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Samuel ben Kalonymus ha-Ḥazzan

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

Leader of the congregation at Erfurt in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He is sometimes, but erroneously, referred to as Samuel de Aphota Dicti Dovlin. He wrote a number of piyyuṭim, including five for Sabbath weddings, one for the Friday evening service, one for the Sabbath of Ḥuḳḳat, one for the Sabbath after Sukkot, and, perhaps, a "Me'orah" for Purim. The last-named, however, is generally credited to Samuel of Magdeburg. On June 16, 1221, Samuel and his wife, Hannah, died as martyrs (Aronius, "Regesten," pp. 183, 413).

Bibliography:
  • Zunz, Ritus, pp. 127, 201;
  • Jacob Weil, Responsa, No. 41;
  • Dukes, in Orient, Lit. 1844, No. 15, p. 232;
  • Neubauer, Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS. No. 425;
  • Zunz, Literaturgesch, p. 465. note 1, and Supplement. p. 63;
  • Parma De Rossi MS. No. 586;
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Hamburg, Nos. 49, 58;
  • Berliner, Magazin, No. 13.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Samuel ben Kalonymus ha-Ḥazzan'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​s/samuel-ben-kalonymus-ha-aazzan.html. 1901.
 
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