Im afes rova' ha-qen (Imaphes Espagnole, Im afes, I Mafess, As apes)

An 'aqedah by Rabbi Ephraim Bar Isaac of Regensburg (1110-1175), one of the greatest liturgical poets from Ashkenaz (Germany) that is included in the Sephardi seliḥot service. Haim sings a version in Ladino which surprisingly enough differs from the one that was published under his name in 1895 or from the versions known in current research. This melody in makam Uşak/ Hüseyni is one of the most widespread Eastern Sephardi traditional tunes for the High Holidays. It is also used for the singing of Adonai shama'ti shim'akha (see CD 2, no. 1).