Solomon ben Judah Ghayyat (Hebrew: שלמה בן יהודה גיאת, romanized: Shelomo ben Yehuda Giyat; fl. 12th century) was a medieval Hebrew poet.
He was possibly a grandson of Isaac Ghayyat of Lucena.[1] Solomon was on terms of friendship with Judah ha-Levi, who dedicated to him one of the most important compositions of his Diwan.[2] This poem, which is a rejoinder to one of Ghayyat's, not only shows the high esteem which Ha-Levi had for his friend, but also refers to Ghayyat's poetic activity and talent.
Only two poems by Ghayyat have been preserved, and these are religious ones, namely, Shaḥoti we-Nidketi we-Libbi Zoḥel, a seliḥah for the Tenth of Tevet, in the ritual of Carpentras, and 'Enenu Ẓofiyyah 'Anenu mi-Sheme 'Aliyyab, a tokaḥah for the minḥah of Yom Kippur, in the rituals of Castile and Fez, as well as in some earlier editions of the Spanish Maḥzor.[3]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Brody, H. (1903). "Solomon b. Judah Ghayyat". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 649.
- ^ Sachs, M. (1845). Die religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien (in German). Berlin: Veit und Comp. p. 259.
- ^ Brody, H., ed. (1899). Dîwân des Abû-l-Hasan Jehudah ha-Levi (in Hebrew). Vol. 1. Berlin: H. Itzkowski. No. 94.
- ^ Zunz, Leopold (1865). Literaturgeschichte der synagogalen Poesie (in German). Berlin: L. Gerschel Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 216.