Arba Otiyot

This CD is dedicated to piyutim (sung sacred poetry) of the Jews of the Tafilalt (Berb. Tāfīlālt) region, in particular to the lore of the venerated tzaddiq (Heb. virtuous/ holy man) Rabbi Yaacov Abuhatzira and the members of the rabbinical dynasty he founded. The songs have been codified in a compendium titled Yagel Yaacov. To the poems of this collection, we added piyutim by other authors, which are related to the Moroccan Jewish tradition. The concept and performance of this production was developed by the Piyut Ensemble of the Ben-Zvi Institute, a Hebrew University institution dedicated to the research of the Sephardic and Oriental Jewry, under the direction of Yair Harel and Avraham Cohen.

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Tracks List: 
1. El hay mehullal ba-tishbahot.
2. Mizmor shir le-yom ha-Shabbat (1)
3. Yom ha-shabbat tov lehodot
4. A'ufah eshkonah
5. At adamah be-lev midbar
6. Yahid ram ye-arot hosef
7. Yonati tammati yeqarah mi-peninim
8. Mizmor shir le-yom ha-Shabbat (2)
9. Adonay Eloheinu, lekah tov natan lanu
10. Hadi alkas
11. Aromemekha, odeh shemekha
12. Elekha Adonay nasati 'einay - She'areikh be-dofqi yah fetahah
13. Mizmor shir le-yom ha-Shabbat (3)