March 21, 2019 ~ Shabbat SAV. Maqam BAYAT.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  ישראל בר משה בר לוי חזק Shabbat Miqes. Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
G. Shrem G. Shrem A Mouhadeb |
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| Ajam | 202 | 166 | מעוז צור | Hanukkah. This song demonstrates God's protection over the Jewish people from such enemies as Pharoah, Zerubabel, Haman and the Greeks. |
M Kairey G. Shrem Recording Knis Ades- Rau Banim Eliahu Saal- Qaddish |
כתר |
| Rahawi Nawah | 450 | 372 | אודך אל טובות | Raphael Tabbush Hanukkah song. Tabbush Manuscript |
G. Shrem G. Shrem |
ממצרים |
| Bayat | 314 | 244 | היכלו היכלו | Raphael Tabbush Hanukkah. Thanking God for the deliverence against the enemies. Like "Al Hanissim", this song opens and closes with the Beit Hamikdash. This song also mentions Matityahu and the lighting of the Menora. Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript A Z Idelsohn notes, 1923 |
M. Nadaf Recording M Blanco |
