Elchanan Heln

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Elchanan Heln (also: Elchanan Bar Abraham ) was a 17th century Yiddish poet.

His Megiles Winz ("Vinzenz-Rolle"), published around 1648 and belonging to the genre of historical songs, describes in Yiddish the sufferings of the Jews of Frankfurt during the unrest instigated by Winz (= Vinzenz) Fettmilch .

literature

  • Stephen G. Burnett, German Jewish Printing in the Reformation Era (1530-1633) , Classics and Religious Studies, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2006
  • Cilli Kasper-Holtkotte, The Jewish Community of Frankfurt / Main in the Early Modern Age. Families, Networks and Conflicts in a Jewish Center , Berlin / New York 2010
personal data
SURNAME Helena, Elchanan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yiddish poet
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
DATE OF DEATH 17th century or 18th century