Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken
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Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken
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Elijah ben Menahem the Elder, also known as Rabbeinu Eliyahu HaZaken, was an 11th-century French Tosafist and liturgical poet. Born around 980 in France, in his early years he went to Germany, where he became a pupil of Gershom ben Judah. He later returned to France, settling in Le Mans, and allegedly married the daughter of Sherira Gaon. Elijah wrote "Azharot", a poem on the 613 commandments, containing 176 four-line strophes. The poem was known to the Tosafists and is quoted in several places
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