MAQAM OF THE WEEK- Shabbat Shim'ou - שמעו

Shabbat Shim’ou, named after the Haftarah portion, is the second Shabbat of the “Three Weeks" period. For Shabbat Masei (Numbers 33:1-36:13), the services are conducted in Maqam NAWAH or SABA according to most sources. Nawah, which is cited as the proper maqam according to the notes of Moshe Ashear, would specifically be appropriate, because it is the maqam used for ending a Humash. Just like we use NAWAH on Shabbat to end the week, here too we use NAWAH to end the Humash. The melody of this maqam is the same one used for "Bameh Madliqin" during Qabbalat Shabbat. SABA would be appropriate because the meaning of the word 'Saba' in Hebrew is army, and this portion lists all of the stops that the Israelite armies made.

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