בַּר־יוֹחַאי | Bar Yoḥai, a pizmon by Shimon ibn Lavi (ca. 16th c.)
Contributed by: Akiva Sanders (translation), Shimon ibn Lavi
A pizmon and table song sung on Shabbat and on Lag ba-Omer with English translation. . . .
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Shimon ibn Lavi ![]() Shimon ibn LaviShimon ibn Lavi (שמעון אבן לביא, 1486–1585) was a Sephardi Ḥakham, kabbalist, physician, astronomer, and poet. He is credited with the founding of religious institutions and the revival of Torah study in Tripoli, Libya, in the mid-sixteenth century, where he served as spiritual leader and dayan (rabbinical court judge) for more than three decades. He authored a commentary on the Zohar titled Ketem Paz and the piyyut, "Bar Yoḥai", a kabbalistic hymn which became widely popular in the Jewish world. Libyan Jews consider him their greatest scholar. Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Tag זמירות zemirot | פזמונים pizmonim | 16th century C.E. | 54th century A.M. | Needing Source Images | shimon ben yoḥai Filter resources by Collaborator Name Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? בַּר־יוֹחַאי | Bar Yoḥai, a pizmon by Shimon ibn Lavi (ca. 16th c.)Contributed by: Akiva Sanders (translation), Shimon ibn Lavi A pizmon and table song sung on Shabbat and on Lag ba-Omer with English translation. . . . | ||
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