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Joseph Lipman Ashkenazi
17th Century
Not much is known about the translator and writer Joseph ben Eleazer Lipman Ashkenazi, other than that he was part of the Moravian Jewish community of Kremzir. He was forced to flee when the Jewish community was decimated by the Swedes in 1643, and he apparently resettled in Prostitz (now Prostějov, Czech Republic).
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Lament on the Ukrainian Massacre
[To the tune of “Adir ayom ve-nora.”]Come, dear friends, let us cry and lamentThe horrible things that have happened in these times.In the year that Messiah was expected amid tribulation [1648],Cossa…
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Lament over the Jews of Kremzir
So since we are in the midst of writing a song,
We will write also about the destruction of the holy community of Kremzir,
Even though this happened five years before,
In the year 1643, on the 9th of…