Piyoutim de Yannai — Poésie liturgique de l'Antiquité tardive

Di piyutim fun Yannai makhn oyf dos eltes identifierbarn corpus fun hebreishe liturgishe poezi (piyut). Yannai, vos hot gelebt in Erets Yisroel in 6tn yorhundert — efsher der lerer fun Eleazar HaKallir —, hot komponirt gantse poetishe tsiklen (kerovot) far yedn shabes fun der drajorn-lezen-tsikl fun der Toyre vos iz geven in brayt in Erets Yisroel. Lang fargesn, zayn verk iz gevorn wunderbar vidergefodn in 20tn yorhundert derkent durn fragmentn fun Genizah fun Kairo, identifitsirt fun Yisroel Davidson un dornokh oysgegeben fun Menahem Zulay. Di piyutim fun Yannai kheybn zikh oys durkh zeyer forml-virtuozitet — alfabet-akrostikhn, vort-shpile, midrash-anshpilungen — un zeyer teologishe oytshtofreykhkayt, vos git a yoytsik-eynem oysblik in der yudisher geyshlekhkayt un liturgye in Erets Yisroel in der vizantiner epokhe.