The great poet of Safed's age, who set Hebrew hymns to the Turkish, Arabic and Spanish melodies of his day. His Aramaic Kah Ribbon is sung at Shabbat tables everywhere, and his poems fill the Sephardi bakashot tradition.
ר' ישראל נאג'ארה
Poet and rabbi of Gaza · c. 1555–c. 1625
The great poet of Safed's age, who set Hebrew hymns to the Turkish, Arabic and Spanish melodies of his day. His Aramaic Kah Ribbon is sung at Shabbat tables everywhere, and his poems fill the Sephardi bakashot tradition.
