The article discusses the significance of the Shabbat Hanukkah piyyut (liturgical poem) called Shnei Zeitim, which was written in the eleventh century by Solomon ibn Gabirol.

The article discusses the kinnah (dirge) called "Shomron Kol Titein" which is recited on Tishah Be-Av, the day of mourning for the destruction of the Temple.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon's work "The Ubiquitous Gabirol" delves into the story of a mystical encounter with the medieval poet Solomon ibn Gabirol, where Agnon weaves a narrative connecting past Jewish communities to the horrors of the Holocaust.