Contributed by: Jacob Chatinover (translation), Yaaqov Ḳoppel ben Tsvi Margoliyot, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
A kinah/elegy for those massacred in the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648–1649 composed by a possible eyewitness to the tragedy. . . .
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Yaaqov Ḳoppel ben Tsvi Margoliyot ![]() Yaaqov Ḳoppel ben Tsvi MargoliyotYaakov Koppel ben Tsvi Margoliyot (d. 1673(?)) was Polish preacher and moralist of the 17th century. He came from Vladimir, Volhyṇia, where he was an eye-witness of the massacres of 1648-49, from which he escaped to Germany. He was the author of Mar'ot Ya'aḳob, tables of ethical rules (Venice, 1662); Mizbaḥ Ya'aḳob, a sermon on penitence and some haggadic novellæ (ib. 1662); and Ḳol Ya'aḳob, on the Pentateuch and the Talmud, to which is appended an elegy on the victims of the above-mentioned massacres (Amsterdam, 1708). (via this article in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Tag Chmielnicki massacres of 1648–1649 | Needing Vocalization | קינות Ḳinōt | 17th century C.E. | 55th century A.M. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? Contributed by: Jacob Chatinover (translation), Yaaqov Ḳoppel ben Tsvi Margoliyot, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) A kinah/elegy for those massacred in the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648–1649 composed by a possible eyewitness to the tragedy. . . . | ||
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