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Binyamin bar Zeraḥ —⟶ Binyamin bar Zeraḥ  Binyamin bar ZeraḥBenjamin ben Zerah (Hebrew: בנימין בן זרח) was a paytan who lived in southeastern Europe in the middle of the eleventh century. He is called by the later payyetanim "the Great," and also "Ba'al Shem" (Master of the Name), on account of the numerous names of God and angels used by him in his piyyutim. He wrote 15 poems ("yotsrot") for the Sabbaths preceding the feasts, and 40 seliḥot, published in the Maḥzor of the German rite. His piyyutim have an easy, elegant style. Parallels with Eleazar beRabbi Qallir are frequent. Judging from his seliḥah אנא ה' האל ("I beseech thee, Hashem ha-El) – in which he plays on the name of God – consisting of 22 letters, and his "ofan," in which he gives the names of angels, Benjamin was inclined to mysticism. Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Tag acrostic | Acrostic signature | phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation | Alphabetic Acrostic | Angels | German translation | liberation from mitsrayim | Minhag Ashkenaz | Minhag Polin | Nusaḥ Ashkenaz | ofanim | פיוטים piyyuṭim | פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit | Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov | יוצר אור yotser ohr | יוצרות yotsrot | 11th century C.E. | 48th century A.M. | 49th century A.M. Filter resources by Name Isaac Seligman Baer | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range Resources filtered by TAG: “German translation” (clear filter) Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? Contributed by: Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Isaac Seligman Baer, Binyamin bar Zeraḥ This is the ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (Minhag Ashkenaz), by Rabbi Binyamin bar Zeraḥ, with Seligman Baer’s German translation and a new rhyming acrostic translation in English. Minhag Polin recites it on the third Shabbat after Pesach, and some communities both in the west and east recite it on the additional festival day of Pesaḥ when it falls on a weekday. | ||
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