Azharot

The Azharot (Hebrew plural אזהרות "exhortations") are didactic liturgical poems on, or versifications of, the 613 commandments in rabbinical enumeration. The best known include those by two Spanish authors of the Middle Ages; Isaac ben Reuben Albargeloni and Solomon ibn Gabirol.[1][2] The Siddur of Saadia Gaon also include Azharot on the 613 commandments.

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  1. ↑ Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol 1944 "... We know of five poems which he composed at the age of sixteen and one of these, according to the testimony of Sambari, was no less than his versification of the six hundred and thirteen commandments, known as Azharot,..."
  2. ↑ Elbaz, Andre E. and Hazan, Ephraim. Three Unknown Piyyutim by David Ben Hasin AJS Cambridge Univ Press "... Among North African and other Oriental Jews, the most popular azharot are two eleventh-century works from Spain, Shemor libbi ma 'ane, composed by Shelomo Ibn Gabirol, and 'Ei ze meqom bina, by Yishaq Ben Reuben Al-Bargeloni"

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