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Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-Levi  Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-LeviMordechai Ben Yitsḥak haLevy was a 13th century rabbi and liturgical poet who emigrated from Iraq to Mainz in Germany. There, hiding in the Jewish quarter with the rest of the Jewish community of Mainz, he witnessed the terrible massacres of the Crusaders. Authorship of the popular piyyut for Ḥanukkah, Maoz Tsur, is often attributed to him on the basis of the acrostic, מרדכי found in it. Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Tag ABABCCDD | Acrostic signature | American Jewry of the United States | British Jewry | German language | German Reform Movement | German-speaking Jewry | German vernacular prayer | High Middle Ages | Mainz | מעוז צור Maoz Tsur | national anthems | Needing Attribution | Patriotic hymns | פיוטים piyyutim | post-Holocaust liturgical adaptations | rhyming translation | Spanish-Portuguese | 13th century C.E. | 21st century C.E. | 51st century A.M. | 58th century A.M. Filter resources by Name Filtered by collaborator: “Frederick de Sola Mendes” (clear filter) Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? מָעוֹז צוּר | Maoz Tsur (trans. by Frederick de Sola Mendes 1914)Contributed on: 29 Nov 2021 by Frederick de Sola Mendes | Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-Levi | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) | ❧ A singable translation of Maoz Tsur by the great ḥakham Frederick de Sola Mendes, here transcribed from the Union Hymnal (CCAR 1914), hymn 190. The translation largely reflects the Hebrew, omitting two verses — the final (and according to some, last added) verse, and the fourth verse about Purim and Haman. . . . | ||
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