
Shlomo haPaytan
Shlomo "Ḥazaq Amats" (שלמה חזק אמץ, Solomon "for strength and courage") was a paytan and author of a beloved piyyut for Sukkot, "El Ram Ḥasin Yah" (G!D on High, Mighty Yah) on which he added his signature as an acrostic. Unfortunately, little else is known of him. As the piyyut was popular in Afghanistan and is thematically concerned with the archetpal Ushpizin of kabbalistic lore and mystical sukkot custom, we may cautiously assume that Shlomo was a paytan in Afghanistan in the 17th or 18th century, after which the piyyut spread to other communities.
Acrostic signature | Afghanistan | Avot and Imahot | egalitarian | in the merit of our ancestors | North America | traditional egalitarian | אושפיזין ushpizin | אושפיזתא Ushpizata | פיוטים piyyuṭim
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