Zadok Amani () or Alamani () was a 12th-century Jewish liturgical poet.
He wrote the following eight poems that are found in the Tripolitan Maḥzor: (1) ''El hekhal ḳodsho''; (2) ''Le-bet el banu''; (3) ''La-Adonai et yom ha-shevi'i berakh''; (4) ''Meḥolel kol be-ḳav yashar''; (5) ''Ezri yavi el me-'ayin''; (6) ''Al rov 'avoni''; (7) ''Ammekha le-shaḥarekha ḳamu''; and (8) ''Ki bo Elohim dibber be-ḳodsho''.
No. 3 consists of thirteen
strophes, and each of the others consists of five strophes. Nos. 3, 4, 7, and 8 are to be recited on the
Sabbaths
In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath () or Shabbat (from Hebrew ) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holy day of rest, as G ...
of the month of
Elul. Nos. 3 and 8 are both ''mustajabs''; in the former every strophe begins with "''la-Adonai''" and terminates with "''Adonai''," while in the latter the strophes begin with "''ki bo''" and rime in "''to''."
External links
Poems by Imaniat the
National Library of Israel
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References
12th-century Jews
12th-century poets
Hebrew-language poets
Medieval Jewish poets
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