{"id":2275,"date":"2021-09-18T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2022-04-19T07:47:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:47:30","slug":"chaim-chalfan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/?p=2275","title":{"rendered":"Chaim Chalfan (c.1600-1648)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/randols\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/?p=2275\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/?p=2275\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaim Chalfan was born in Vienna to <a href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/?p=2277\"><strong>Joshua Heschel Chalfan<\/strong><\/a>. in 1619 Chaim is mentioned in a letter sent from Prague to Vienna by Salomon Horowitz. He was married to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Kressel-Chalfon\/6000000078036098782\">Kressel<\/a> who died in 1633 in Prague, the daughter of haRosh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/HaRosh-Bezalel-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95-Glatzur\/6000000008327974091\">Bezalel ben Chaim<\/a>, a great-nephew of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/MaHaRaL-of-Prague-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%A8-%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%92\/6000000002236005169\">Maharal of Prague<\/a>. Chaim died in Vienna on May 12, 1648.  He was buried in the old Jewish cemetery on the Seegasse. The graves in that cemetery were buried to save them from the Nazis and to date Chaim&#8217;s grave has not been found. The text of the grave was published by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernhard_Wachstein\">Bernard Wachstein<\/a> in his 1912 book <em>Die Inschriften des Alten Judenfriedhofes in Wien (1. Teil, 1540 (?) &#8211; 1670)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2733-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2733-744x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2733-744x1024.jpeg 744w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2733-218x300.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2733-768x1056.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2733-1117x1536.jpeg 1117w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2733-1489x2048.jpeg 1489w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2733-scaled.jpeg 1861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Chaim-Chalfan\/6000000088229960894\">https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Chaim-Chalfan\/6000000088229960894<\/a><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/?p=2218(opens in a new tab)\">Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.17.58-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.17.58-PM-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.17.58-PM-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.17.58-PM-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.17.58-PM-768x452.jpg 768w, 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850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>J\u00fcdische Privatbriefe #13, page 34 from Salomon Horowitz in 1619 mentions Chaim Chalfan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.18.15-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.18.15-PM-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.18.15-PM-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.18.15-PM-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.18.15-PM-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.18.15-PM-1536x901.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-9.18.15-PM.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Ephraim_Bonus_Physician.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Ephraim_Bonus_Physician-744x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Ephraim_Bonus_Physician-744x1024.jpg 744w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Ephraim_Bonus_Physician-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Ephraim_Bonus_Physician-768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Ephraim_Bonus_Physician.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/en:Rembrandt\">Rembrandt<\/a>: Portrait of Dr. Ephra\u00efm Bueno (1599-1665)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Date: 1647 https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Ephraim_Bonus,_Physician.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.08.18-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.08.18-AM-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.08.18-AM-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.08.18-AM-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.08.18-AM-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.08.18-AM-1536x835.png 1536w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.08.18-AM-2048x1113.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Map of the Jewish quarter in Unterer Werd at the time of its dissolution in 1670<\/em>, 1656, From the collection of:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/partner\/jewish-museum-vienna\">Jewish Museum Vienna<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.09.40-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.09.40-AM-796x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.09.40-AM-796x1024.png 796w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.09.40-AM-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.09.40-AM-768x988.png 768w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.09.40-AM-1194x1536.png 1194w, https:\/\/schoenblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-11-at-10.09.40-AM.png 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Boundary stone of the ghetto in Unterer Werd<\/em>, Ignaz Schwarz (design), A. Kronstein (graphics), 1910, From the collection of:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/partner\/jewish-museum-vienna\">Jewish Museum Vienna<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaim Chalfan was born in Vienna to Joshua Heschel Chalfan. in 1619 Chaim is mentioned in a letter sent from Prague to Vienna by Salomon Horowitz. 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