Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Khmelnytskyi.
It is clear that they did not mean the El Maleh Raḥamim prayer during the period of the Rishonim, since that prayer was only composed by Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipman Heller following the Chmelnitzki massacres of 1648-1649.
2024, David Golinkin, “How Should We Observe Simḥat Torah This Coming Year?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 144
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Chmelnitzki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chmelnitzki
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