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Friha Ben Adiba

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Friḥa Ben Adiba (c. 1730-1756) is the sole woman Hebrew poet from North Africa, who wrote Hebrew liturgical and messianic poems in the way of hundreds of rabbinic poets.

Biography

Friha Ben Adiba is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Friḥa Ben Adiba (c. 1730-1756) is the sole woman Hebrew poet from North Africa, who wrote Hebrew liturgical and messianic poems in the way of hundreds of rabbinic poets.

How & why

Friḥa Ben Adiba (c. 1730-1756) is the sole woman Hebrew poet from North Africa, who wrote Hebrew liturgical and messianic poems in the way of hundreds of rabbinic poets. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Joseph (Yossi) Chetrit, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Joseph (Yossi) Chetrit

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Friḥa Ben Adiba (c. 1730-1756) is the sole woman Hebrew poet from North Africa, who wrote Hebrew liturgical and messianic poems in the way of hundreds of rabbinic poets.

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Joseph (Yossi) Chetrit