Jacob ben Wolf Kranz of Dubno (Hebrew: יעקב קרנץ), the Dubner Maggid (מגיד מדובנא), was a Lithuania (Belarus)-born preacher (maggid). Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Preacher is a term the for someone who preaches Sermons or gives homilies Maggid ( מַגִּיד) sometimes spelled as magid) is traditional Eastern European Jewish religious itinerant (Alternative spelling of family name: Kranc)
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Famous Fables and stories
First I Shoot the Arrow
The most famous fable of the Dubner Maggid is about the way in which the Maggid was able to find such fitting fables. When asked about this the Maggid told: Once I was walking in the forest, and saw tree after tree with a target drawn on it, and at the center of each target an arrow. I then came upon a little boy with a bow in his hand. "Are you the one who shot all these arrows", I asked. "Yes!" he replied. "Then how did you always hit the center of the target?" I asked. "Simple," said the boy, "first I shoot the arrow, then I draw the target".
The Double Dubner Maggid
Confronted with many fake "Dubner Magid" there are several tributes to "Tests" that the Dubner Maggid would go through to prove he was the true Maggid, opening the bible at random, and inventing parables on the spot, which are repeated to this day. [1]
History
He was born at Zietil, government of Wilna (now Belarus), about 1740; died at Zamość December 18, 1804. Dzyatlava (Дзятлава Дятлово Dyatlovo, Zietela Zdzięcioł זשעטל Zhetl) is a town in Belarus in the Hrodna voblast, about Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Zamość is a town in southeastern Poland with 66633 inhabitants (2004 situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999 Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
At the age of eighteen he went to Międzyrzec Podlaski (Meseritz) , where he occupied the position of preacher. Międzyrzec Podlaski ( Lat Meserici, Meseritz is a city in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Meseritz may refer to Kreis Meseritz, a historical administrative subdivision of Posen District German name for Międzyrzec Podlaski He stayed there for two years, and then became preacher successively at Zolkiev, Dubno, Wlodawa (government of Lublin), Kalisch, and Zamosc. Zhovkva (Жовква Żółkiew Zholkva is a City in the Lviv Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine. Dubno Podlaskie Voivodeship Dubno (Дубно is a city located on the Ikva River in the Rivne Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine. Włodawa is a town in eastern Poland on the Bug river close to the borders with Belarus and Ukraine. Lublin is the largest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355954 Kalisch is the German name for Kalisz. People with the surname Kalisch David Kalisch, German Jewish playwright and humorist He remained at Dubno eighteen years, his stipend being at first six Polish gulden per week with lodging, this amount being afterward augmented by two gulden. Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch gulden — from Old Dutch for 'golden' He left Dubno for Wilna at the request of Elijah Wilna, who, having recently recovered from a sickness and being unable to study, sought diversion in his conversation. Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew Acronym Gra (" G aon
Jacob was an unrivaled preacher. Possessed of great eloquence, he illustrated both his sermons and his homiletic commentaries with parables taken from human life. By such parables he explained the most difficult passages, and cleared up many perplexing questions in rabbinical law. He was also an eminent rabbinical scholar, and on many occasions was consulted as an authority.
Books
All of Jacob's works were published after his death by Abraham Bär Flahm with the permission of Jacob's Son Yitzhak Kranz who found the writings of the Maggid in Mezritch where he had preached. Abraham Dov Bär ben David Flahm ( Hebrew: אברהם דובערוש פלאהם) the editor and publisher of the Dubner Maggid (מגיד מדובנה (Alternative Międzyrzec Podlaski ( Lat Meserici, Meseritz is a city in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.
These are:
- "Ohel Ya'aqob," a homiletic commentary on the Pentateuch abounding with graphic parables (i. , Jozefow, 1830; ii. Józefów is a town in Poland, located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Otwock County. , Zolkiev, 1837; iii. , Vienna, 1863; iv. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. , 1861; v. , Vienna, 1859);
- "Qol Ya'aqob" (Warsaw, 1819), a similar commentary on the Five Scrolls;
- "Kokab mi-Ya'aqob," a commentary on the "haft'arot";
- "Emet le-Ya'aqob" (Zolkiev, 1836), a commentary on the Passover Haggadah;
- "Sefer ha-Middot" (n. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Passover ( Hebrew, Yiddish: פֶּסַח Pesach, Tiberian: pɛsaħ Israeli: Pesah, Pesakh, Yiddish The Haggadah (הגדה is a Jewish religious text that sets out the order of the Passover Seder. p. , 1862), ethics arranged in eight "gates" or sections, each section being divided into several chapters. This work resembles very much the "Chobot ha-Lebabot" of Bachya.
As the author himself had given no name to it, Abraham Bär Flahm, its editor, at first intended to call it "Chobot ha-Lebabot he-Chadash" ("The New 'Chobot ha-Lebabot'"); but out of respect for Bachya he changed his mind. Bahya ben Joseph ibn Paquda (also Pakuda Bakuda Hebrew: בחיי אבן פקודה) was a Jewish philosopher and Rabbi who lived at Saragossa The editor also revised the work, and added to it a preface containing a sketch of the author's life, and glosses of his own under the title "Shiyyure ha-Middot". Moses Nussbaum of Przemysl extracted from the author's "Ohel Ya'aqob" all the parables, and published them in one book entitled "Mishle Ya'aqob" (Cracow, 1886). Kraków, in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow (ˈkrækaʊ M-W: krăk'ou krāk'ō is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland Following an open letter by Abraham Flahm printed in the popular Hagaddah that year, he agreed to print Flahm's preface in the succeeding reprints. The agreement is kept to this day.
Several parables never published till modern times, but passed on orally in the family, have been written down by Moshe Kranc, a decendant of the Dubner Maggid, in a book about business and Jewish tales: "The Hasidic Masters' Guide to Management".
References
- ^ Dubner Parable used at Israeli court of law, 2004
- Bibliography: Sefer ha-Middot, Preface;
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 543;
- H. Margaliot, in Ha-Tzefirah, 1902, No. 8.
Article References
This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain. The Jewish Encyclopedia was an Encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
External links
- Beth Hatphutzoth
- The North Jerusalem Maggid of Dubno Project [2]
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