Rahum ve-hanun (Rahum vehanun)

One of the oldest seliḥot in the Sephardi rite, this poem is usually known today by its first stanza, Adon ha-seliḥot, and not after its opening refrain, Raḥum ve-ḥanun. The melody sung by Haim Effendi differs substantially from the one most usually associated with this text in modern Sephardi synagogues around the globe. It certainly represents an older Ottoman Sephardi stratum and shows that the widespread "traditional" melody sung today is apparently of modern derivation.