Halel Temallel (Bayat)

Maqam: Bayat

This is piyyut is for the prayer Nishmat kol ḥai, which appears in the maḥzor in the section of seliḥot for the Sabbath of the Biblical portion Shoftim. We recognize here the influence of R. Shlomo Ibn Gabirol’s magnificent poem Keter malkhut. The piyyut praises God who is beyond all praises and human understanding. The text as it appears in the maḥzor is somewhat flawed. The text (in the Hebrew section) and the notes are taken from Israel Levin’s edition of the liturgical poetry of R. Abraham Ibn Ezra.