Re: I met Kalman

Thanks. I found the chart confusing, but I understand that it has to do more with your FIL's mother's family, and not directly with my branch of the MESSINGER family.

You should have much nachas from Kalman and all your other grandchildren and great-grandchildren!

On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM rachel messinger <rachelmessinger123@gmail.com> wrote:

Nice to hear from you.  I saw a photo of you with Kalman and Dovid Messinger.  Efroim's email is efroim12@gmail.com,  I scanned this from a sefer we have about the Krackauers.  I hope you will be able to read it.

Kol Tuv 

Rochelle Messinger

On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 12:56 PM Reuven Chaim Klein <rachack@gmail.com> wrote:

I met your grandson Kalman at a Sheva Brachos here in Israel for Dovid Messinger's granddaughter. I spent a long time schmoozing with him because as Americans, we both showed up early (we only came 45 minutes later than it was called for, which was way too early). He's quite a clever kid and I see a lot of potential in him.

Anyways, he mentioned that your husband told him that we are descendants of a Rabbi Krakauer who was the rebbe of Rav Yehonoson Eybschutz. Can you help me get more information about that? I found that very interesting. Does your father have email? Do you have an email address for Efroyim and Suri? I had a old one years ago, something like mocha something but it stopped working. 

Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

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Fwd: Kritzler

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From: Lynn Pollak Golumbic <lynnpollak@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Kritzler
To: Reuven Chaim Klein <yeshivish@gmail.com>
Cc: Joseph Kwadrat <ykwadrat@mac.com>, Pollak Verwaltung <r.pollak@bluewin.ch>, D B Kritzler <dbk@dov4partywalls.co.uk>

Not sure if I should answer this in English or Hebrew.

Miriam/Marie Steiner b. 1839 in Bonyhad was the daughter of Yakov Kritzler and Anna Milka Esther Pollak. Anna was one of 8 children of Reichel Spitz and Avraham Pollak. I have only identified 6 of them. The oldest was Yitzchak Zekel ( father of Vaydaber Moshe Pollak) and the youngest was Hirsh Leib ( my 2nd great grandfather).

Yaakov Kritzler's father was Yochanan and his mother was Serel. His sister was Regine who married Marcus Mordecai Galandauer. ( only one of several intermarriages between Pollaks, Kritzlers, and Galandauers.

Since I see that Joseph Kwadrat is in London, I suggest you contact Avigdor Galandauer, a descendant of Regine and Marcus, ( and not related to me, or Menachem   but yes related to Reuven and Dov) who did a lot of work on this particular line. Unfortunately I don't have a contact number for him, but I am sure you'll be able to find him.

Best,

Lynn

On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM Reuven Chaim Klein <yeshivish@gmail.com> wrote:

My notes don't talk about Yaakov Kritzler, it focuses on his wife who was a descendant of the famous POLLAK family from Bonyhad (hence my connection to Rav Zekel Pollak shlit"a from Antwerp). I had a mareh mekom in my notes that might help: יעויין במאמרו של הרב אילן גרינוולד "אודות רבי אברהם יונתן ליב קריצלר בבאניהאד," קובץ עלי זכרון (גליון לה) עמ' נה.

I'm CC'ing Lynn Pollak Golumbic, Zecharia Pollak, and DovBer Kritzler to see if they have more information.

Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 3:10 PM Joseph Kwadrat <ykwadrat@mac.com> wrote:

Who was Yakov’s father?

בכבוד רב
יוסף נחמי׳ הכהן קוואדראט
לונדון יצ״ו

On 26 Oct 2026, at 13:08, Reuven Chaim Klein <yeshivish@gmail.com> wrote:

That's what they say. 

Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein  → Michael (Mordechai Meyer) Klein (your father) → Rose Klein (his mother) → Devorah Kuttner (her mother) → Regine Steiner (her mother) → Miriam (Marie) Steiner (her mother) → Yakov (Jakab) Kritzler (her father)

Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM Joseph Kwadrat <ykwadrat@mac.com> wrote:

שלום רב

האם אתה נכד משפחת קריצלער?

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Re: Regina Galandauer kleinfamilygenealogy.blogspot.com

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יוסף נחמי׳ הכהן קוואדראט
לונדון יצ״ו

Re: Kritzler

My notes don't talk about Yaakov Kritzler, it focuses on his wife who was a descendant of the famous POLLAK family from Bonyhad (hence my connection to Rav Zekel Pollak shlit"a from Antwerp). I had a mareh mekom in my notes that might help: יעויין במאמרו של הרב אילן גרינוולד "אודות רבי אברהם יונתן ליב קריצלר בבאניהאד," קובץ עלי זכרון (גליון לה) עמ' נה.

I'm CC'ing Lynn Pollak Golumbic, Zecharia Pollak, and DovBer Kritzler to see if they have more information.

Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 3:10 PM Joseph Kwadrat <ykwadrat@mac.com> wrote:

Who was Yakov’s father?

בכבוד רב
יוסף נחמי׳ הכהן קוואדראט
לונדון יצ״ו

On 26 Oct 2026, at 13:08, Reuven Chaim Klein <yeshivish@gmail.com> wrote:

That's what they say. 

Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein  → Michael (Mordechai Meyer) Klein (your father) → Rose Klein (his mother) → Devorah Kuttner (her mother) → Regine Steiner (her mother) → Miriam (Marie) Steiner (her mother) → Yakov (Jakab) Kritzler (her father)

Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM Joseph Kwadrat <ykwadrat@mac.com> wrote:

שלום רב

האם אתה נכד משפחת קריצלער?

<AVvXsEgY4nTh5SP9J8VtvVxddvr520ZHRPeocK8GN5kifE33vHNYLch4UaAIc5LI8-eh0zygpyRPpXzGlQm4MXEYbbAi3hk9fMFLRyGli2aeixG2KimAOpMgY9yAVcPetjy-PK5hfGkapPPBxMswrOZwVbJgAuDYoqa8bxyQCY6RJzS7wVr9aAh5Hj8=w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu.png>

Re: Regina Galandauer kleinfamilygenealogy.blogspot.com

בכבוד רב
יוסף נחמי׳ הכהן קוואדראט
לונדון יצ״ו

Re: Taz genealogy: your 2006 Tauber article/chart and the Shlomo–Michal source

Only because I appreciate your thoroughness, I'll see if I can find the article on an old harddrive.

Shalom & Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

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On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM Yonah Stern <yonahstern1@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Rabbi Klein,

I’m documenting my direct Vizel/Wiesel ancestry from Borșa and Bilovartsi/Kis-Kirva. My ancestor Nuchem Yehuda Leib Vizel, husband of Ruchel Lanxner, was the son of Efraim Vizel.

Our immediate question concerns the early connection from the Taz’s son Rabbi Shlomo Segal to the older Michal/Yechiel Mechel, described in a family compilation as being of Ostroh/Ostraha. We are keeping him distinct from the later Michel of Spinka.

Your genealogy website preserves a June 27, 2006 email in which Larry Tauber sent you his article about the Taz and a chart that had not been printed. The correspondence identifies the journal as Roots-Key. The chart as posted online has lost some of its connecting lines, so I am hoping the original attachment or article may still be available.

The correspondence is preserved here:
June 2006 correspondence and posted chart.

If readily available, could you please share:

• The article, including its footnotes and publication details;
• The original unpublished chart in a readable format; and
• Any source that explicitly identifies the older Michal as Rabbi Shlomo’s son—ideally the exact title, edition and page, or a photograph of the relevant passage.

We have checked the genealogy footnote in the Budapest 1942 Ktav Sofer introduction. It describes an orphan Michel’s father as a son of the Taz without naming that father, so it does not by itself establish the specific Shlomo–Michal identification.

I’m seeking existing source material and references, not commissioning paid research. I am also writing separately to Mr. Tauber in case either of you still has the material. Thank you for any guidance.

Best regards,
Yonah Stern

Re: חיפוש קרובי משפחה

ראיתי שקנית את הספר על בונ'האד שכתב הדוד-רבה שלי, אולי שם אתה יכול למצוא יותר פרטים. 

לא זכור לי ששמעתי על המשפחה שלך, אבל אני שולח את המייל שלך לאנשים אחרים, אולי יש להם מה להגיד לך.

א גוט מועד,

ראובן חיים קליין

ביתר עילית

Shalom & Kol Tuv

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

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‪On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 10:43 AM ‫אלי פישר‬‎ <elifisher7@gmail.com> wrote:‬

הרב ראובן חיים קליין חג שמח,

שמי אלי פישר ואני גר בראשון לציון,

אבי - שנדור פישר ז"ל היה ניצול שואה והוא איבד את כל משפחתו באושוויץ.

אבי יליד 1921, נולד בבוניהאד שבהונגריה , ולאחר מכן משפחתו עברה לגור בעיירה 

ליד בשם דומבובאר,

אני מחפש מידע על משפחתו והאם ישנם ניצולים.

אשמח לדבר איתך טלפונית ולמסור לך מידע נוסף בתקווה שנמצא מידע מתאים.

בברכת חג שמח

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