Ephraim Ben Yaakov Of Bonn
Rabbi Ephraim ben Yaakov of Bonn (1132 - after 1196) is a Tosafists Germany, commentator, author liturgical and halakhic decision. With his brother, Rabbi Hillel, they are nicknamed the two men spent by the oil, referring to the book of Zechariah (verse 4:14).
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His life
It seems he was born in Bonn. He studied with Yoel Halevi, the father of Rabbi Eliezer ben Yoel Halevi. When Rabbi Yoel went to Cologne , he was replaced as president of the Beth Din of Bonn.
Several stories were reported on his famous name, including:
- the story of Amnon of Mainz , accused of piyyout Ounetan Toqef , who died for the sanctification of the Divine Name
- stories of liturgical poets Yannai and Eleazar Hakala.
Several of his words are reported in Mordechai and other tossafists Ashkenazi. In his Book of Remembrance, he describes the persecution of the Second Crusade ( 1147 - 1149 ). The second part of the book is devoted to the misfortunes that struck the Jewish communities of France , of Germany and England between 1170 and 1196. Several medieval chronicles, including the Book of Remembrance of Ephraim of Bonn, was published by Abraham Meir Haberman in his book Sefer Gezerot Ashkenaz ve Tsarfati. There is also a piyyout ben Yaakov Hillel on the martyrs of Blois in 1171.
Ephraim of Bonn is well known as a liturgical poet. Zunz cites his 23 piyyutim some of which are used in German and Polish liturgies. For example Elohim tsiwita kidideka and hu asher hanan HaRahman References
- (He) This article is partially or entirely from the article in Hebrew called " "(see the list of authors )
See also
Bibliography
- (He) Haberman, Sefer ve Tsarfati Gezerot Ashkenaz, Jerusalem, 1945.
- Some passages of the Book of Remembrance are translated into Simon Schwarzfuchs on Jews during the Crusades in the West and the Holy Land, Albin Michel, 2005 ( ISBN 2-226-15910-X )
External Links
- This article incorporates text from the Jewish Encyclopedia of 1901-1906, article "EPHRAIM B. JACOB " by Kaufmann Kohler and Louis Ginzberg, a publication now in the public domain.
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