Elijah ha-Adeni

Elijah ha-Adeni (Hebrew: אליה העדני) was a rabbi and payyetan of Cochin, India, originally from Aden. He wrote Azharot (Amsterdam, 1688), a liturgical poem on the 613 commandments, which is traditionally recited by Cochin Jews on Shemini Atzeret.^[1]

Publications

• Seder Azharot. Amsterdam. 1688.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Seligsohn, M. (1903). "Elijah ha-'Adeni". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 130.

1. Steinschneider, Moritz (1852–60). "Elia Adeni". Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana (in Latin). Berlin: A. Friedlaender. pp. 925–926.