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Simḥah ben Shmuel of Vitry
Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry (שמחה בן שמואל מויטרי; d. 1105) was a French Talmudist of the 11th and 12th centuries, pupil of Rashi, and the compiler of Maḥzor Vitry. He lived in Vitry-le-François. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simhah_ben_Samuel_of_Vitryמימיני מיכאל | “Mikhael is on my right,” an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the Bedtime Shema from the Maḥzor Vitry (ca. 11th c.)
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An “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in the Maḥzor Vitry. . . .
