• A piyyut or piyut (plural piyyutim or piyutim, Hebrew: פִּיּוּטִים / פיוטים, פִּיּוּט / פיוט pronounced [piˈjut, pijuˈtim]; from Greek ποιητής poiētḗs...
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  • Vehi Sheamda (Hebrew: וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה) is a Jewish piyyut (liturgical poem) in the Haggadah of Passover Seder that mention's God's promise of ending...
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    authorship, which originated in the classical period of piyyut (6th-8th century). This piyyut was accepted in all the communities of Ashkenaz and Poland...
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  • Authors of piyyut are known as paytanim (singular: paytan). Piyyut is Jewish liturgical poetry, in Hebrew or occasionally Aramaic. The earliest authors...
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  • Ana BeKoach (Hebrew: אנא בכח‎, We beg you! With your strength) is a piyyut (liturgical poem) recited by Jewish communities[which?] at the end of Parshat...
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  • Magen Avot is a genre of piyyut designed to be inserted into the blessing Berakha Aḥat Me‘en Sheva‘ in the Jewish liturgy for Friday evening, right before...
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  • Piyyut is Jewish liturgical poetry, in Hebrew or occasionally Aramaic, composed from the fifth century CE through the end of the thirteenth century CE...
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    works of Jewish ethics Kabbalah Hasidic works Siddur and Jewish liturgy Piyyut (Classical Jewish poetry) The basis of halakha and tradition is the Torah...
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  • Ohila la-El is a medieval piyyut of unknown authorship, recited on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur during Mussaf. The piyyut comprises four unrhymed lines...
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  • "Yom le-yabbashah" (Hebrew: יום ליבשה) is a piyyut (liturgical poem) composed by Rabbi Yehuda Halevi for the seventh day of Passover, focusing mainly on...
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