According to family legends, he was a direct paternal descendant of Eleazar of Worms.
A medal was designed in his honor, one side of which exhibited his head in relief, surrounded by the words: "Eleazar ben Samuel, Rabbi of Brody" (in Hebrew), the other side containing chosen verses from the Psalms.
It came to his knowledge that many of the most respected citizens of the place were reading the works of Nehemiah Ḥayyun and of other adherents of Shabbethai Ẓebi.
[6] His published works are: "Arba' Ṭure Eben" (Four Rows of Stone), containing responsa and novellæ on Maimonides' "Yad" and on the Talmud (Lemberg, 1789);[7] "Maaseh Rokeach" (Work of the Ointment-Maker), a cabalistic commentary on the Mishnah (Amsterdam, 1740);[3] "Maaseh Rokeach," on the Pentateuch[8] (Lemberg, 1789).
[4] In various times up to the present, many people bearing the surname "Rokeach" or "Rokach" - including famous later rabbis, Israeli politicians and others prominent in different fields - are considered to be among his descendants.