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Gaon Rabbi Joel Yossef Gad Sirkis, [of Brisk]

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Gaon Rabbi Joel Yossef Gad Sirkis (Sirkis Yaffe), [of Brisk] Hebrew: הגאון רבי יואל יוסף גד סירקיש, מבריסק
Also Known As:	"Yoseles of Brisk", "Yoseles", "Joel of Brest Litovsk", "Hagaon Joel Sirkis Jaffe"
Birthdate:	1640
Birthplace:	Brest, Belarus
Death:	1709 (68-69) Szerbezcen
Place of Burial:	Brest, Brest Province, Belarus
Immediate Family:	Son of Reb Moses Gad Sirkis and wife, Moshe Gad Sirkis Husband of wife, Joel Gad Sirkis, [d.#2 Tosfot Yom Tov] Father of Leib Ben-Joel Hagndel, Rabbi; Yakov Sirkis; Ester Sirkis; Rabbi Moses Gad; Shlomo Zalman Ben-Yoseles Sirkis, Rabbi of Brisk and 1 other
Occupation:	Rabbi, Rabbi in Krakow, Stheinitz

Managed by:	Yigal Burstein
Last Updated:	April 26, 2022

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About Gaon Rabbi Joel Yossef Gad Sirkis, [of Brisk]

R. Joel GAD married the eldest daughter of Yom Tov Lipman Heller. R. Joel lived in Szerbezcen. He wrote a halachic sefer, Meginay Zahav, which was published in Prague in 1720.

The Hebrew biography of the BaCH lists his daughter Rivka as having married R. David HaLevi, the famous author of Turei Zahav (TaZ). This couples daughter married R. Moses GAD whose son was R. Joel.

According to JewishGen, the father of Solomon Zalman is Yoel Sirkes, that died in 1709 in Ostrog. His father was Arie Leib Sirkes, born Pinshov 1640, died Zamoscz. Solomon Zalman's mother, as in this tree.

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1640	1640	Birth of Gaon Rabbi Joel Yossef Gad Sirkis, [of Brisk] Brest, Belarus
1709	1709 Age 69	Death of Gaon Rabbi Joel Yossef Gad Sirkis, [of Brisk] Szerbezcen
	1709 Age 69	Burial of Gaon Rabbi Joel Yossef Gad Sirkis, [of Brisk] Brest, Brest Province, Belarus
????		Birth of Leib Ben-Joel Hagndel, Rabbi
????		Birth of Ester Sirkis
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????		Birth of Shlomo Zalman Ben-Yoseles Sirkis, Rabbi of ... Brest Litovsk, Belarus
????		Birth of Mirel (Mirish) Braunschweig Kramau, Moravia
????		Birth of Rabbi Moses Gad

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