Menachem ben Jacob ben Solomon ben Menachem

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Menachem ben Jakob ben Solomon ben Menachem , also: Menachem von Worms (died: April 16, 1203 in Worms ), became famous for his synagogal poetry. His funerary inscription describes him as a "lawyer, preacher and poet".

Life

His teacher was Efraim ben Isaac approx. (1110–1175).

Lamentations in particular have survived from Menachem. One of his poems is about a brief siege of Worms by Emperor Otto IV from February 10-13, 1201. Then the Jewish community of Worms also took up arms and took part in the defense of the city. In addition, Menachem was a specialist in halacha . A catalog raisonné with 33 items is published by Zunz.

Menachem was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Worms, the Holy Sand . The tombstone is preserved.

literature

  • Ismar Elbogen u. a. (Hg): Germania Judaica 1: From the oldest times to 1238 . Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1963.
  • Herbert Fischer: The constitutional position of the Jews in German cities during the 13th century = investigations into German state and legal history 140. Breslau 1931. ND: Scientia, Aalen 1969.
  • Ludwig Lewysohn : A family of scholars from the 11th and 12th centuries . In: Monthly for the History and Science of Judaism 1856 (Issue 11) p. 421.
  • Fritz Reuter : Warmaisa: 1000 years of Jews in Worms . 3. Edition. Self-published, Worms 2009. ISBN 978-3-8391-0201-5
  • Leopold Zunz : literary history of synagogal poetry. ND of the Berlin 1865 edition: Georg Olms, Hildesheim 1966.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ In a manuscript he is referred to as Menachem ben Jakob de Lutra ( Kaiserslautern ). This could indicate the place of birth (Zunz, p. 294).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zunz, p. 295.
  2. ↑ Epidat: Worms Jewish Cemetery. Inv no. wrm-181 . Here: "Law teachers, interpreters and poets"
  3. ^ Elbogen: Germania Judaica 1 , p. 452.
  4. ^ According to Fischer, p. 191, from Saturday, the 4th Adar , to the 7th Adar.
  5. ↑ Published by Fischer, pp. 189–192.
  6. ^ Reuter: Warmaisa. 1000 years , p. 52.
  7. ^ Elbogen: Germania Judaica 1 , p. 452.
  8. ↑ Zunz, pp. 295-298.
  9. ↑ Epidat. Documentation for the tombstone .
personal data
SURNAME Menachem ben Jacob ben Solomon ben Menachem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Menachem of Worms
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chasan / Cantor
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1203
Place of death Worms