Yampil or Yampol ( uk, Ямпіль; russian: Ямполь; yi, יאמפאלא) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Shepetivka Raion of
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...
, in the
Volyn
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...
region of western
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
. It is located 25 miles SE of
Kremenets
Kremenets ( uk, Крем'янець, Кременець, translit. ''Kremianets'', ''Kremenets''; pl, Krzemieniec; yi, קרעמעניץ, Kremenits) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of ...
. Yampil hosts the administration of
Yampil settlement hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Population:
Until 18 July 2020, Yampil belonged to
Bilohiria Raion
Bilohiria Raion ( uk, Білогірський район) was a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Bilohiria. It was established in 1923. 2 urban-type settlemen ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Bilohiria Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.
Jewish community
The Jewish community of Yampol dates back to the 15th century, and maybe much earlier than that. Its most distinguished rabbi was Rabbi Yechiel Michel ("''Reb Mechele''") the ''
Maggid
A maggid ( he, מַגִּיד), also spelled as magid, is a traditional Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A chaplain of the more scholarly sort is called a '' darshan'' (). The title of ...
'' of
Zlotshov and his son Reb Yosef of Yampol, also the "Noda Bihuda" (Rabbi
Yechezkel Landau
Yechezkel ben Yehuda HaLevi Landau (8 October 1713 – 29 April 1793) was an influential authority in halakha (Jewish law). He is best known for the work ''Noda Biyhudah'' (נודע ביהודה), by which title he is also known.
Biography
Lan ...
) was serving as Rav there before moving to
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
. Yampol is known for its historic Jewish cemetery, where the first ''
Ohel'' over a Hasidic grave site was built - over Rabbi Yechiel Michel's grave. (The ''Ohalim'' over the graves of Rabbi Michel's masters, the "Baal Shem Tov" and "Magid Of Mezritch", were built years later.) This was copied by all other "Hasidic Dynasties". Rabbi Moshe Landau, the current chief rabbi of Yampola, had pumped in millions of dollars to restore the glory of this historical Jewish town; his mainly residence is in New York and travels there frequently for the holidays or special events he is known as Yampola'r Rebbe.
A City in Flames, Memorial Book of Yampol
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In 2002 the foundations of the original "Ohel" were discovered by the current Yampola'r Rabbi, and a new building was built over the grave sites, which attracts thousands of visitors each year, especially during the summer months; a modern four-star hotel, named "Promenade" was built next to the old cemetery to accommodate the hundreds and thousands of visitors.
See also
* Bilohiria, the other urban-type settlement in the Bilohiria Raion
References
External links
Weather in Yampol. Погода в Ямполі.
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Urban-type settlements in Shepetivka Raion
Yampola