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Eva (Chava) Cohen, 15801652 (aged 72 years)

Name
Eva (Chava) /Cohen/
Surname
Cohen
Given names
Eva (Chava)
Married name
Eva (Chava) /Bacharach/
Family with parents
father
mother
herself
15801652
Birth: 1580 Prague
Death: 1652Sofia Bulgaria
Family with Abraham Samuel Bacharach Rabbi
husband
15751615
Birth: 1575
Death: 12 May 1615Gernsheim
herself
15801652
Birth: 1580 Prague
Death: 1652Sofia Bulgaria
Marriage Marriage1600
8 years
son
16071670
Birth: 1607 32 27 Pohrlitz, Near Nikolsburg
Death: 19 April 1670Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Birth
Marriage
Birth of a son
Death of a maternal grandfather
Note: 18 Elul
Death of a maternal grandmother
Death of a husband
Death of a father
Marriage of a son
Death of a mother
Death
1652 (aged 72 years)
Unique identifier
783FC7FE5B6CCE4C84224CC23F04A6D2CC5F
Last change
23 July 201221:50:36
Author of last change: Danny
Note

Died on Route to Eretz HaKoddosh Palestine / Israel
Chava lived in Worms till her grandson Yair Chaim’s thirteenth birthDayat which time she undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land but died on theway. R. Yair Chaim esteemed her to such an extent that the title of hismost famous work, Chavos Yair, is based on her name.

Chawa (Eva) Cohen (b. 1580 Prague, d. and buried 1651 Sofia on the way toPalastine) was an unusual woman with Great knowledge. She married RabbiAbraham Samuel Bachrach (b. 1575, d. 26 May 1615 Gernsheim) Rabbi inWorms, son of Isak Bachrach. (Chawa was Abraham's 2nd wife.)

Chava was a granddaughter of the Maharal of Prague and famed for herunusual scholarship and piety. Her husband R. Samuel was appointed Rabbiof Worms. On Good FriDay in 1615 the community suffered a pogrom and R.Samuel was a casualty, passing away at the age of 40. Chava raised herchildren but never Remarried, though the Great Shelah HaKodesh, R. IsaiahHorowitz, sought her hand, and when she refused deemed himself to beunworthy of her.

Chava’s son, R. Samson, was also appointed Rabbi of Worms where he serveduntil his death in 1670.