---
title: "Esther Jaffe"
url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/esther-jaffe/
lang: en
work: "The Smud Family: A Jewish Family History from Ludza, Latvia to Entre Ríos, Argentina"
author: "Mateo Smud"
licence: CC0-1.0
summary: "Wife of Avraham of Serhei. Like him, she is listed as the mother of Khana Serhei and of Liba Serdek."
---
# Esther Jaffe

**Evidence status: documented.** Wife of Avraham of Serhei. Like him, she is listed as the mother of Khana Serhei and of Liba Serdek.

1738 · Mother of both of Khana Reizel's grandmothers

## Summary

- Born: 1738

## Family

- Married: Rabbi Avraham of Serhei — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/avraham-serdek/
- Children: Khana Serhei — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/khana-serhei/
- Children: Liba Serdek — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/liba-serdek/

## What is known

Jaffe is one of the well-known rabbinic lineages of Eastern Europe, but nothing in this reconstruction says it is that lineage: it is the surname, and nothing more.

## Where this comes from

- Chaim Freedman's work (documented) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#freedman
- FamilySearch (documented) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#familysearch

## In FamilySearch's collaborative tree (not a source)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GN8C-N64

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The Smud Family · genealogical research by Mateo Smud, published under CC0 1.0. Machine index: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/llms.txt