Solomon ben Judah Ghayyat (Hebrew: שלמה בן יהודה גיאת, romanized: Shelomo ben Yehuda Giyat; fl. 12th century) was a medieval Hebrew poet.
He was possibly a grandson of Isaac Ghayyat of Lucena. Solomon was on terms of friendship with Judah ha-Levi, who dedicated to him one of the most important compositions of his Diwan. This poem, which is a rejoinder to one of Ghayyat's, not only shows the high esteem which Ha-Levi had for his friend, but also refers to Ghayyat's poetic activity and talent.
Only two poems by Ghayyat have been preserved, and these are religious ones, namely, Shaḥoti we-Nidketi we-Libbi Zoḥel, a seliḥah for the Tenth of Tevet, in the ritual of Carpentras, and 'Enenu Ẓofiyyah 'Anenu mi-Sheme 'Aliyyab, a tokaḥah for the minḥah of Yom Kippur, in the rituals of Castile and Fez, as well as in some earlier editions of the Spanish Maḥzor.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Brody, H. (1903). "Solomon b. Judah Ghayyat". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 649.
- Sachs, M. (1845). Die religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien (in German). Berlin: Veit und Comp. p. 259.
- Brody, H., ed. (1899). Dîwân des Abû-l-Hasan Jehudah ha-Levi (in Hebrew). Vol. 1. Berlin: H. Itzkowski. No. 94.
- Zunz, Leopold (1865). Literaturgeschichte der synagogalen Poesie (in German). Berlin: L. Gerschel Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 216.