“Bitter Weeping and Lamentation.”

MEDINI, HAIM HEZKIYAHU

December

Jerusalem

1904

Hebrew broadside poster announcing eulogies for the late Rabbi Haim Hizkiyahu Medini.

This poster announces the eulogies that were to be delivered on the 10th Tevet, in memory of Rabbi Medini (1834-1904), author of the monumental responsa encyclopedia Sdei Chemed. R. Medini, recently of Hebron, was rabbi in the Crimea for decades, where he spearheaded a religious revival among the Krymchaks. He was a monumental rabbinic scholar, as well as a beloved leader of his people. The announcement states that the eulogies were to be given in the Misgav Ladach Hospital’s courtyard synagogue, a planned gathering of Sephardim and Ashkenazim. The unusual venue was chosen as Rabbi Medini greatly promoted the institution, a hospital that “treats and heals all of our people without distinction.”