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Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils —⟶ Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils  Joseph ben Samuel BonfilsJoseph ben Samuel Bonfils (fl. middle of the 11th c.) was a French rabbi, Talmudist, Bible commentator, and payyeṭan. He is also known by the Hebrew name Tov Elem, a Hebrew translation from the French name "Bonfils." Of his life nothing is known but that he came from Narbonne, and was rabbi of Limoges in the province of Anjou. The ability and activity of Bonfils are best judged from his contributions to the poetry of the synagogue, no less than sixty-two of his piyyuṭim occupying prominent places in the French, German, and Polish liturgies. (Joseph Bonfils must not be confused, as he is by Azulai, with another scholar of the same name, who lived in 1200 and corresponded with Simḥah of Speyer (Responsa of Meïr ben Baruch of Rothenburg. ed. Cremona, No. 148).) Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Tag acrostic | Acrostic signature | phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation | Alphabetic Acrostic | עמידה amidah | אזהרות azharot | קרובות ḳerovot | liberation from mitsrayim | מערבות maaravot | Minhag Polin | פיוטים piyyuṭim | Public Amidah | סליחות səliḥot | יוצרות yotsrot | זולת zulat | 11th century C.E. | 49th century A.M. Filter resources by Name David Asher (translation) | Yanai haPayetan | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range Resources filtered by TAG: “Minhag Polin” (clear filter) Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? Contributed by: Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils A zulat (piyyut inserted into the blessing after the Shema) used in the Minhag Polin (Eastern Ashkenaz) rite for Shabbat hGadol, by R. Joseph Bonfils. This poem is a narrative of a debate between Pharaoh and the sons of Amram on whether the people Israel are engaged to God or not. | ||
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