Yaakov Huri's recording in the Gerson-Kiwi archive

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Metadata

Material type

Recordings

Year

1958-1959 (and 1963, 1964, 1968)

Place of Recording

Jerusalem

Media

Record

Type of Recording

Research Recording

Tradition

Baghdadi

Languages

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Country/Area

Iraq

Recorder

Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi

Yaakov Huri recordings

Recordings from the Edith Gerson Kiwi Archive

This playlist features the recordings of Yaakov Huri, an Iraqi-born cantor, documented by Edith Gerson-Kiwi as part of her ethnographic work in the late 1950s. Huri's recordings form one of the largest individual repertoires in Gerson-Kiwi's archive, which aimed to systematically document the musical traditions of the Baghdadi Jewish community. The collection includes synagogue liturgy, life cycle songs, domestic rituals, and readings of sacred texts, providing valuable insight into Baghdadi Jewish heritage as preserved in Jerusalem. Additionally, the collection includes several live recordings from 1959 of Huri at the Havdalah ceremony during Reuven Kiwi’s 80th birthday celebration, father of Edith Gerson-Kiwi (see here).

Yaakov Huri

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See also in our website the biography of Yaakov Huri and the project on the Edith Gerson-Kiwi legacy.

Sabbath Songs

Ki eshmera Shabbat

Sabbath

Deror ikra

Sabbath

Barukh ba beshem Adonay

Sabbath

Ashir la-El asher shabat (cut off)

Sabbath

Eretz varum behibaram

Sabbath

Elav mi heksha vayishlam

Sabbath

Yodukha ra'ayonay

Sabbath

Yehalel niv sefateinu

Sabbath

Yaẖid ram beshalom pada nafshi

Sabbath

Yom ha-Shabbat ein kamohu

Sabbath

Tzur mishelo akhalnu

Sabbath

Ir'u ami betov mir'am

Sabbath

Beyom ze simẖu hamonay

Sabbath

Uzi eleikha eshmora

Sabbath

Ali beer ali beer

Sabbath

Shabbat shalom, Shabbat shalom

Sabbath

H̱aviv alla Eliyahu ( in Arabic)

Motzaei Shabbat (Saturday evening)

Rosh Hodesh Songs

Sha'ar haraẖamim le'am bekha boteaẖ

Rosh Hodesh

Simẖu na bebirkat halevana

Rosh Hodesh

Shiru la-El nevonay

Piyyut for Rosh Hodesh and Shabbat

Yamim Noraim (High Holidays) Songs

Hatarat nedarim (annulment of vows)

Seliẖot and Kippur

Lema'ankha elohay, retze am lekha shiẖar

Seliẖot and Kippur

La-Adonay eloheinu haraẖamim vehaseliẖot

Seliẖot and Kippur

Anenu elohey Avraham anenu

Seliẖot and Kippur

Adon haseliẖot

Seliẖot and Kippur

El raẖum shemakh

Seliẖot and Kippur

Bezokhri al mishkavi

Seliẖot and Kippur

Eleikha Adonay nasati einay

Seliẖot and Kippur

Eloheinu ve-elohey avoteinu; Avinu malkenu

Seliẖot and Kippur

Ribono shel olam etvade al averot kalot vaẖamurot

Seliẖot and Kippur

Atanu leẖalot paneikha

Seliẖot and Kippur

Shokehney batey ẖomer

Recited at funerals

Shalom aleikhem maranan verabanan (cemetery prayer)

Pre-High Holy Days cemetery visit

Lekha eli teshukati

Kippur evening

Kol nidrei

Kippur evening

Hanoten teshu'a lamelakhim; Mi sheberakh laavoteinu

Kippur evening

Kam Rabbi Shim'on (Hatarat hagalut, from the Zohar)

Kippur evening

Tefila le-David shim'a Adonay tzedek

Kippur evening

Shome'a tefilah adekha kol basar yavou; Haneshama lakh

Kippur evening

Mishtaẖavim lehadrat kodesh

Kippur evening

Adonay ori veyish'i

Kippur evening

El nora alila

Kippur: Ne'ila - the concluding service

Shema koli asher ishma bekolot; Ane ani shefal kol hashefalim

Kippur

Al ẖet sheẖatanu lefanekha; Al ẖataim sheanu ẖayavim aleihem

Kippur

Ana bekorenu

Kippur

Shiv'at yamim kodem yom kippur (Tractate Yoma, Mishnah)

Kippur evening, after the prayer

Oẖila la-El

Rosh Hashanah and Kippur

Uvkhen ten paẖdekha

Rosh Hashanah and Kippur

Yedid nefesh

Rosh Hashanah and Kippur

Yehalel niv sefateinu

Rosh Hashanah and Kippur

Ya'ale veyavo

Rosh Hashanah and Kippur

Aleinu leshabeaẖ

Rosh Hashanah and Kippur

Kumu tzalu

Rosh Hashanah and Kippur

Shuvi nafshi limnuẖaykhi... yekara miyar yotzrekh

Rosh Hashanah and Kippur

Lamenatzeaẖ livney Koraẖ mizmor (Psalms 47); Adonay bekol shofar

Rosh Hashanah: Prior to the Shofar Blowings

The shofar blowings

Rosh Hashanah: the shofar blowings

Shoef kemo eved (Yaakov Huri)

Rosh Hashanah: Shaẖarith

Shoef kemo eved (Itzhak Makhluf)

Rosh Hashanah: Shaẖarith

Shoef kemo eved (Reuven Mu'alem)

Rosh Hashanah: Shaẖarith

Simhat Torah: Torah reading & piyyutim for aliyot

Bishar semaẖot; Kohen kum uvarekh; Vezot haberakha (Torah reading)

Simhat Torah: first aliyah (kohen)

Shivtey Yah; Hayom yehi reshit sesonekha; Ule-Levy amar (Torah reading)

Simhat Torah: second aliyah (Levy)

Ashrekha Israel; Hayom semaẖ; Ule-Yosef amar (Torah reading)

Simhat Torah: third aliyah

Ashrekhem Israel; Tzurkha yemale mishaloteikha; Veli-Zvulun amar (Torah reading)

Simhat Torah: fourth aliyah

Ze Eli veanvehu; H̱ayim ne'imim; Ule-Asher amar (Torah reading)

Simhat Torah: fifth aliyah

Elohey kedem hadar bim'ona; H̱atan yehi shalom; Me'ona elohey kedem (Torah reading)

Simhat Torah: sixth aliyah (H̱atan Me'ona)

Ashrekhem am segula + H̱atan amod biykar (for H̱atan Torah); Adonay li + H̱atan yehi hael (for H̱atan Bereshit)

Simhat Torah: piyyutim for H̱atan Torah and H̱atan Bereshit

Vaya'al Moshe me'Arvot Moav (Torah reading)

Simhat Torah: seventh aliyah (H̱atan Torah)

Bereshit bara Elohim (Torah reading)

Simhat Torah: H̱atan Torah Bereshit

Hadran alakh orayta

Simhat Torah: Prayer for the Completion of the Torah

Simẖu na bamaftir vebirkhato; Hayom yehi simẖa

Simhat Torah: piyyutim for the Maftir

Beyom hashemini atzeret (Bamidbar 29)

Simhat Torah: Maftir (Torah reading)