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Biography (continued...)

Literature

  • age 16 he wrote a poem that was included in the Davening on Shavuos ("Azharos," based on the Taryag )
  • Rav Hal Gaon died- wrote four obituary poems
  • Poems were included in the Siddur
  • He criticized many members in his community for their lack of Jewish feeling- caused him to have many enemies
  • He was banished from his town and he wandered
  • As a result many of his poems have a touch of bitterness- often covers it up with humor

Conclusion

  • Shlomo Ibn Gobirol wrote many poems and hymns about God and Judaism.
  • Many of his writing are in the Siddur and Machzor
  • These include in addition to "Azharos" , his "Shir Hakovod" (Song of Glory), and "Shir Hayichud" (Song of Unity), "Keser Malchus" (Royal Crown), "Kinos" (dirges) on the destruction of the Beis Hamikdosh and the plight of Israel.
  • Ibn Gabirol's most famous book is "Mekor Chayim," (Origin of life), which he wrote at about the age of 28. This was the hymn that made him famous.
  • Most of his poetry are included in the Machzor and said on the High Holidays.

Literature (continued...)

Prayer For The Hazzan

Open the Gate

Open the gate my beloved—

arise, and open the gate:

my spirit is shaken and I’m afraid.

My mother’s maid has been mocking me

and her heart is raised against me,

so the Lord would hear her child’s cry.

From the middle of midnight’s blackness,

a wild ass pursues me,

as the forest boar has crushed me;

and the end which has long been sealed

only deepens my wound,

and no one guides me—and I am blind.

Famous Quotes

“thou hast created me not from not from necessity but from grace”

“Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.”

“The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones”

“The beginning of wisdom is to desire it”

Biography

  • He was born in Malaga Spain in the year 4782
  • He died in Valencia Spain at the age of 36 or 37
  • He was a great poet and philosopher and was very famous during his lifetime
  • After his death his writings became more widely known
  • His family had to move out of Cordova when the war broke out
  • Studied Astronomy, geometry, and philosophy, and Talmud

Shlomo Ibn Gabirol

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