Who wrote Maarechet Heidenheim

What We Know About this Commentary

While I've already begun translating Maarechet Heidenheim, I have to admit that I know very little about the author.  The only information that I have appears on the title page of the book. The Commentary was written by Rabbi Tevele Bondi. The book was published in Frankfort der Mein in 1898. The title page gives a brief genealogy of the author:

ה ג ד ה של פ ס ח

ע'־פ מערכת  היידענהיים

עם  הפירוש אשר  הניח  אחריו  ברכה  חד  מיקירי  קהלה פרנקפורט

דמין יע"א דרה מהור"ר טעבעלה באנדי זצ"ל בן הרב מוה'

משה יונה באבדי זצ"ל  נכד הרב המפורסם מהו"ר  הירץ

אברהם נפתלי שייאר זצ''ל, שלשלת  יהוסו הלא תמצא בהקדמת

אחיו הרב  מוהר"ר שמואל באנדי זצ"ל  לספר תורי  זהב.

Haggadah of Passover

According to the Commentary Maarechet Heidenheim

With the blessed commentary left behind by one of the honored members

of the community of Frankfurt der Mein, (may our city be rebuilt,)

our teacher, the rabbi, Rav Tevele Bondi, (z'tz'l -the memory of the righteous is a blessing), son of the Rabbi, Our teacher, Rabbi Moshe Yona Bondi (z'tz'l) and grandson of the famous teacher, Rabbi Hertz Avraham Naftali Scheuer (z'tz'l). Isn't the chain of his genealogy found in the introduction of his brother, our teacher Rabbi Samuel Bondi, (z'tz'l), 

to the book Turei Zahav.

Working with limited resources, I was only able to find a bit of information about the members of his family - and this information was gleaned from the internet which, I guess, makes it just a bit suspect.

1. Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer 1753-1822  was the author's grandfather. His father was Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer.  He led his father's yeshiva in Mainz as its Rosh Yeshiva from 1778 until 1782, taking over his brother Rabbi Mechel Scheuer. In 1811 he became Rabbi of Mainz where he died in 1822.   He is known for his halakhic ruling against the use of an organ in synagogues in the book Eleh Dibre ha-B'rit. 
2. Rabbi Moshe Yonah Bondi of Prague (1768-1806), Rabbi Tevele's father. He was a disciple of the Noda BiYehuda, and son-in-law of Rabbi Hertz Avraham Naftali Shoyer, Rabbi of Mainz. Despite the fact that he died at a young age, he earned renown as a tzaddik and brilliant scholar. 
3. Rabbi Samuel Bondi - (1794 - 1877) He too lived in Mainz. The dates work out right so I am assuming this is the Samuel referred to in the genealogy. His son was Rabbi Samuel Bondi, one of the greatest sages of Prague whose liturgical poems are printed in Rödelheim prayer-books. 

 Unfortunately, with limited resources and only the internet to go on, that is what I could find. Hopefully I will learn more as the weeks pass.  In invite you to look for more information if you have other resources available to you - like a real library!

The name of the commentary is certainly strange enough: Maarechet Heidenheim. Is this a reference to the city or to the family? (There was a German Rabbi and Scholar named Wolf Heidenheim 1757 – February 23, 1832 ). I am not even sure how to begin translating the name Maarechet… Any thoughts from my readers