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Nizza, Solomon ben Isaiah ben Eliezer ?ayyim

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Rabbi of Venice in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; equally prominent as sage, Talmudist, and liturgical poet. His father, Isaiah, whom he succeeded, was the author of "Derek Yashar" (Venice, 1633), on ethics, and of "Yesha'Yah" (ib. 1637), a commentary on the Zohar; and his grandfather Eliezer ?ayyim, who was rabbi of Padua (c. 1600), wrote "Dammese? Eli'ezer."

Many prominent Talmudists corresponded with Nizza and published his decisions in their works; and his approbations ("haskamot") were in great demand. He was the teacher of Moses and Gershon ?efe?, on the latter of whom he delivered a eulogy (published in "Yad ?aruzim," 1660). His seli?ah , in eight rimed stanzas, each of which ends with , was inserted in the morning service for New-Year's Day ("Sha?arit") in the Roman ritual.