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Keter Malkhut (Crown of the Kingdom)

Solomon ibn Gabirol · 11th c.

A sublime liturgical poem on God and the cosmos, recited on Yom Kippur.

LiturgyPublic domain

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Solomon ibn GabirolThe Andalusian Jewish poet and Neoplatonic philosopher whose Fountain of Life, read for centuries in Latin as the work of "Avicebron," shaped medieval Christian thought.