Name Birth Death Comment
3924 BCE
2994 BCE
Genesis 1:1
3794 BCE
2882 BCE
Genesis 3:23
3689 BCE
2784 BCE
Genesis 5:6
3599 BCE
2689 BCE
Genesis 5:9-14
3529 BCE
2634 BCE
Genesis 5:12-17
3464 BCE
2502 BCE
Genesis 5:15, 20
3302 BCE
2872 BCE
Genesis 5:18, 23-4
3287 BCE
2268 BCE
Genesis 5:21-27, Died in Great Flood
Lamech & Ada, Tzilah
3050 BCE
2273 BCE
Genesis 5:29, 31
Noah
2868 BCE
1760 BCE
Genesis 5 - 9
Shem
2366 BCE
1766 BCE
Genesis 5:32, 10:21
Arpachshad
2266 BCE
1828 BCE
Genesis 11:10
Salah
2231 BCE
1798 BCE
Genesis 11:12
2201 BCE
1737 BCE
Genesis 11:14, Tower of Babel
Peleg & Lomna
2167 BCE
1928 BCE
Genesis 11:16
Re'u & Ora
2137 BCE
1898 BCE
Genesis 11:18
Serug & Milca
2105 BCE
1875 BCE
Genesis 11:20-23
2075 BCE
1927 BCE
Genesis 11:22
Terakh of Ur of the Chaldees (Khasdim)
2046 BCE
1841 BCE
Genesis 11, 20
Abraham & Sarah (Yiskah)
1976 BCE
1801 BCE
Patriarch of Israelites & Monotheism
Yitzhak (Issac) & Rivka (Rebecca)
1876 BCE
1696 BCE
Patriarch, Genesis 21:5
Yaakov (Jacob) Israel & Leah
1816 BCE
1679 BCE
Forefather of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
Yehudah (Judah) & Tamar    
Father of Tribe of Judah
Peretz    
Genesis 38:29
Chezron    
Moved to Egypt with Jacob
Ram      
Aminadav      
Nachshon    
Headed Crossing of Red Sea
Salmon    
First in line to cross back to Promised Land
Boaz & Ruth      
Oved      
Yishai (Jesse)      
King David 1071 BCE 967 BCE King of United Monarchy of Israel and Judah
Shiftia, ben Avital     II Samuel 3:4, fifth son of David
Hillel the Elder 110 BCE 10 CE Mother of Davidic origins, Mishnaic Sage
Shimon HaNasi ben Hillel     Mishnaic Sage
Gamliel the Elder   50 CE Mishnaic Sage. Pharisee, Acts 5:34-40
Shimon ben Gamliel 10 CE 80 CE Tannaist Sage. Martyr.
Gamliel II of Yavne   118 CE First post-Temple Nasi of Sanhedrin
Shimon ben Gamliel II   165 CE Nasi, Tannaist Sage
Yehuda HaNasi 135 CE 220 CE Editor of Mishnah
Yehoshua ben Levi 3rd. century CE   Amora, Head of Lod School
Yohanan bar Nafcha   289 CE Amora, Tiberius School
Rabbi Nahman   320 CE Babylonian Talmudist
Yossi Barbi Bon   380 CE Author of the 'Loops of Song' (Lulaot HaShir)
Yanni the Poet   late 3rd. century Amora, Akbara School
Manyomi Gaon   4th century CE Pupil of Amemar of Nehardea
Yossi of Constantine   514 CE First Savorai Rabbi, Pumpedita School
Abraham      
Aharon HaRofeh (the healer)      
Eliakim (his grandson)      
Yitzchak Tzarfati HaKadosh (the Holy)      
Shlomo Yitzchaki - the Rashi 1040 CE 1105 CE Talmudic Commentator
Yocheved (daughter of Rashi) & Meir of Rameru 1065 CE    
Miriam Chana (her daughter) & Shmuel of Vitry      
Jacob Tam      
Shmuel (Samuel)      
Yitzchak of Napier (France ) (HaRai) the Elder 1190 CE 1115CE  
Elchanan HaKadosh (the Holy) (his son) 1150 CE   Died in pogrom, known as Baalei HaTosafot
Shmuel of Bologna (his son)      
Moshe Joffe (his son)      
Meyer Joffe (her son)      
Eliezer Joffe 14th. century CE   Brother of Israel Joffe of Heidelburg, printer of Darmstadt Haggada
Moshe Joffe (his son)     Still in Bologna
Avraham Bohimus Joffe (his son) 1445 CE 1536 CE 'Prefect' of Jews of Poland
Rabbi Eliezer Joffe 1465 CE   Rabbi in Prague and Cracow
Moshe Joffe of Cracow 1485 CE 1520 CE  
Mordechai Joffe of Prague 1530 CE 1612 CE Author of Lebushim
Shmuel Joffe 1540 CE 1620 CE His wife Surkeh was the daughter of Gershon HaCohen
Joel Sirkes (the Bach) 1561 CE 1640 CE Named after his mother, Rabbi of eight towns and villages (Cracow, Shidlov, Brisk, Belza, Mezhivozesh, Lubomil, Lukow, Prozhini)
In our desperate seach for noble origins it has been proposed that the Joffe family is in fact a scion of an illustrious line going back to King David (no less), a fact which might explain why Guttman Joffe was a redhead.

Without taking this too seriously, the Joffe or Jaffe line stretches through Prague, Italy, France, Babylonia, Herodian Judea and back to King David, via Rashi and Hillel.  Of course one then can then carry on back through Jacob Joffe, Issac Joffe to Abraham Joffe, his father Terach Joffe of Ur, Noah Joffe and to Mr. Adam Joffe and his partner Ms. Eve Joffe of the Garden of Eden (but then all humanity is their progeny).

So the Joffes of Kraslava may well (???) be an offshoot of a proud rabbinical lineage going back nearly three thousand years, Ahem!  While precise lineage may be elusive we can still harbour an illusion of real blue blood coursing through the collective Joffe veins.
Some Illustrious Joffes, Jaffes, Ioffes, Yoffes or יפה.

Abraham Z. Joffe (1909-2000) -  Soviet and Israeli mycologist.
General Avraham Yoffe (1913-1983) - Head of Israeli Southern Command, and Northern Command during Six Day War.
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880-1960) - Russian physicist and Hero of Soviet Labour.
Adolph Joffe (1883-1927) - Russian Marxist revolutionary, Soviet politician and Trotsky loyalist.
Anastasia Gloushkov Inna Yoffe -  Synchronized Swimmer at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Charles Joffe (1879-1941) - Chess master 
Charles H. Joffe (1929-2008) -  American film producer, producer for most Woody Allen films.
Lord Joel Goodman Joffe of Liddington (1932-) - British life peer, former head of Oxfam, lawyer for Nelson Mandela
Josef Joffe (1944-) - Editor of German weekly Der Zeit, Professor of international studies at Stanford University.
Nadezhda Joffe (1906-1999) - Soviet Trotskyist, exiled and then expelled from the USSR.
Roland Joffe (1945-) - British film director, 'Killing Fields', 'The Mission' and more.
Al Jaffee (1921-) - American cartoonist, 'Mad' magazine
Eliezer Jaffe (1881-1942) - Founder of the first moshav, Nahalal, and the Tnuva Dairy.
Eliezer Jaffe - Israeli professor of Social Work and Social Welfare.
Leib Jaffe - head of Keren HaYesod, editor of Haaretz newspaper.
Naomi Jaffe - Marcusean Marxist and member of Weatherman Underground
Norman Jaffe (1932-1993) - American architect
Sir Otto Jaffe (1846-1929) - prominent Jewish businessman, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of Belfast.
Philipp Jaffe (1819-1870) - German historian and philologist; Author of 'Regesta Pontificum Romanorum ab Condita Ecclesia ad Annum, Berlin 1851; editor of 'Monumenta Germania Historica'; appointed assistant professor of history at Berlin University.
Zvi Hirsch Jaffe (1853-) - Russian mathematician and writer.
Rona Jaffe (1932-2005) - U.S. author, 'The Best of Everything', 'Mazes and Monsters'.
Sam Jaffe (1891-1984) - US film actor, 'Ben Hur', 'The Asphalt Jungle'.
Theodor Julius Jaffe (1823-1898) - German actor and opera singer.
Walter Jaffe - an American astronomer
Max Jaffe (1841-1900) - German pharmacologist in Konigsberg.
Dr. Hillel Jaffe (1864-1936) - Physician noted for his work to counter malaria. Hospital in his name in Hadera.
 
The Noble Origin of the Joffe Family
Noble Joffe Origins
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Adam & Eve Joffe

Adam & Eve Joffe

Seth Joffe

Seth Joffe

Enosh Joffe

Enosh Joffe

Hanoch Joffe

Hanoch Joffe

Methusaleh

Methusaleh

Lamech Joffe

Lamech Joffe

Noah Joffe

Noah Joffe

Shem Ham

Shem Ham

Abraham & Issac

Abraham & Issac

Sarah Joffe

Sarah Joffe

Jacob Joffe

Jacob Joffe

Leah & Rachel

Leah & Rachel

Perez, Chezron, Ram

Perez, Chezron, Ram

Aminadav Joffe

Aminadav Joffe

Nahshon Joffe

Nahshon Joffe

Salmon Joffe

Salmon Joffe

Ruth Joffe

Ruth Joffe

Oved Joffe

Oved Joffe

Yishai  (Jesse)

Yishai (Jesse)

David Joffe

David Joffe

Hillel Joffe

Hillel Joffe

Rashi Joffe

Rashi Joffe

Yoheved Joffe

Yoheved Joffe

Joffe Genealogy - From Adam till Today
Rabbinical Joffes

The Joffe/Jaffe family of rabbis and scholars has notable members from Germany, Austria, Russia, Great Britain, Italy, and the United States. It traces its descent from Mordecai Joffe (1530-1612), author of the 'Levushim' and his uncle Moses Joffe, both descendants of an old family of Prague. The family is possible progeny of Rashi.

Aaron Jaffe of Uman (1568-1652) - Rabbi at Uman, esc
aped Cossack uprising (1648) to Glusk.
Abraham Abba ben Israel Jaffe - Rabbi at Ponevezh, author of 'Sfatayim' & 'Bet Yisrael'
Abraham b. Aryeh Loeb Kalman - Author of 'Ma'ayan ha-Hokhmah', Kaballist
Abraham b. Kalonymus of Lublin  - Author of 'Adderet Eliyahu'
Anselm Benjamin Jaffe (1812) - publisher of Pen
tateuch with commentaries.
Asher Jacob Abraham b. Aryeh Loeb Kalman - Author of 'Ha-Eshel' & 'Birkat Abraham'.
Enoch Zundel Jaffe - Grammarian and authority on the Masorah; 18th. century.
Frank Jaffe - translated Mapas' 'Ahabat Ziyyon' to English under the title "Amnon, Prince and Peasant" (London, 1887).
Hirsch b. Benzion Shlez - Author of 'Te'ome Zeviyyah' & 'Sichat Chullin' Warsaw, 1889.
Isaac b. Joseph Jaffe-Ashkenazi - Studied in Padua under Judah b. Eliezer Minz.
Isaac Kalman of Lublin - 17th century. Author of 'Birkat Tov'
Israel ben Aaron Jaffe (Saba) -  Russian rabbi; born at Uman in 1640; died at Frankfurt  after 1702. Author of 'Or Yisrael' in opposition to Shabtai Zvi. Also wrote 'Tif'eret Yisrael (Milchamot Adonai)', 'Kishut Tov' & 'Sefer Yisrael Zuta'
Israel David b. Mordecai Margolies-Schlesinger-Jaffe - Rabbi at Bosing, Hungary; descendant of Mordecai Jaffe. Author of 'Mecholot ha-Machanayim', 'Har Tabor' & 'Hazon la-Mo'ed'.
Israel b. Jedidiah - Cantor at Suwalki and New York city; author of 'Ishe Yisrael'.
Israel Joffe - Rabbi who settled in Hebron in 19th. century.
Jacob Jaffe - Rabbi at Ludvinovi; Author of 'Gufe Halachot'.
Jacob b. Abraham b. Kalonymus b. Mordechai (called also Jacob Kalman): In 1662 he reestablished the Hebrew printing-press at Lublin, which had been closed in 1648 on account of the Cossack uprising.
Jacob of Krink - Author of 'Da'at Kedoshim'
Joseph b. Mordecai b. Joseph of Plungian - President of the Lithuanian council in 1779.
Joseph b. Moses Jaffe (1846-1897) - Russian rabbi in Pokroi, Salant and in Mancheste, retaining the position until his death. Author of 'Yosef Bi'ur' on Canticles, & 'Ha-Sechel ve ha-Yezer'.
Judah Loeb b. Asher Selig Margolioth - Rabbi at Suchostav, Kapitschintze, Buzhanov, Lesla, Plotzk, and Frankfurt till 1811. Author of 'Matte Moshe'.
Judah Loeb Kalman - District rabbi of Eidlitz in the seventeenth century.
Judah Loeb b. Shabbethai Jaffe - Rabbi at Chernigov in 1818.
Kalonymus ben Mordecai Jaffe - Around 1556 he founded a Hebrew printing-press in Lublin, published copy of the Pentateuch, Talmud and Abravanel's 'Zevah Pesach'. Died in 1603.
Kim Kaddish Jaffe -  Dayyan; author of 'Sefer Ma'amar Kaddishin al-Hoshen Mishpat'.
Mordecai Jaffe, Ba'al haLevushim (1530-1612) - Codifier of rabbinical law; studied astronomy in Venice; rabbi in Lublin, Kremenetz, Prague and Posen; one of the leaders of the Council of Four Lands . Author of 'Levush' .
Mordecai Jaffe - Rabbi at Zelve in the eighteenth century.
Mordecai (Marcus) Jaffe of Berlin (1770-1812) - Rabbi at Schwerin; his correspondence with Moses Mendelssohn is preserved in 'Bikkure ha-'Ittim'.
Mordecai Jaffe of Brody - Rabbi at Gorochov till 1828.
Mordecai Gimpel Jaffe - Rabbi at Ruzhany; died at Yehud (colony), near PetahTiqva in 1892. Active for Zionist settlement among the Jews of Russia, wrote many articles on Zionism in 'ha-Lebanon'.
Mordecai b. Joseph of Plungian (1721-) - went as child to Plungian. Rabbi at Keidany.
Mordecai b. Meir of Zamoscz -  Author of 'Tavnit ha-Bayit'.
Mordecai b. Moses of Prague (-1568) - Rabbi of Grodno and later rosh yeshiva in Cracow.
Moses b. Eliezer Jaffe of Bologna- Born in Poland; removed to Italy, prominent as a rabbi in late 15th century.
Moses b. Eliezer Jaffe (-1520) - Rabbi at Cracow; grandfather of Joel Sirkes.
Moses ben Issachar - Author of 'Pene Moshe', Lublin 1681.
Moses b. Mordecai (b. Joseph) - Rabbi at Wilkoviski in the eighteenth century.
Raphael b. Jekuthiel ha-Kohen (1722-1800) - Rabbi in Hamburg 1722-1800.
Samuel Chayyim - Rabbi at Meseritz (Mezhirechye).
Samuel b. Isaac Jaffe - Author of 'Yefeh To'ar' & 'Yefeh Anaf'.
Shabbethai b. Abraham Jaffe - Rabbi at Weksna.
Joel Sirkis ben Samuel Jaffe (1561-1640) - The Bach (Bayit Chadash), Kaballist, Polish rabbi in Lubcow, Lublin, Miedzyboz, Belz, Szydlowka, Brest-Litovsk and Cracow; student of Rabbi Phoebus; author of 'Bayit Chadash', 'Hagahot haBach', 'Meshiv Nefesh' & 'Teshuvot ha-Bach'.
Tobiah b. Mordecai (b. Joseph of Plungian) - Rabbi at Indur (1765-69) & Tykotzin.
Abraham Jaffe - Rabbi at Zitomir; author of 'Mishnat Abraham'.
Dov Ber Jaffe  - Rabbi at Wirzen & Salant.
Elijah Ragoler - Rabbi at Kalish.
Joshua Hoschel b. Dov Ber Jaffe (1846-1898) - Rabbi at Plungian, Novgorod, Wirzen and New York.
Menachem Mendel Jaffe (19th. cent) - Rabbi in Hamburg; author of 'Bet Menachem'.
Mordecai Michael b. Menahem Jaffe Raphael (-1782) - Rabbi of Peiser; author of 'Or la-Yesharim'.
Samuel - Rabbi in Bialestok; author of 'Bigde Yesha'.
Shalom Elhanan b. Simon Jaffe - Rabbi in New York; Author of 'Peri Eshel', 'Tefillat Shlomo', 'Sho'el Ke-Inyan', 'Siach Shlomo'.



Abram Ioffe

Abram Ioffe

Adolph Joffe

Adolph Joffe

Abraham Yaffe

Abraham Yaffe

Hillel Jaffe

Hillel Jaffe

Joel Joffe

Joel Joffe

Josef Joffe

Josef Joffe

Julius Jaffe

Julius Jaffe

Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe

Al Jaffee

Al Jaffee

Norman Jaffe

Norman Jaffe

Otto Jaffe

Otto Jaffe

Philipp Jaffe

Philipp Jaffe

Lineage of the Joffe / Jaffe Rabbinical Family
Levush Malkhut

Levush Malkhut

Levush Ateret

Levush Ateret

Levush Ateret Zahav

Levush Ateret Zahav

Levush Ohr Yekarot

Levush Ohr Yekarot

Levush HaOra

Levush HaOra

Front Pages of the Books of Samuel Joffe
Roland Joffe

Roland Joffe

Copyright © 2008 Jon Seligman.  All Rights Reserved.

Sources

1) The entry for Jaffe in the Jewish Encyclopaedia.

2) The Davidic Dynasty - A website devoted to those who claim descent from the Royal House of David.

3) Hebrew Books - A huge collection of complete rabbinical texts.


Bayit Chadash

Bayit Chadash

Bayit Chadash

Bayit Chadash

HaGahot HaBach

HaGahot HaBach

Mashiv Nefesh

Mashiv Nefesh

Levush HaTchelet

Levush HaTchelet

Levush Ir Shoshan

Levush Ir Shoshan

Levush Ir Shoshan

Levush Ir Shoshan

Levush Botz veArgaman

Levush Botz veArgaman

Front Pages of the Books of Mordechai Joffe - Levushim
Yaffe Toar

Yaffe Toar

Yaffe Mareh

Yaffe Mareh

Yaffe Anaf

Yaffe Anaf

Front Pages of the Books of Joel Sirkis - The Bach
Begdei Yesha

Begdei Yesha

Bet Menachem

Bet Menachem

Eshel

Eshel

Chazon LeMoed

Chazon LeMoed

Har Tabor

Har Tabor

Meholat HaMachanayim

Meholat HaMachanayim

Or LeYesharim

Or LeYesharim

Or Yisrael

Or Yisrael

Shoel Ke-Inyan

Shoel Ke-Inyan

Pri Eshel

Pri Eshel

Mishnat Avraham

Mishnat Avraham

Teomei Zvia

Teomei Zvia

Sichat Holin

Sichat Holin