- Samson ben Pesah Ostropoli
Samson ben Pesah Ostropoli (d.
July 15 ,1648 ) (Hebrew : שמשון בן פסח מאוסטרופולי) was a Polish rabbi who was martyred atPolonnoye , government ofPodolia , in theCossacks ' Uprising. When the Cossacks laid siege to Polonnoye, Samson, with 300 of his followers, arrayed in their shrouds and praying-shawls, went to the synagogue, and stood there praying until the enemy came and butchered them all.Ostropoli was a noted
kabalist . He was the author of a commentary (published by his nephew Pesaḥ at Zolkiev in 1709) on the kabalistic work "Ḳarnayim." According to the author of "Yewen Meẓulah ," he wrote also a commentary on theZohar in conformity with the cabalistic system ofLuria , but this work has not been preserved. Other works of his are:
* "Dine we-Hanhagot ha-Adam" (Ostrog, 1793), a collection of cabalistic liturgical regulations from the works of Ostropoli and other cabalists
* "Sefer Liḳḳuṭim" (Grodno, 1794), cabalistic exegetics and elucidations of many passages in the Zohar and other works
* "Nifla'ot Ḥadashot" (ib. 1797), elucidations of thePentateuch and theFive Megillot , and homileticsJewish Encyclopedia Bibliography
*Grätz, Gesch. x.57, 65, Leipzig, 1897;
*Yewen Meẓulah, section Gezerah Deḳaḳ, Polonah;
*Azulai , Shem ha-Gedolim, i.181, Wilna, 1852;
*Gurland, Le-Korot ha-Gezerot, ii.25, vi.60 et seq.;
*Fürst, Bibl. Jud. iii.357.External links
* [http://www.shuvubonim.org/rebshimshon.html A Kabbalistic Letter written by Rabbi Samson of Ostropoli traditionally read in Hassidic circles on the eve of Passover]
References
*JewishEncyclopedia
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