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 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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