[Avodah] Nesane Tokef

[Lisa Liel]

On 9/8/2013 1:27 PM, Eli Turkel wrote:
> In spite of the popular legend azttributing UNesane Tokef to Rav Amnon
> who was a gadol hador (though unknown outside of the legend) we know
> today from the Cairo Genizah that in fact it is much older going back
> to Yannai.

Yannai?  How do we know this?


> I saw an interesting comment from from R. Brander. He says that the Or
> Zarua uses the language
> "Yesed Unesane Tokef". Thus his interpretaion is that it was
> established in Ashkenaz by a Rav Amnon. However, indeed it was written
> many centuries earlier.

What's his source for that conclusion?

Lisa