Note 178 — Chapter VI · THE INNER LIFE OF POLISH JEWRY DURING THE PERIOD OF DECLINE
Israel Friedlaender translation
Compare Be'er ha-Gola, "Well of the Exiles," by Moses Rivkes, who fled from Vilna during the massacre of 1655; Magen Abraham, "Shield of Abraham" [allusion to Gen. xv. 1], by Abel Gumbiner, Rosh-Yeshibah in Kalish, whose parents perished during the time of unrest, and many others.