Rabbi Salomon Berdugo (1854–1906) was a halakhic authority, poet and Chief Rabbi in Meknes, Morocco. He was the son of Rabbi Daniel Berdugo. In 1897 he was appointed rabbi of the community. He was the author of Die Hashev, Em le-Mesorot, responsa, a collection of laws and Torah novellae, Musar Kaskel, Shirei Shelomo (1950), and many other books of Jewish poetry and zmirot.
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Salomon Berdugo
This is a Ḥanukkah piyyut by R. Salomon Berdugo (1854–1906), illustrious payṭan and the chief rabbi of Meknes, Morocco. According to the Kehillot Sharot organization’s notes, found here, “This piyyut speaks of the miracles that occured for the Hasmoneans, both in war against the Greeks and in purification of the Temple. It is customarily sung in Maqam Hijaz.”