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'Et sha'are ratzon
These are the first and last strophes of one of the most remarkable medieval Hebrew…
Shema' qoli
A famous baqqashah composed by R. Hai Gaon (d. 1038), one of the undisputed leaders of…
Ahot qetannah
In the Sephardi rite this piyyut attributed to Abraham Hazan Gerondi (13th century) is…
Mizmor le-david (Psalm 29)
… communities. The tunes used by the Western Sephardi Jews are strikingly similar to those used at the synagogues …
Yevarekhekha
Birkat kohanim (Priestly Blessing) is one of the most moving and solemn moments of…
Az yashir Moshe (Song of the Sea; Exodus 15) (2 versions)
… in Spanish that are still sung by the Western Sephardi Jews, most particularly by those from New York City (see …
Kol beru’e ma’ala umata
… Cardoso … Amsterdam … Cardozo, Abraham Lopez … Italian Jews … Netherlands … Oral … Portuguese … בקשות … ניו יורק … …
Tzur mishelo akhlanu
… creativity in most Jewish traditions. The Portuguese Jews in New York City were, according to Rev. Lopes Cardozo, …
Lekha dodi
Kabbalat shabbat ("Welcoming of the Sabbath"), a ritual developed by the kabbalists of…
Isaac Levy
… devoted to collect and to preserve the songs of Sephardic Jews; these songs had been passed down orally from …