אב הרחמים
Av Harahamim
Av Harahamim · Father of mercies
Memorial for Rhineland communities. Nulman: after 1096; authorship unknown.
01 · Possible origins
What the sources say about beginnings
Authorship and dating traditions (chiefly Nulman) and scholarly reconstructions (Langer/Reif) stay distinct. Competing hypotheses appear side by side.
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Tradition or narrative
Nulman says the authorship of Av Harahamim is unknown; it was composed in memory of the Rhineland communities annihilated after the First Crusades (1096), and Baer dates the language to the 'evil days' of the decrees of 1096 and 1146.
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