[Avodah] alenu

[Arie Folger]

R'n Menucha wrote:
>  From Teshuvot Hageonim (Shaarei Tzedek 43)
> Yehoshua tiken Aleinu Leshabeiach velav hu mitakanat Rabanan

The "Geonic" responsum (in the name of IIRC R'Hai Gaon) claiming that
Alenu was authored by Yehoshu'a has been repeatedly demonstrated to be
pseudepigraphic, having been written long after the Geonic era came to
a close. See Otzar haTefillot, which explains why, and suggests that
Alenu was written either by Rav, or during the 2nd Temple era (as it
features hishta'havaya).

(BTW: Eliott Wolfson demonstrates why he is convinced that the author
of that responsum is none other than R'Moshe Ibn Shem Tov de Leon)

-- 
Arie Folger,
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