Creator Bio
Ḥiyya ben al-Dā’ūdi
ca. 1084-1154
Hiyya ben al-Dâ’udï seems to have lived in Christian Spain, in Castile. His family name indicates that they claimed Davidic descent. Many penitential selihot in Hiyya’s name appear in prayer books for the High Holidays from communities around the Mediterranean and in the Sephardic liturgy.
Content by Ḥiyya ben al-Dā’ūdi
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Up high in heaven is Your throne of glory
Up high in heaven is Your throne of glory,
and in the lands of earth are the footstool of Your kingdom and glory.
These [on high] testify to all Your glory.
And these [on earth] tell whose is the…