His wife was the daughter of Rav Aharon Moshe Teumim, the father of Rav Yeshaya Teumim, who was the father of the Kikayon D’Yonah, a descendant of Rashi and Dovid HaMelech.
His descendants include many famous rabbinic figures and Chassidic rebbes. Below is a list of his children, sons-in-law and some of his more prominent descendants:
Sons
Rav Moshe of Prague – printed Megillas Eivah.
Rav Shmuel of Nemirov – see the story about him below in the story section.
Rav Avraham of Prague – Rosh Yeshiva Skola, ancestor of Rav Moshe Aharon Heller, Av Beis Din of Sniatyn, Rav Meshulem Feivish of Zbaraz, author of Yosher Divrei Emes and of Rav Shmuel Heller of Tzfas.
Rav Liva of Brisk, Rav Alexander of Prague (these two names appear in certain editions of Megillas Eivah and not in others) Rav Yehuda Leib Heller HY”D (Yahrzeit 15th Tishrei)
Sons in Law
Rav Yosef Yaakov Kahana – Kat”z Rosh Yeshiva Turinsk, married to Raizel, ancestor of the famed rabbis Rav Yehuda Kahana, Av Beis Din Sighet and author of Kuntres HaSfeikos, as well as Rav Aryeh Leib, author of Ketzos HaChoshen.
Rav Shmuel Bash of Prague – married to Dobrish. Their shidduch and her untimely death is described in Megillas Eivah.
Rav Yoel of Brisk – descendant Rav Yoel Sirkis (known as the Ba”ch), who married an unknown daughter. He was an ancestor of Mordechai Yosef Leiner, founder of Izhbitza – Radzyner Chassidic dynasty.
Rav Tzvi Hirsch –married to Rivka, ancestor of the Eichensteins and Safrins of the Zidatchov/Kamarna Chassidic dynasties.
Rav Ze’ev Wolf Slovis Segal -- married to Nissel, ancestor of the Maharam Schick. The marriage of their son, Nosson (named after Tosafos Yom Tov’s father) to the daughter of the gaon Rav Moshe Av Beis Din Chelm, the son of Rav Moshe Av Beis Din Brisk and grandson of the communal leader Rav Shaul Wohl is described in Megillas Eivah.
Rav Aharon Frankel Mirels -- married to Rechel Nachele, were cousins. Rav Aharon’s father, Rav Koppel, was the son of Avraham Heller, the Tosafos Yom Tov’s uncle (his father’s brother).
At age 77, as he lay in his sickbed, two additional names were added (as is customary by some to change a sick person’s name by adding names), so the names “Gershon Shaul” do appear on his matzeiva. The Tosafos Yom Tov passed away on the 6th of Elul (Some say the 26th Elul as it appears on his matzeiva; others claim the matzeiva reads “On Yom Dalet, Vav Elul, meaning Wednesday, the 6th of Elul) 5414 (1654).
Illustration 2: Refurbished matzeiva in old Jewish Cemetery, courtyard of Rema Shul, Kazimeriz, Crakow.
Here lies the great gaon of his generation Our master, the Rav Gershon Shaul Yom Tov Lipman Heller Son of Rav Nosson HaLevi.
He dove into deep waters [of Torah] and authored several sefarim, whose names are Tzuras HaBayis, Tosafos YomTov on Shas Mishnayos, Ma’adanei Melech and Lechem Chamudos on the Ashri (Rosh), and Toras Ha’asham on the (Rema’s) Toras Chatas
He taught Torah in Klal Yisrael and served in several renowned holy kehillos and congregations [in] Vienna and Prague, and at the end of his days he established the Yeshiva in Poland. And here in Cracow, he was asked to attend the Yeshiva shel Maalah – the Heavenly Academy -- on Wednesday the 6th of Elul, 5414. The Illustration : Man at Window, 1653, by Samuel van Hoogstraten, attributed to Rav Heller, the Tosafos Yom Tov, in Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.
