Creator Bio
Menaḥem ben Elijah
11th Century
Nothing is known about the life of Menaḥem ben Elijah, other than that he was living in Salonika at the end of the eleventh century.
Content by Menaḥem ben Elijah
Primary Source
Letter to Nissim of Cairo
Menaḥem writes from Salonika to a friend in Cairo about the arrival of the Crusaders, and a general feeling that the end times had come, supported by stories of miracles in nearby Jewish communities.