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Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi

Yitsḥaq ibn Gayat (1038-1089), spiritual leader of Lucena in the kingdom of Granada, wrote more than 400 liturgical poems with many allusions to the science and philosophy of his day. He also wrote commentaries on tractates of the Talmud and a lengthy commentary on Ecclesiastes.

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הֵיכַל ה׳ | Heikhal [Hashem] — reshut №7 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon, attributed to Yitsḥaq ibn Ghayyat

Contributed by: Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi

“Heikhal [Hashem]” is the reshut offered before the Qaddish preceding Barkhu and the Shaḥarit blessings before the Shema. It is the seventh reshut among the reshuyot in the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon — the final shabbat before 9 Av.


סליחה מר׳ יצחק אבן גיאת | Seliḥah by Yitsḥaq ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyat (ca. 11th century) translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributed by: Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation), Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi

The following love poem is one of the Selihot recited between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Ibn Gayat (1038 – 1089) was not timid about using the most intimate symbols in asking God to become reconciled with us.


הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל | Hamavdil Ben Ḳodesh l’Ḥol, a piyyuṭ attributed to Yitsḥaq ben Yehudah ibn Ghayyat (German translation by Franz Rosenzweig 1921)

Contributed by: Franz Rosenzweig (translation), Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The text of the piyyut, “HaMavdil,” with a German translation by Franz Rosenzweig.


הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל | Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l’Ḥol, a piyyuṭ attributed to Yitsḥaq ben Yehudah ibn Ghayyat (rhymed translation by Alice Lucas, 1894)

Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Alice Montefiore Lucas (translation), Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi

A rhymed translation of the piyyut sung following the Havdallah ritual.


הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל | Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l’Ḥol (abridged), a piyyuṭ attributed to Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi (ca. 11th c.)

Contributed by: Akiva Sanders (translation), Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi

The short form of the piyyut for motsei shabbat, with English translation.



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