Rav Avrohom Shmuel Bachrach of Worms zt"l
הרב אברהם שמואל בן יצחק בכרך זצ"ל
Iyar 27 , 5375
Father's Name: Yitzchok Bachrach
Rav Avrohom Shmuel Bachrach of Worms zt"l
Son of Rav Yitzchok
Born in Bumsela near Prague in של''ה (1575).
He studied under the Maharal of Prague and married the Maharal’s granddaughter, Chava.
He served as Rav of several kehillos in Ashkenaz concluding his rabbinic career as Rav of Vermiza – Worms. When the Jews of Worms were expelled, he joined them. The privations and hardships of exile proved too much for him.
He passed away on Tuesday 27 Iyar שע''ה 1615 at the young age of forty years old.
He was laid to rest in the village of Alsbach near Tzvinburg on the mountainside.
His teshuvos and his son’s, Rav Moshe Shimon Bachrach, were printed together in the sefer, Chut HaShani by Rav Yair Chaim Bachrach.
His son, Rav Moshe Shimshon Bachrach of Worms, author Shemen HaMaor, wrote a kinnah (a poem) lamenting his father’s passing which was printed in many editions of his son’s, Shu”t Chavas Yair.
His grandson, Rav Yair Chaim Bachrach, was the author of Chavas Yair which he named in honor of his grandmother - Rav Avraham Shmuel’s wife - Chava, the granddaughter of the Maharal.
She outlived her illustrious husband for thirty-three years. The Chavas Yair praises her scholarship and erudition. She was known both for her Torah and tzedaka. He testified that she was so learned and well-versed in Torah texts that when scholars argued, the gedolim turned to her to address their Torah queries and to resolve their Torah disputes. She passed away on her way to Eretz Yisroel in Sofia in תי''א (1651).