DAF HASHAVUA-1000 ALEPHS

. DAF HASHAVUA SHABBOS 103a  הכותב ב' אותיות - בין משם אחד בין משתי שמות (משם אחד - שתיהן אלפין (רש"י There are at least 3 פייטנים (Poets) who wrote a Piyut that has 1000 words uninterrupted every word starting with an Aleph. The first פייטן was ר' אברהם בדרשי   (Provence 13th century)   https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31343&st=&pgnum=1 The second פייטן was ר' משה זכות (Mantova Mantua17th century)  https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31344&st=&pgnum=1 The third פייטן was ר' יוסף כהן צדק (London 19th century) He wrote a הספד on the chief Rabbi R Noson Adler zt"l (נתינה לגר) Even the שער בלאט had all words starting with an Aleph. https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46930&pgnum=1

1,000 Words Starting With Alef

אלף אלפין ישמשוניה ורבו רבבן קדומהי              

Daniel 7

                                    

R. Moshe Zechus wrote a poem containing 1,000 words  all starting with the letter Alef.

He named it  אלף אלפין based on the Pasuk

( In Daniel the translation is, thousand times a thousand-million)

Since then, there were three more people who wrote אלף אלפין poems with a thousand Alefs.

One of them was a Rev.J. Kohn- Zedek (Katz ?) who wrote a Hesped on R. Nosson Adler zt”l chief Rabbi Of England Mechaber of Nesina Lageir.

EvenThe Shar Blatt has many alefs