NEWDIRECTIONS IN THE STUDYOF PIYYUT * 44 Jewry ( in contrast to the security felt by the Jews of yore, when they were allowed to partake of the so - called bizat . Miẓrayyim ) . 3 Amost important discovery by Professor Menahem Schmelzer, which further confirms the notion that Ashkenazic payyetanim also composed liturgical poems for “happy occasions,” is of a maʻariv for Simḥat . Torah , by the German Tosafist R . Moses b . Ḥisdai Taku . Prior to this finding, R . Moses Taku’s only known piyyut output consisted of Similarly, Professor Schmelzer has discussed some lesser - two seliḥot . 4 known venues for wedding piyyutim that were developed in medieval Ashkenaz, including different types of embellishments for the Nishmat prayer and the recitation of E - l Adon on the Shabbat . ḥattan , and various reshuyyot associated with the ḥattan . and his entourage . 5 Moreover, Professor Schmelzer has most recently published a See Studies in Jewish Bibliography [ Hebrew section ] , 162 – 169 ( pub...
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