IMMANUEL BEN SOLOMON (c. 133o), He brew poet, was born in Rome. He was a contemporary and friend of Dante, and his verse shows the influence of the "divine poet." Immanuel's fame chiefly rests on his poems, especially the collec tion (in the manner of Harizi, q.v.) entitled Mehabberoth, a series of 27 good-natured satires on Jewish life. Most popular is an additional section numbered 28 (often printed by itself) called Hell and Paradise (ha-Tophet veha-Eden).
See J. Chotzner, Hebrew Humour (1905) , pp. 82-102.