April 27, 2024 ~ PESAH. SIGAH/AJAM/BAYAT.
| Section | Pizmon | Page | Song | Commentary | Recordings | Application |
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| Baqashot | 15 | 24 | ארץ ורום | Maqam Saba Saba. Discusses the seven days. Aharon Rahamim Hares Baqashot Manuscript, 1917 |
Archives E. Menaged D Binker-Duek |
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| Baqashot | 23 | 30 | כי אשמרה שבת |  Maqam Saba Saba. A Z Idelsohn notes, 1923 Aharon Rahamim Hares Baqashot Manuscript, 1917 |
E. Menaged Archives Ohabe Zion 1960 R Barzani- Semehim Charlie Chehebar- Qaddish I Cabasso- SABA- Semehim Moshe Dwek - Nahwand melody Moshe Dwek - Semehim (AJAM) |
שמחים |
| Baqashot | 26 | 34 | אליו מי הקשה | Maqam Sigah Sigah. Aharon Rahamim Hares Baqashot Manuscript, 1917 |
Archives E. Menaged Ohabe Zion 1960 |
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| Baqashot | 62 | 70 | אגדלך אלהי | Discussing the relationship between man and the Creator. There are many emotions here including the mortality of man. There is more than one melody to this song; According to H. Kaire, it could be in Sigah (melody: Adon Yahid Yasad), Nahwand (Atah El Kabir), other popular Nahwand tune, or Mehayar Bayat (Mamlekhot Ha'ares). Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Aharon Rahamim Hares Baqashot Manuscript, 1917 |
Archives Recording M Habusha Ohabe Zion 1960 R Barzani- Naqdishakh Moshe Dwek - Qaddish (Nahwand) |
קדיש |
| Mossaei Shabbat | 72 | 81 | אל אליהו | There are many different melodies to this song. Eliyahu, who will be the announcer of the redemption will hopefully come on a Saturday night right after Shabbat and in zechut (merit) that we have observed the Shabbat. The pizmon ends in prayer. |
G. Shrem G. Shrem Sephardic Archives M Habusha D Binker-Duek |
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| 2107 | בן אדמה | "Ben Adama," or "Son of Earth," is considered one of the most sacred and thought-provoking hymns of the entire Sephardic liturgy. It is said to be composed by H Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167) during the Golden Age of Spain. There is a tradition among Syrian Jews to sing this poem on the eve of Yom Kippur after Arbit. In addition, according to Aleppo sources, including H Moshe Ashear, it's melody is used for the Qaddish on Yom Kippur as well as Shabbat Shuba. "Ben Adama" is especially appropriate for Yom Kippur, because it is a composition of introspection of some of the existential aspects of life. In each of it's ten stanzas, the author describes one decade of a person's life. The general message of the poem is to take a step back from where you are in life and think about the different stages of your life. The last verse concludes "Happy is the man who considers himself to be a transient visitor," because all of us are only here for a short time, and once life is over, we should have no regrets. |
 I. Cabasso Haim Daya- Ben Adama Haim Daya- Ben Adama Qaddish Recording- Qaddish G Shrem Moshe Dwek - Qaddish |
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| 2129 | 514n | לך אלי תשוקתי | Opens the prayers on Yom Kippur Evening. Discusses confessions of a person and realizations that everything comes from Hashem. Ashear used this song for Semehim on Shabbat Shubah. |
Recording M. Tawil Recording S Antebi |
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