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Mikhtam le-David
A rendition of Psalm 16 (vv. 1-2, half of v. 4, vv. 8-10) that is recited in Eastern…
Ha-noten teshu'ah la-melakhim (Anoten Techoua)
A blessing for the well-being of the local secular authorities recited in the synagogue…
Qaddish (Kadisch)
An example of an original, improvised melody applied by Ottoman ḥazzanim (synagogue…
Ra'u vanim et gevurato (Raou Banim)
A short paragraph from the Birkat ge'ulah (in its Sephardi version) in the Sabbath Eve…
Rahum 'ad matai (Pizmon Rahoum Ad Mataï)
Pizmon composed by Rahamim Yosef Haim, a poet active in Jerusalem in the second half of…
El nora 'alilah (El Nora Alila)
Piyyut by Moshe ibn Ezra included in the opening of the Ne'ilah (closing service) of Yom…
Addir ve-na'or (Adir ve nahor)
A pizmon based on the prophet Micah's account of God's delight in forgiveness (Micah 7:…
Yeẓav ha-El (Jessav a El)
A seliḥah by Yehudah Halevy. It is sometimes printed in Sephardi prayer books as reshut…
Yah shema' evyonekha (Ya Chema Evyoneho)
This piyyut by Yehudah Halevy (ca.1075-ca.1141) is an introduction to the seliḥot in the…
Veha-kohanim (Ve akoanim)
Seder 'avodah, the remembrance of the Jerusalem Temple ritual for the Day of Atonement (…