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Hanukkah and Piyyut (Part 3)

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

The third and last (albeit slightly belated) installment of the series on Hanukkah and Piyyut (Part 1, Part 2). In the days of the Geonim (i.e., the Babylonian sages that followed the rabbis of the Talmud), individuals and communities sent … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah and Piyyut (Part 2)

Posted on December 24, 2011 by

In the first part of this series I discussed an intriguing “historical” tradition in a piyyut by Elazar Birabi Qilir. In this second part I turn to an interesting juxtaposition of the cosmos and the Tabernacle in another piyyut for … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah and Piyyut (Part 1)

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Hanukkah begins today and since I have been working for some years now on Hebrew liturgical poems for this feast, I thought it would be nice to share with the readers of the Talmud Blog some interesting bits and pieces … Continue reading →

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