David ben Aaron ben Ḥassin (, , in French sources David Hassine) (1727–1792) is considered to have been one of the greatest Jewish Moroccan poets and one of the best-known figures of Jewish liturgic poetry. His ''piyyutim'' (poems) were spread through the

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world. He travelled to various communities in Morocco and also to

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, where his poems were well received. He is the author of ''Tehila le David (Song of David),'' a collection of liturgic poems and elegies which have inspired many Moroccan singers, and of ''Mekoman chel zebahim'' ("Place of

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"), a versification of the slaughter rituals practiced in the ancient

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. Some of his poems include his name in acrostic.

Moses Edrehi Moses ben Isaac Edrehi (; –) Moroccan-born cabalist and teacher of modern and Oriental languages. He resided mainly in Amsterdam and in England. Biography Moses Edrehi was born to a Moroccan Jewish family in Agadir. At an early age, when the J ...

(1855) records that he saw a manuscript of ''Song of David'' that was sent from Meknes to the leaders of the Moroccan Jewish community in London for publication.Moses Edrehi, published by his son Issac Edrehi ''History of the Capital of Asia and the Turks'' (1855), page 87 "One is a very valuable work on poetry; the title of the work is The Song of David; and it belongs to the high learned Haham, Rabbi David Ben Hasin. It was sent from the town of Mecnass, and was directed to those gentlemen who were the principal governors and heads of the congregation of Israelites of that kingdom who are established in London,..." He was also the author of several Bible commentaries.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassine, David 1722 births 1792 deaths 18th-century Moroccan poets Sephardi rabbis People from Meknes 18th-century Moroccan rabbis