Calonymos ben Meshullam
Kalonymos ben Meschullam (died May 27, 1096 in Mainz ) was a Jewish poet, scholar and rabbi, son of Meschullam ben Kalonymos and until the persecution of the Jews at the time of the First Crusade ( Gezerot Tatnu ) 1096 chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Mainz.
Meschullam comes from the family association of the Kalonymiden , who originally came from Lucca in Italy and later settled in Provence and Germany, in Mainz and Speyer .
Kalonymos ben Meschullam wrote on behalf of the Rhenish communities to the chief liege lord of the duke, Emperor Heinrich IV , who had protected the Jews up until then, and asked him unsuccessfully to prevent the pogroms. He is mentioned in the story of Amnon von Mainz , from whom he is said to have received the text of Pijjut Unetaneh tokef in a dream . According to the report of the chronicler Solomon bar Simson, he was murdered or committed suicide in 1096 as part of the above-mentioned Jewish pogrom ( Kiddusch HaSchem ).
Web links
- Contributions to German-Jewish history from the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute , 3rd year 2000, issue 1; P. 12 (PDF; 956 kB)
- Holger Müller: persecution of Jews in the Rhenish area at the time of the 1st crusade. (IV)
Individual evidence
- ^ Kalonymos ben Meschullam in the Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ Thomas Kollatz: Kalonymos ben Meschullam Contributions to German-Jewish History from the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute , 3rd year 2000 issue 1
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| SURNAME | Calonymos ben Meshullam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish poet, scholar and chief rabbi in Mainz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1096 |
| Place of death | Mainz |