Statement

Nulman places Ayl Malay Rahamim (memorial for the departed) as coming into being in Western and Eastern communities for martyrs of the Crusades and the Chmielnicki massacres; Davidson lists dozens of medieval versions.

References

1. p. 162

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   Nulman. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer: Ashkenazic and Sephardic Rites. Jason Aronson / Rowman & Littlefield, 1993. Northvale / Lanham: Jason Aronson / Rowman & Littlefield, 1993.

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