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Isaac Levy
Isaac Levy was born in Manisa near Izmir to a Sephardic Jewish family. At the age of…
Lekha dodi
Kabbalat shabbat ("Welcoming of the Sabbath"), a ritual developed by the kabbalists of…
Tzur mishelo akhlanu
Table songs (zemirot shabbat), poems sung by family and guests after the festive Sabbath…
Az yashir Moshe (Song of the Sea; Exodus 15) (2 versions)
The Song of the Sea or Song of Moses, a section of the morning liturgy, is sung in…
Yevarekhekha
Birkat kohanim (Priestly Blessing) is one of the most moving and solemn moments of…
Mizmor le-david (Psalm 29)
This is a rhythmicized example of the Hebrew psalmody used for the Sabbath eve (compare…
Ahot qetannah
In the Sephardi rite this piyyut attributed to Abraham Hazan Gerondi (13th century) is…
Shema' qoli
A famous baqqashah composed by R. Hai Gaon (d. 1038), one of the undisputed leaders of…
'Et sha'are ratzon
These are the first and last strophes of one of the most remarkable medieval Hebrew…
Lekh le-shalom geshem
Part of the tiqqun ha-tal (Prayer for Dew), a prayer recited on the first day of…