--- title: "Esther Leib" url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/esther-leib/ 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: "Granddaughter of Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, the Vilna Gaon. According to Chaim Freedman's reconstruction she is Khana Reizel's mother, and through her this family would connect with the Gaon's descendants; that link is not documented." --- # Esther Leib **Evidence status: documented.** Granddaughter of Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, the Vilna Gaon. According to Chaim Freedman's reconstruction she is Khana Reizel's mother, and through her this family would connect with the Gaon's descendants; that link is not documented. 1785 – 1860 · Granddaughter of the Vilna Gaon ## Summary - Born: 1785 - Died: 1860 - Grandfather: Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, the Vilna Gaon ## Family - Father: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Vilner Kramer — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/yehuda-leib-vilner-kramer/ - Mother: Liba Serdek — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/liba-serdek/ - Married: Dov-Ber (Berel) Komisaruk — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/zev-velvel-komisaruk/ - Children: Shlomo-Zalmen Komisaruk ## What is known Her father, Yehuda Leib, was a son of the Vilna Gaon. In the 2020 update, Freedman calls her Ester, gives 1777 as her year of birth and presents her as the wife of Dov-Ber (Berel) Komisaruk. That her daughter is the Khana Reizel who married David Zmud and went with him to the southern colonies is Freedman's proposal, based on the families' oral tradition. No known document confirms it yet. ## Where this comes from - Chaim Freedman's work (documented) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#freedman - The Komisaruk family, according to Freedman (February 2020) (documented) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#freedman-2020-komisaruk - FamilySearch (documented) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#familysearch ## In FamilySearch's collaborative tree (not a source) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LT62-VSF --- The Smud Family · genealogical research by Mateo Smud, published under CC0 1.0. Machine index: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/llms.txt