Solomon ben Judah Ghayyat

{{Short description|Medieval Poet}}

Solomon ben Judah Ghayyat ({{Langx|he|שלמה בן יהודה גיאת|translit=Shelomo ben Yehuda Giyat}}; {{fl|12th century}}) was a medieval Hebrew poet.

He was possibly a grandson of Isaac Ghayyat of Lucena.{{cite book | last=Sachs| first=M. | title=Die religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien | publisher=Veit und Comp.|location=Berlin | year=1845 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQA-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA259 | language=de| page=259}} Solomon was on terms of friendship with Judah ha-Levi, who dedicated to him one of the most important compositions of his Diwan.{{cite book|title=Dîwân des Abû-l-Hasan Jehudah ha-Levi|editor-first=H.|editor-last=Brody|editor-link=Henrik Bródy|language=he|volume=1|date=1899|publisher=H. Itzkowski|location=Berlin}} No. 94. This poem, which is a rejoinder to one of Ghayyat's, not only shows the high esteem which Ha-Levi had for his friend, but also refers to Ghayyat's poetic activity and talent.

Only two poems by Ghayyat have been preserved, and these are religious ones, namely, Shaḥoti we-Nidketi we-Libbi Zoḥel, a seliḥah for the Tenth of Tevet, in the ritual of Carpentras, and {{'}}Enenu Ẓofiyyah 'Anenu mi-Sheme 'Aliyyab, a tokaḥah for the minḥah of Yom Kippur, in the rituals of Castile and Fez, as well as in some earlier editions of the Spanish Maḥzor.{{cite book|first=Leopold|last=Zunz|title= Literaturgeschichte der synagogalen Poesie|location=Berlin|publisher=L. Gerschel Verlagsbuchhandlung|date=1865|language=de|page=216|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044037732229&view=1up&seq=234}}