Origins of Yahya, Charlap, and subsequent family branches
By Gil Dekel, PhD. This article[1] traces the origins of the Yahya family, and their descendants: the Charlap family and subsequent branches (Budowla, Danowitz, Kiejsmacher, Grapa, Kopyto, Kur, Kuropatwa, Lapin, Lew, Lewin, Mankuta, Pakciarz, Pasternak, Parczewski,...Eliakim Carmoly – Sefer Divre Hayamim L’Bnei Yahya — אליקים כרמולי – ספר דברי הימים לבני יחייא
Introduction (translated from Hebrew): To delight my beloved ones and colleagues, I provide them today with the book about the lives of the Yahya family. In the following article (book) we will cover the lives of the people of this family, who was a respected family in the times of the Rambam (Moses ben Maimon).