kadisha (Hebrew for “Holy Grandfather’), was a beloved Chassidic folk rebbe, great kabbalist, and a revered tzaddik (saintly or holy man)...
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