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Elijah ha-'adeni
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Rabbi and payyeṭan cf Cochin, India; dates of birth and death unknown. He was a native of Aden, and was therefore called "Ha-'Adeni," that is to say, "the man of Aden." He wrote "Azharot," a piyyuṭ, on the 613 commandments, which is read by the Jews of India and chiefly by those of Cochin on Shemini 'Aẓeret, or the eighth day of Sukkot (Amsterdam, 1688).
Bibliography:- Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. , p. 1306. , No. 239b;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 925:
- Dukes, Zur Kenntniss der Neuhebr. Relig. Poes. p. 141;
- Orient, Lit. , col. 677;
- Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, p. 174, No. 373.
L. G.
M. Sel.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Elijah ha-'adeni'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/elijah-ha-adeni.html. 1901.