Elijah ha-Adeni (Hebrew: אליה העדני) was a rabbi and payyetan of Kochi, India, originally from Aden. He wrote Azharot (Amsterdam, 1688), a liturgical poem on the 613 commandments, which is traditionally recited by Kochi Jews on Shemini Atzeret.[1]
Publications
edit- Seder Azharot. Amsterdam. 1688.
References
edit
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Seligsohn, M. (1903). "Elijah ha-'Adeni". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 130.
- ^ Steinschneider, Moritz (1852–60). "Elia Adeni". Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana (in Latin). Berlin: A. Friedlaender. pp. 925–926.