May 18, 2013 ~ Shabbat NASO. Maqam SABA.
God ordains the sacrifice of a red heifer to purify those having contact with the dead. Miriam dies. When the people complain about a lack of water, Moses strikes a rock, instead of speaking to it as God instructs; consequently, God informs Moses that he may not enter the promised land. The Israelites skirt Edom when it refuses them safe passage. Aaron dies. After conquering the Canaanites and Amorites, Israel encamps in Moab, across the Jordan from Jericho.
Judges 11:1–33
For Shabbat Huqat (Numbers 19:1-22:1), services are conducted in Maqam HOSENI (higher version of Maqam Bayat). Hoseni (the maqam used for Matan Torah) is applied, because the idea of following the laws of Parah Adumah, a "Hoq" (statute; interpreted by some as ‘a law without an explanation’) reflects the spirit of "Matan Torah" (i.e. of following a rule without knowing its explanation). As previously mentioned, traditionally, this perasha was always combined with Perashat Qorah, thereby assigning Maqam Hoseni for Qorah-Huqat combined. ALIYOT: Do not stop at 19:9 ("LeMei Niddah Hattat Hee"), rather the correct stops for the first three Aliyot are: 19:3, 19:6, 19:17. Sixth Aliyah ends 21:20 and this includes the Shirah. MISHMARA: Tractate Parah (Sephardic Pizmonim Project, www.pizmonim.com).
Hakham Moshe Ashear
Nowaday we do מקאם נהוונד for קורח but in Halab things were different. In Halab there was an ancient minhag that קורח and חוקת would be מחוברות almost every year. This custom never existed anyplace else.
The Yeminites do half of חוקת with קורח and the other half of חוקת with בלק. Only in Halab was the entire קורח and the entire חוקת connected.Here in America the Halabiyeh decided that they should do like everyone else but even so אשקר prayed Bayat-Hoseni both weeks in a row. קורח and חוקת .
גבריאל שרים said קורח נהוונד , Houqat חוסיני .
The חאלֶבּי in Jerusalem kept קורח as Hoseni and made חוקת; Rast.
As far as I know all of us in Brooklyn prayed נהוונד for קורח so we have to pray חוסיני this week.These are the only two items that אשקר used exactly the same all 4 years in a row for Perashat Houqat.
שועת עניים= ‘Ebed Yomar page 317
אל ההודאות= Yiten El page 257
| Year | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 |
| Friday night | נהוונד | נאווה | ביאת | נאווה |
| Hashem Melekh | ראשט | צבא | נהוונד | |
| Halelouyah | סיגא | סיגא or ajam | ||
| נשמת | ביאת | ביאת | ביאת | ביאת |
| פזמון | Lebet Miqdashakh 135 rast | Lebet miqdashakh | Mah Ne’imah 299 bayat | Mah Ne’imah |
| Keter | ראשט | |||
| אין כאלהינו | נהוונד | נהוונד | ביאת | |
| Minhah | ביאת | ביאת | צבא | ראשט |
| Arbit | מאהור | מאהור | ביאת | ביאת |
Parah: ("Cow"); deals largely with the laws of the Red Heifer.
The perasha opens with Parah Adumah.
