הקצין ר' שמואל זנוויל ברילין ז"ל מפרעשבורג - ג' אדר א' תקס"ב

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Shmuel  Sanwil (Zanvil) Brilin (1722-1802)

• Father:
  R’ Ezriel Brilin of Eisenstadt and Vienna son of הגאון R’ Itzik Brilin Chief Rabbi of Hamelberg and Mannheim.
  
• Mother:
  Chava Ruchel Ruchama daughter of R’ David Pollack ראש הקהל in Eisenstadt.
  
• Wife:
  Chana – The daughter of R’ Lob Kreilsheimer a distinguished member of the Pressburg קהלה.
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Das Haus zum Küß den Pfennig
The house in Vienna where R' Shmuel Sanwil lived in his youth
The Jews of Vienna were forced to move into this house in 1723

R’ Shmuel Sanwil was born into a prestigious Viennese family in 1722. His family belonged to a small group of Court Jews and their associates that were permitted to reside in the Austrian Capital after the general expulsion of Viennese Jewry in 1670. His father, R’ Ezriel Brillin was the Brother-in-law of the legendary Court Jew Rabbi Shamson Werthiemer.  R’ Ezriel’s uncle was R’ Shmuel Oppenhiem, the Imperial Financier of the Austrian Empire, and the founder of the new Viennese Jewish community.

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This פרוכת was donated in 1700
in honor of R' Ezriel Brilin
and his wife Ruchama (Shmuel Sanwil's parents)
most likely to the Shul in Eisenstadt
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The פרוכת was later used in the
Brillsche Shul in Pressburg
which was founded by R' Shmuel Sanwel's son R' Ezriel

כתר תורה קדש ליי
הנעלה כבוד עזריאל בן הגאון מוהר"ר יצחק ברילין ז"ל
וזוגתו מרת רוחמה ב"ה דוד י"ץ לכבוד ס"ת לפ"ק

R’ Shmuel Sanwel married Chana the daughter of R’ Lob Kreilesheimer, one of the wealthiest men in the Pressburg קהילה. Apparently, the young couple settled in Pressburg where we find R’ Shmuel Sanwil active in the affairs of the Community.

In 1755 as a member of the community board, he signed, in conjunction with the בית דין of הגאון ר' משה ב"ר מאיר חריף a community ordinance regarding שחיטה. 

In 1768 the קהלה in Pressburg found it necessary to issue a strong ban forbidding: billiard, Kugel [ball or maybe jacks] or dice in the coffee houses, comedy attendance, card playing and other deviances. The ban was signed by the בית דין of הגאון ר' מאיר ברבי זצ"ל and the community board with R’ Shmuel Sanwil Brilin signing first as ראש הקהל.

R’ Shmuel Sanwil Brilin passed away at the age of 80 in Pressburg on Friday February 5, 1802, and is buried in the old cemetery there.

Following is the נוסח of his מצבה followed by an English translation:

בשלישי לירח אדר.

פנה הוד והדר. 

ניטל הכבוד ונעדר.

שמואל רועה העדר.

פרנס ומנהיג הסדר.

פתח ונעל וגדר. 

ה"ה האלוף הישיש דחיל ורחים רבנן

פו"מ הר"ר זאנוויל ברילין

זה רבות בשנים.

מעשיו כמה מתוקנים.

והגיע לגבורות שמונים.

ונפטר בשם טוב מבנות ומבנים. 

בשרו ישכון לבטח מנוחת שאננים. 

גויתו פה קבורה.

ונשמתו בצרור החיים צרורה.

בשנת תקס"ב לפ"ק.

On the third day of the month of אדר Splendor and glory have departed. His honor was taken and is gone. Shmuel [was the] shepherd of the flock. [He was] The Leader and guide of the union, he opened, and closed [the deliberations], he repaired the breaches. He was an elderly [G-d] fearing devotee of the Rabbis, Harav Reb Sanwel Brilin פרנס ומנהיג for many years. His actions were faultless. He achieved the strength of eighty [years]. He passed away with a fine name [wonderful] sons and daughters. His flesh may rest securely in peace. His body is here interred, as his soul is bound in the bond of everlasting life, in the year 5,562 (1802).

The Brillische Shul in Pressburg
founded by R' Shmuel Sanwel's son Ezriel

Children of R Shmuel Sanwel Brilin:

1. R’ Ezriel Brilin of Pressburg – “The crown of our Kehilah… brilliant in תורה… the wonderful צדיק who lent thousands and filled the purses of the poor… (מתוך דברי הספד של החתם סופר, דרשות ח"ס ח"ב דף שפ"ב). R’ Ezriel was the son-in-law of the famous Shtadlan R’ Kopel Theben of Pressburg, he was married to his daughter טרוילא. R' Ezriel founded the Brillsche Schul in Pressburg.
2. Chaile – The wife of R’ Yedidya Gottlieb Saphir of Moor.
3. Sarah – The wife of R’ Kalman Wannefrieden a prominent   member of the Pressburg community. Thier sons-in-law, R’ Moshe Bettelheim, R’ Wolf Pappenheim, and R’ Shmuel Gutman were the leaders of the Orthodox Community in Pressburg during the tenure of the חתם סופר.
4. Frumet – The wife of R’ Chaim Wolf of Eisenstadt. Frumet was the grandmother of Dally’s grandmother Chana Stroh nee Spitzer. [Frumet was also the grandmother of R’ Ezriel Tauber of Tzehlm, the great grand mother of R’ Binyomin Gestetner of Raab, the father of Tante Roisy wife of Uncle Ernst Stroh of London (Dally’s brother)]
5. Ruchama – The wife of R’ Moshe Leib Yafa Shamesh of the Chevrah Kadishah in Pressburg.
6. Gutel –The wife of R’ Michel ben R’ Leib Sacherls of Pressburg. 

Following is the complete Takanah found in the Pressburg  Pinkas

written in 1768 regarding billiard, comedies, card playing etc.
Signed by the Bais Din of R' Meir Barby 

followed by the community leaders of which 

R' Shmuel Sanwil Brillin (our ancestor) as Rosh Hakahal is the first to sign.