February 27, 2021 ~ Sh TESSAVE. SABA
Observed on 25 Kislev.
List of maqamat for each day of Hanukkah:
Hanukkah Day: (1) Rahawi (2) Iraq (3) Sigah (4) Saba (5) Rast (6) Nahwand (7) Sigah (8) Bayat
Image from Sassoon Manuscript #647 of the Maqamat and Pizmonim used on Hanukkah in Aleppo, circa 1850.
Section | Pizmon | Page | Song | Commentary | Recordings | Application |
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5743 | הנרות הללו |
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Tehillim | 30 | 41 | מזמור ל | ![]() |
Max E Tawil H Baruch Ben Haim |
מזמור שיר חנוכת הבית |
Section | Pizmon | Page | Song | Commentary | Recordings | Application |
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1412 | 203o | יה הצל יונה מחכה | Maqam Ajam Hanukkah song. Attiah Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
Recording Recording Recording Eliahu Saal- Qaddish |
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Rahawi Nawah | 440 | 363 | יצא למלוך מבית סורים | ![]() |
G. Shrem G. Shrem A Mouhadeb |
שמחים |
Ajam | 202 | 166 | מעוז צור | "Maoz Sur Yeshuati" (AJAM, page 166), a piece from the 13th century Eastern Europe, is considered the most famous Jewish hymns for the festival of Hanukkah. The name of the song, meaning "Strong Rock, My Salvation," is a reference to God, and the song, throughout its 6 stanzas (acrostic: מרדכי חזק), recounts the many times that God saved the Jewish people. The hymn retells Jewish history in poetic form and celebrates deliverance from four ancient enemies, Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Haman, and Antiochus. In the first stanza, it says that God saved us during the times when the enemies are about to slaughter us, and this is when we rededicated the altar, a reference to the festival Hanukkah. The melody of this piece, according to Cantor Birnbaum of Konigsberg, is adapted from the old German folk-song "So weiss ich eins," and has been widely spread among German Jews as early as 1450. It has become tradition to sing the first verse of this song after lighting the Hanukkah candles. |
M Kairey G. Shrem Recording Knis Ades- Rau Banim Eliahu Saal- Qaddish Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek |
כתר |
Rahawi Nawah | 450 | 372 | אודך אל טובות גמלת | ![]() |
G. Shrem G. Shrem |
ממצרים |
Bayat | 314 | 244 | היכלו היכלו | ![]() |
M. Nadaf Recording Maury Blanco |
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Sigah | 1391 | 472s | יביעון שפתי שירה | ![]() |
Iraqi Recording Iraqi Recording Yom Tob Yanani - Nishmat M Habusha H Abraham Zafrani- Nishmat D Binker-Duek- Nishmat |
נשמת |
Nahwand | 259 | 207 | לנרי ואורי | ![]() |
E. Menaged Recording Recording J Mosseri - EH |
שועת עניים |
Saba | 508.2 | 424a | אך טוב לישראל | ![]() |