- A piyyuṭ (plural piyyuṭim, Hebrew: פִּיּוּטִים / פיוטים, פִּיּוּט / פיוט
pronounced [piˈjut, pijuˈtim]; from Koinē Gr****: ποιητής, romanized: poiētḗs,...
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Elijah ha-Adeni (Hebrew: אליה העדני) was a
rabbi and
payyetan of Kochi, India,
originally from Aden. He
wrote Azharot (Amsterdam, 1688), a
liturgical poem...
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Yannai (Hebrew: יניי or ינאי) was an
important payyetan who
lived in the late fifth-early
sixth century in the
Galilee in
Israel (Byzantine-Palestina Syria)...
- אליהו בן מרדכי, romanized: Eliyahu ben Mordekhai) was an 11th-century
payyeṭan,
possibly a
native of Italy. Of his
poetic productions a ḳerovah for the...
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Moses ben Kalonymus. The
theme of the
piyyut is
praise of the Sabbath. The
payyetan praises those who
properly observe the Sabbath,
whose acts
attest to God's...
- to
distinguish him from
Baruch ben Isaac, was a
Talmudist and
prolific payyeṭan, who
flourished in
Mainz at the
beginning of the
thirteenth century. He...
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houses there is a
secret meeting-place or "kal" ("ḳahal"),
where the "
payyeṭan"
reads the prayers.
Their houses are lit by green-shaded
lamps to render...
- With
their allusions to
haggadic interpretations,
their employment of
payyeṭan phraseology, acrostics, rimes, and
similar mechanical devices, they differ...
- Jose ben Jose (Hebrew: יוסי בן יוסי) was an
early payyetan who
lived in
Israel in the 4th to 5th
century CE. In some
sources he is
called "Jose ben Jose...
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distinguished by
their elevation of
thought and conciseness.
There was
another payyeṭan called "Meshullam the Great," to whom
probably belongs the
Aramaic poetical...
