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Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz

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He composed two penitential prayers in commemoration of the 1611 pogroms that hit Prague on the 2nd of Adar on the Jewish calendar.
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which first appeared in Lublin in 1602, is still printed in many editions of the Pentateuch and continues to be highly popular.
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he relates that the name Shlomo was added to his name during life-threatening illness, a common practice in Judaism.
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The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 1
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Seeing with Both Eyes: Ephraim Luntshitz and the Polish-Jewish Renaissance
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Luntschitz is best remembered for his homiletical work, most prominently
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1:6), sermons (Prague, 1617). Known for its criticism of
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33:17), not extant but mentioned in the introduction of
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8:2), four volumes of sermons published in Lublin 1590.
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Index

rabbi
Torah commentator
Łęczyca
studied
Solomon Luria
Lublin
rosh yeshiva
yeshiva
Lvov
Prague

Proverbs
Torah
Basel
Judges
Esther
pilpul
Deuteronomy
his gravestone
Adar
Anno Mundi
Proverbs 20:15
The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 1
Jewish Encyclopedia
ISBN
978-90-04164840
Jewish Encyclopedia biography
Categories
1550 births
1619 deaths

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