Elijah ben Menahem the Elder (Hebrew language, Hebrew: אליהו בן מנחם הזקן; - 1060 ), also known as Rabbeinu Eliyahu HaZaken, was an 11th-century French people, French Tosafot, Tosafist and Piyyut, liturgical poet. Born around 980 in France, in his early years he went to Germany, where he became a pupil of Gershom ben Judah. He later returned to France, settling in Le Mans, and allegedly married the daughter of Sherira Gaon. Elijah wrote "Azharot", a poem on the 613 commandments, containing 176 four-line strophes. The poem was known to the Tosafists and is quoted in several places Elijah also wrote "Seder HaMa'arakah", a collection of Biblical passages arranged for recitation on each day of the week.

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Azharot of Rabbeinu Eliyahu Ha-Zaken
(in Hebrew; 1971, Jerusalem) - Torah database, Hebrewbooks.org {{Rishonim 11th-century French rabbis Tosafists