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Abraham Ben Joseph Ha-Levi
Avraham ben Yosef HaLevi Segal ( 1620 – 1670) was a Jews of Poland, Polish commentator born in Kraków. In consequence of the persecution of the Jews of Poland by the Cossacks in 1656, he fled from his native city and sought asylum in Hamburg. There he wrote a commentary on ''Megillas Taanis'', which was printed in Amsterdam, in 1659, and went through several editions. His work, however, was not favorably received by his contemporaries, for both Efraim Cohen, author of ''Sha'ar Efraim,'' a collection of rabbinical decisions, and Abraham Gombiner, author of ''Magen Avraham'', refer to him somewhat disparagingly. He died, probably in Hamburg, about 1670, or at least some time after 1659. References Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 124. {{Authority control 17th-century Polish rabbis 1620s births 1670s deaths 17th-century German rabbis German Orthodox rabbis Polish Orthodox rabbis Rabbis from Kraków Jewish refugees Levites Year of birth un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jews Of Poland
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the long period of statutory religious tolerance and social autonomy which ended after the Partitions of Poland in the 18th century. During World War II there was a nearly complete genocidal destruction of the Polish Jewish community by Nazi Germany and its collaborators of various nationalities, during the German occupation of Poland between 1939 and 1945, called the Holocaust. Since the fall of communism in Poland, there has been a renewed interest in Jewish culture, featuring an annual Jewish Culture Festival, new study programs at Polish secondary schools and universities, and the opening of Warsaw's Museum of the History of Polish Jews. From the founding of the Kingdom of Poland in 1025 until the early years of the Polish–Lithuanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
