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Elijah ben Mordecai

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Payyeṭan of the eleventh century, possibly a native of Italy. Of his poetic productions a "ḳerobah" for the Minḥah of the Day of Atonement () is extant in the German-Polish liturgy. Eliezer ben Nathan wrote a commentary on Elijah's piyyuṭim.

Bibliography:
  • Zunz, Literaturgesch. p. 142;
  • Landshuth, 'Ammude ha-'Abodah, p. 15;
  • Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, p. 182.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Elijah ben Mordecai'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​e/elijah-ben-mordecai.html. 1901.
 
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