-
Hebrew University. The
author of a
piyyut is
known as a paytan,
payetan or
payyetan (פייטן);
plural paytanim (פייטנים). The
earliest piyyutim date from the...
-
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)...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
distinguished by
their elevation of
thought and conciseness.
There was
another payyeṭan called "Meshullam the Great," to whom
probably belongs the
Aramaic poetical...
-
century in Speyer,
Rhenish Bavaria) was a
German rabbi,
Talmudist and
payyeṭan. He
studied at the
yeshivot in
Mainz and Worms,
having Rashi as a fellow...
- ben
Samuel Bonfils was a
French rabbi, Talmudist,
Bible commentator, and
payyetan (author of piyyutim) of the mid-eleventh century. He is also
known by the...
