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<p>Maimonides surpassed his Andalusian predecessors in the realms of Halakhah and philosophy but, unlike them, was not known as a poet and expressed opposition to both secular and liturgical poetry. However, we do find a <i>piyyut</i> attributed to him in the high holiday mahzor of the Sephardic and Eastern rites. The poem is analyzed and shown to be structured around Maimonides’s “Laws of Repentance.” It is suggested that Maimonides felt compelled to counter regnant theories of vicarious atonement; to highlight <i>teshuvah</i> (repentance), the path to prophecy; and to effect redemption at a time when Maimonides felt that the eschaton was nigh.</p>

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Maimonides, the Reluctant Paytan: A Philosopher Picks Up the Poet’s Pen for Penitence

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    2025年12月1日

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  • Aton M. Holzer

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Maimonides surpassed his Andalusian predecessors in the realms of Halakhah and philosophy but, unlike them, was not known as a poet and expressed opposition to both secular and liturgical poetry. However, we do find a piyyut attributed to him in the high holiday mahzor of the Sephardic and Eastern rites. The poem is analyzed and shown to be structured around Maimonides’s “Laws of Repentance.” It is suggested that Maimonides felt compelled to counter regnant theories of vicarious atonement; to highlight teshuvah (repentance), the path to prophecy; and to effect redemption at a time when Maimonides felt that the eschaton was nigh.