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Qumi ve-sifdi torah
Another qinnah performed before the reading of the Torah on the Ninth of Av. The melody…
Alekhem 'eda qedoshah
The qinnot (dirges) for the Ninth of Av, the Hebrew date marking the destruction of the…
Hallelu et adonay kol goyim (2)
This is another melody for hallel, used for the Festival of the Tabernacles (Succoth),…
Lekh le-shalom geshem
Part of the tiqqun ha-tal (Prayer for Dew), a prayer recited on the first day of…
'Et sha'are ratzon
These are the first and last strophes of one of the most remarkable medieval Hebrew…
Shema' qoli
A famous baqqashah composed by R. Hai Gaon (d. 1038), one of the undisputed leaders of…
Ahot qetannah
In the Sephardi rite this piyyut attributed to Abraham Hazan Gerondi (13th century) is…
Mizmor le-david (Psalm 29)
… communities. The tunes used by the Western Sephardi Jews are strikingly similar to those used at the synagogues …
Yevarekhekha
Birkat kohanim (Priestly Blessing) is one of the most moving and solemn moments of…
Az yashir Moshe (Song of the Sea; Exodus 15) (2 versions)
… in Spanish that are still sung by the Western Sephardi Jews, most particularly by those from New York City (see …