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unusual facts about piyyut


Mor Karbasi

The latter is called Piyyutim, and is a type of prayer traditionally only sung by men.


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Medieval Hebrew

A great deal of poetry was written, by poets such as Dunash ben Labrat, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Judah ha-Levi, David Hakohen and the two Ibn Ezras, in a "purified" Hebrew based on the work of these grammarians, and in Arabic quantitative metres (see piyyut).


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