About This Text
Author: Shabbetai ben Meir Hakohen
Composed: 1648 – 1651 CE
Megilalt Eifah is a work by Rabbi Shabbatai Hakohen, known as the Shakh, describing the atrocities of a 1648 massacre against Jews in Uman. The author described how 1500 Jews chose to be murdered rather than convert to Christianity, reciting the Shema upon their death.