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Ades Synagogue
… and New York have become the centers of the Aleppine piyyut tradition. In Jerusalem, the Ades community maintains … is Oneg Shabbat, the same practice of communal singing of piyyutim, but performed in the afternoon during summer Shabbats. The piyyutim style of the Aleppine Jews as practiced in the Ades …

Responsorial Singing
… in the synagogue. To enable congregational participation, piyyutim , notably seli ḥ ot , included simple … ra ḥ eim aleinu ' as refrains (see sound example no.1). Piyyutim of the Spanish school had longer strophic pizmon … yotzer benediction (during the summer months). Most of the piyyutim of the High Holy Days were performed in some kind …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… new to its capital. Composition of new melodies for piyyutim (liturgical poems), which had almost disappeared in … of this type of undertaking. It sheds new light on ancient piyyutim that are still relevant to the community and can be … J. Safra Foundation. This unique maḥzor contains many piyyutim composed by local poets and sung by the community …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… Performers: Rabbi Haim Louk , the New Jerusalem Orchestra, Piyyut Ensemble of the Ben Zvi Institute. You can download … … Andalusian Hebrew Song from the Maghreb to Jerusalem … Piyyutim … 3 … 2012 … Israel … Piyyut … Morocco … Maghreb … Rabbi Haim Louk … Israeli art …
Hayrana Laih
… The next “Song of the Month” will be dedicated to the piyyut H ai Ram Galeh , which stems from Hayrana Laih , …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… from Spain. Najara followed the tradition of writing new piyyutim according to models of existing songs, and turned … he also used the melodies of these song-models for his piyyutim (a technique that is generally referred to as 'contrafactum'). A large portion of Najara's piyyutim are based on Turkish, Arab, Spanish and Greek …
Ki Hinneh Kahomer
… Prayer Book (NY: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1951). This piyyut is a part of the Selichot prayers which are said on … and ignore mans' 'yetzer hara' (evil inclination). The piyyut is used as a long introduction to the recitation of …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… with its copy by Francis L. Cohen. … 742 … The piyyut Shofet kol ha’aretz (‘Judge of all earth’) is a … to some rare recordings of the Ashkenazi melodies for this piyyut that were published by our website many years ago. It … our poem. More information regarding the performance of our piyyut appears in the Mahzor mi-kol Hashanah Minhag Polin , …
Hanukkah Blessings
… instrumental version of the common Ashkenazi tune for the piyyut (sacred song) Maoz Tzur, sometimes known in …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… various cities where large Sephardi communities existed. … Piyyutim for the High Holidays …