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Mosheh ben Yehudah ibn Makhir
Rabbi Moshe ben Yehudah ibn Makhir was a kabbalist who flourished among the luminaries in 16th century Tsfat. He is best known for the author of the waking prayer "Modeh Ani" and for his work Seder HaYom, printed for the first time in Venice in 1599. He also founded a yeshiva in the village of Ein Zeitoun (near Tsfat).
Alive | English vernacular prayer | Gratitude | לכה דודי Lekhah Dodi | מודה אני Modeh Ani | מודים Modim | פיוטים piyyuṭim | Queens | רשות reshut | shaḥarit | Spirit | Sunrise | thankfulness | Tsfat | Wakefulness | waking | Psalms 92 | 16th century C.E. | 21st century C.E. | 54th century A.M. | 58th century A.M.
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | Ya'qub Ibn Yusuf | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Andrew Shaw
מודה אני | Modah/Modeh Ani, by Moshe ibn Makhir (translation by Andrew Shaw)
Contributed by Andrew Shaw | Mosheh ben Yehudah ibn Makhir | ❧
The formulation for giving thanks for entering wakefulness innovated by Moshe ibn Makhir, as translated by Andrew Shaw. . . .
