When Rabi Simeon ben Shetach saw that he had found favor in the eyes of King Yannai (after he appointed him Nasi of the Sanhedrin), he approached the king and said: “If I have found favor in your eyes ...
During his visit to the Cambridge University Library in the Summer of 1966, the author discovered three new fragments of Piyyutim by Yannai. In the present article, these fragments which include ...