For Shabbat Yitro, the morning prayers are conducted in Maqam HOSENI according to the vast majority of Syrian sources. The highlight of the Torah Reading is the story of Matan Torah; receiving the Ten Commandments. HOSENI, the maqam that means "beautiful" in Arabic, alludes to the Torah's "beauty." Hoseni, which is described as a high version of Maqam Bayat, is also applied in association with Shabuot, the festival that commemorates receiving the Torah. HAZZANUT: Similar to Shabbat Kallah. Nishmat: Raqs El Ban, El Hahodaot: Bahar Dodi (344), Naqdishakh: Da'at UmZimah (334-II). PIZMON SEFER TORAH: Ahallel VeAbia (220), Roeh Neeman Hu (179). ALIYOT: The Ten Commandments is reserved for Mashlim, and some say that the original tradition is to go back and read from "BaHodesh HaShelishi" (19:1) until the end of the perasha. CANTILLATIONS: The 'Long Tarha' (before the Sof Pasuq) are in the following verses: 19:1, 19:2, 19:8, 19:11, 19:16, 19:17, 19:18, 20:6, 20:7, 20:11, 20:12, 20:13. MISHMARA: Yitro (Exodus 18:1- 20:23), 2 Kings 13-18, Job 21-25, Mishnah Abot and Aboda Zara (Sephardic Pizmonim Project, www.pizmonim.com).