Akdamut, or Akdamus or Akdamut Milin, or Akdomus Milin (Aramaic: אֵקְדָּמוּת מִלִּין, "In Introduction to the Words," i.e. to the Aseret ha-dibrot, the Ten Commandments), is a prominent liturgical poem (piyyut) recited annually on the Jewish holiday of Shavuos by Ashkenazi Jews written in Aramaic. It was penned by Rabbi Meir bar Yitzchak ("Nehorai") of Orléans, who was a cantor (prayer leader) in Worms, Germany, (died ca. 1095). Akdamut consists of praise for God, His Torah, and His people.