Moshe Ashear- 1939 

Moshe Ashear- 1940- G. Shrem Copy 

• Moshe Ashear: 1877-1940

• Moses Ashear wass adopted by Raphael Taboush as a young child, having lost his parents. Ashear was taught music, poetry, and the love for pizmonim. In 1912, Moses Ashear immigrated to New York, where he lived first in Manhattan and later in Brooklyn. He brought with him the pizmonim from Aleppo that he had learned from Taboush, and composed many new pizmonim as well. Moses Ashear would listen to recordings of new Arabic songs to learn new melodies and thereby create new pizmonim.

• When in Brooklyn, Ashear was a constant reference to past pizmonim as well as a bridge to the new. He would help to identify some forgotten songs and teach others in order to continue the transmission of pizmonim.

• Hakham Moshe was a student of Hakham Rafael Yisshaq Ades Antebi Tabboush.

• He officiated in Knis Kebirah (Halab) and he was the Chief Hazzan of our NY community until his passing on Hol Hamoed Sukkot 1940

• We have copies of his weekly notes for the last 4 years of his life (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940).

• Even though most of us follow the maqam list printed in the back of שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה  for each Shabbat of the year, there are other factors that do change that. As a community the Red Book has shaped the way we know the application of the מקאמת to the weekly פרשה.

• He is a direct uninterrupted link to the sources. In general if there is a discrepancy between him and the Red Book go with him unless all the other sources give me a reason to say otherwise

• Studying אשקר notes I found the patterns of the weekly מקאמת for leap years, as well as for the Shabatot from Pesah until Shabou'ot.

בסימנא טבא

Bereshit | בראשית

Maqam RAST (always- all sources)

As per משה אשקר:
שחרית is ראשט
We have his notes on Bereshit from 1936,1937,1938,1939.

Nishmat = Hasdakh Qadam (All 4 years)

Shav'at = El Ram Barekh 'Am (37,38,39)

Hodaot = Mah Navou Raghle Mebaser (36,38,39)

Qadish = Al Yibol 'Ali (All 4 years), p114

Semehim = Roni Simhi Ssahali (All 4 years)

Mimmissrayim = Mah Na'im Hehatan (37,38,39)

Naqdishakh = Or Miqedem (37,38,39)

Pizmon = Miyamim Yamimah (37,38,39)

Keter = Lemali El Nas (All 4 years)
For Friday night קדיש , I like to use יסד בסודו for שבת בראשית.

 

Noah | נח

SIGAH

According to the notes of משה אשקר and according to שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה, this week, פרשת נח is מקאם סיגא.
The blue book says ביאת.
The following are items that אשקר did exactly the same all 4 years (1936,37,38,& 39).

ערבית
קדיש was Kol Maamim Bishmakh

ראו בנים was  'Oori Nessourah Kebabat

שחרית
שמחים was  Eshtabeah Bithilot Elohim Hai
נקדישך was Asis El Bakh

 

מוסף was עג'ם

מנחה and Arbit were both Bayat

 

Lech Lecha  | לך לך

SABA (always- all Aleppian sources)

All חאלֶ‏בּ‏י sources agree that פרשת לך לך is מקאם צבא.
Shami sources says אייראק or Sika.

Here are the pieces that משה אשקר did exactly the same all 4 years.

ערבית
קדיש  was Ya qalbi malak malak bet'ashaq
ראו בנים was Bene Li Zeboul Mishkani

שחרית
אל ההודאות  was  'Oteh or meir kasalmah
פזמון was Ahallel veAghilah bemissvat yom hamilah
 

כתר  was Yasad Besodo Bore Lebinyan
אין כאלהינו  was Marom Ba'arabot Dar

Other tunes that were used each year by אשקר that I have also heard over the years traditionally used on שבת לך לך are:

1)Yigdal Elokim Hai in צבא (the tune that is sung at the milah) to be used for either שועת עניים or שמחים.
2)Ya Mal El Sham for ממצרים or שועת עניים.

מנחה : he prayed ביאת or Ajam

מוצאי שבת : he prayed ביאת or Nawa

 

Vayera | וירא

RAHAWI  (NAWAH)

This is one of those פרשיות that I have found many opinions as to what the מקאם is.

The majority of sources say נאווה.

Our " שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה" lists רהאוו as the first choice with נאווה in parentheses.

Other sources say: נהוונד , Hijaz, אייראק, Nagriz, Hoseni

What did משה אשקר do?
 

In 1936, 37, 38 he did Bayat Nawa.

These are the Bayat Nawa tunes as per Ashear.

Nishmat = Oybi Hikani page 243
= Nawa Qadimah not in book

Shav'at = Yasad Besodo page 22
= Taraz El Rihan not in book
= KeQedem 'Irakh not in book

Hodaot = El Ram VeAyom page 254
= El Na'alah page page 278

Qadish = Lammah Oybai page 245
= Ya Qalbi Malak not in book

Semehim = 'Ebed Yomar page 317
= Yehidati page 244

Mimmissrayim = Shemaratni page 367

Naqdishakh = Ya Hahishah page 327
= El Yassarta page 241

Pizmon = Halelou Et page 268
= Yah Shema' page 126

 

Mousaf
Keter=Leyli Leil BAYAT
Ein Kelohenou=Habou Godel
Minhah
VaAni Tefilati=Hish Zemano (Bayat)

 

 

Haye Sarah  | חיי שרה  (SHABBAT HEBRON)

HIJAZ (all Aleppian sources)

Halabi מקאם for this שבת חיי שרה is חג'אז.
This is basically agreed upon by all sources, except two that present variations on חג'אז. They are Hijaz Arazbar and Hijazkar.

For those interested in knowing, the Shami מקאם for חיי שרה is Saba. Shamis only use חג'אז for שבת חזון.

The Maqam for this week according to Halabi sources is Hijaz.
Hijaz is employed because it is considered very sad and this is the week of the demise of Sarah Immenou.

Hakham Mosheh Ashear:
Ram Or Gadol 1936,1938 Abraham Sasson 1937 Yah Eli Maher 1939	קדיש
Kol 'Od Balebab 1936,1938,1939 Goalekh 1937	ראו בנים
Yehezqel Dweck Tirkiyeh 1936,1938 Leli Lel Lel Lel Bayat 1937 Tidrabni Leh 1939	ה' מלך
Taba' Jo Waladna 1936 Meir Safdieh 1937,1938 Sos Yasis Libi 1939	הללויה
Nafshi Beqirbi 1936,1938 Or Hasdakh 1937,1939	נשמת
Mor Derori 1936,1938,1939 Ram Beneh Miqdash 1937	שועת עניים
Romemot El Ani Agid 1936 Yahid Melekh 1937,1938,1939	אל ההודאות
Ya Hamam Malak 1936 Deleh Li Hokhmah 1937,1938 Nadah Ani 1939	קדיש
Atah Romemah 1936,1938 Marom Dar Me'onah 1937 בואי ברנה 1939	שמחים
Elekha Kamah Besari 1936 Rodef Sedeq 1937,1938 Yaateh Lael 1939	ממצרים
Aboud Ades Tirkiyah 1936,1937,1938 Mahtiyali 1939	נקדישך
Rodef Sedeq 1936 Meromi Barekh 1937 Yah Nibi 1938 Atah Souri 1939	פזמון
'Al Hela el hela 1936,1938,1939 Khayef Aqoul 1937	כתר
Mah Tob Helqekh 1936,1938 El Beneh Yah 1937 Elah Eleah Habah 1939	אין כאלהינו
Yehidah Hitna'ari 1936,1938 'Aloubah ve'azoubah 1937 Hish Zemanno 1939	ואני תפלתי
El Yassarta 1936 Anah Elekh Merouhekha 1937 Aqsaq Samai 1938 Mah Tob Helkekh 1939	נקדישך
Yah Qalbi Malak 1936,1938 Sham El Kokayin 1937 Dodai Eten 1939	קדיש
חדש ששוני 1936,1938 Gito Ma Konto 1937 במוצאי יום מנוחה 1939	ראו בנים

 

Toledot | תולדות

MAHOUR (all Aleppian sources)

The מקאם for פרשת תולדות according to all חאלֶ‏בּ‏י sources that I have is מאהור.

משה אשקר: There is no one pizmon that he used for the same piece all 4 years in a row. Ashear used numerous pizmonim for the pieces of prayer but there is no one pizmon that he used for the same piece all 4 years in a row.

What did Ashear do for the entire Shabbat Toledot?

Friday night: Bayat 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939

Hashem Melekh: Sikah 1936, ?? 1937, 1938, Bayat 1939

Halelouyah: Ajam 1936, 1937, 1938, ?? 1939

Nishmat: Mahour 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939

Pizmon: Shabti  Shabti 1936, 1937, 1938, Mah Ne'imah VeYafah 1939

Mousaf: Rast 1936, Mahour 1937, 1938, Bayat 1939

Minhah: Saba 1936, Rast 1937, Bayat 1938, Hoseni 1939

Sat Arbit: Bayat 1936, 1937, Saba 1938, 1939

 

 

Vayese | ויצא

AJAM

The חאלֶ‏בּ‏י & the Shami מקאם of this week is עג'ם or one of its family members like Girka (Jirka, Sharkah) or ססגאר (Sadhkar). 

Even though the מקאם is עג'ם we must not forget that this parasha talks about Rachel coming with her flocks of sheep.

Since there is a special פזמון  which mentions that event, the מנהג is , that we must use that פזמון  in צבא for שמחים. The פזמון  is Yedidi Ro’i Meqimi (page 417).

Now from the notes of משה אשקר.

The following are pieces that he used identically the same all four years in a row.

 

ערבית

קדיש  was  Ayoumah Li Shoubi

ראו בנים was Midebash Venofet

 

שחרית נשמת was  מי יספר חסדי האל

שמחים  was  Yedidi Ro’i MeqimiHe used מפי אל all four years but for different pieces 1936= אל ההודאות 1937= ממצרים 1938= אל ההודאות 1939= שועת עניים

 

Vayishlach | וישלח

SABA / SIGAH (IRAQ)

Our  שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה says צבא or Sigah.

The older sources all say צבא or אייראק, but אייראק has many more sources.
Even though the older Israeli books, most notably that of Haim Shaoul Aboud, also said צבא or Siga, the new Israeli blue book says ביאת.

That seems to follow the Shami method which calls for Hoseni or Bayat for וישלח.

According to the notes of  משה אשקר:

He did the following:
1936 and 1937 ראשט
1938 and 1939 SIGAH

Here are the Sikah tunes that משה אשקר  used in 1938 & 1939 for פרשת וישלח.

(432) יצו האל	נשמת
Ma Kan Shi (?); Qess Yamin (450)	שועת עניים
Ya Nahil El Qawam (445)	אל ההודאות
Ya Qalbi Min Qalak T'eshaq (bayat)	קדיש
Mi Zot Olah (469); Eshtabeah Bithilot (31)	שמחים
Adon Yahid (67)	ממצרים
(433) נבחר בידיד	נקדישך

 

Vayesheb | וישב

RAHAWI / NAHWAND

All the old sources and most newer ones say the מקאם is רהאוו. Two sources say נהוונד . One source has Egyptian ‘Oshaq.

The blue book has נאווה .

 So what did משה אשקר do?

He was very consistent all 4 years and did the following:

 

Male Mishalot Libi (1936,1937,1938) page 335; Le’ir Hannah (1939) page 210	נשמת
Leneri veori (1936,1937,1938,1939) page 207 [oshaq]	שועת עניים
Gani Habibi Abou El Halqah (1936); Le’ir Hannah (1937,1938); Hai varam souri veqoni (1939)	אל ההודאות
Maghen El Souri (1936) page 358 [oshaq]; El Abi (1937, 1938,1939) page 207 [oshaq];	קדיש
Gani Habibi Badri (1936,1937,1938,1939)	שמחים
Yassa Limlokh (1936) page 363; Lakh Ez’aq (1937,1938); Kol ‘od Belebab (1939) page 236	ממצרים
Lakh Ez’aq beleb nishbar (1936,1939); Maghen El Souri (1937,1938) page 358 [oshaq]	נקדישך

 

Hodaot = Gani Habibi Abou El Halqah is a Syrian song in maqam nawa. Sabah Fakhri sings it at the end of one of his waslas in maqam hijaz.

Mimmissrayim & Naqdishakh = Lakh Ez'aq first appears in Shir Oushbahah of Rabbi Taboush in 1905 (maqam Hijaz page 130A) and then appears again in Shirah oushbahah in 1921 (maqam Hijaz page 162B).

Yes, the Pizmon Sefer Torah for all 4 years for this parashah is Odekha El Tobot Gamalta in maqam Nawa. This is a Hanoukah song.

 

Miqes | מקץ

SIGAH (always- all Aleppian sources)

The מקאם of פרשת מקץ according to all sources I have for the מנהג חאלֶ‏בּ‏י is סיגא .

The Shami מקאם is רהאוו (so they can sing Yasah Limloch).

This is what משה אשקר did:

 

Yebi’oun Sefatai (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)	נשמת
Mah Navoo Raghle Mebaser (1936, 1938, 1939); Mah Kan Shi Yinam (1937)	שועת עניים
Rokheb Bishme Sheme Qedem (1936); Ah Ya Ana weesh lil awazil (1937, 1938, 1939)	אל ההודאות
Shir Zemer Tab (1936, 1938); Yah Eli Min Yadakh (1937); Marom Nezar Bighbourah (1939)	קדיש
Eshtabeah Bithilot (1936); Or Kasalmah (1937, 1938, 1939)	שמחים
Misgab LeAm (1936); Heyeme Setime (1937, 1938, 1939)	ממצרים
Shadai She’eh (1936, 1937, 1938); El Habib Galeh from the song Asir Beyoqshi (1939)	נקדישך
Yassa Limlokh (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)	פזמון

 

Vayigash | ויגש

BAYAT

This week the מקאם is ביאת.

As per the notes of משה אשקר:

 

3 out of 4 years he used Mahalal El in מאהור page 153	הללויה
Shabehou El (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)	נשמת
Ya Eli Maher (1936);  Ya Hahishah (1937, 1938);  Tarz El Rihan (1939)	שועת עניים
Shaalta Mini (1936); Yad Li Ten (1937, 1938, 1939)	אל ההודאות
Malki Resseh Na (1936); ‘Ala Shan Ahobak Tidala’ (1937); Zahi Gamalak (1938, 1939)	קדיש
‘Al Rozana BAYAY (1936); Makhon Leshibtekha (1937, 1938, 1939)	שמחים
Shemaratni (1936); El Doreshah (1937, 1938, 1939)	ממצרים
Ya Hahishah (1936);  Sa’idouni Ya Rafaqi (1937, 1938, 1939)	נקדישך
Ehze Beno’am (1936); Ya Shokhen Zeboul (1937); Merosh Amanah (1938, 1939)	פזמון
all 4 years AJAM	מנחה
Rast, Bayat, or Nahawand	מוצאי שבת

 

Vayehi | ויחי

HIJAZ

Hoseni (Esa Libi)	ה' מלך
Rast (3 years it was Pishoo 'Immi).	הללויה
Yom Yom El Shadai (1936), Mahtiyali (1937), Farid el mahasen (1938), Ahowa Habibi (1939)	נשמת
Farid El Mahasen (1936), Keme-az Lakh etvada' (1937), Ya Maria (1938, 1939)	שועת עניים
Ya Atafta (1936, 1938), Fi Magles el ons (1937), Farid el mahasen (1939)	אל ההודאות
Deleh Li Hokhmah (1936), Wenadim wenadimi (1937), Ya Manta Wahishni (1938, 1939)	קדיש
Re-eh Beholshi (1936), Yahid varam (1937), בואי ברנה (hijaz) (1938), Mor Derori (1939)	שמחים
Labat Salami (36), Re-eh Beholshi (37), Naghamah minni (Ashear's own tune) (38), El ram nora (39)	ממצרים
Bal Amtathal (1936), Yedidi min hasdakh (1937), Aboud Ades Turkiye (1938, 1939)	נקדישך
Yahid oumyouhad (1936); Rodef Sedeq (1937, 1938); Merosh Amanah (1939)	פזמון

 

Shemot | שמות 

RAST

Is פרשת שמות Rast or Bayat??

There are sources for both and at least 3 sources list both מקאמת.

The reason for ראשט is because פרשת שמות is the beginning of Sefer שמות .

The reason for ביאת because the פרשה says (1:16) vekhol haBAT tehayoun. BAT alluding to ביאת.

So what did משה אשקר do?

1936 =ביאת

1937 = ראשט

1938 =ביאת

1939 = ביאת

Remember that whatever you do this week for שמות will affect what you do next week for VaEra.

 

Va'era | וארא

BAYAT-HOSENI

Ashear: Remember that whatever you do for שמות will affect what you do for וארא .

On that note, משה אשקר did the following for וארא :

1936 = מאהור

1937 = ביאת

1938 = נהוונד

1939 = נהוונד

 

Bo | בא

NAWAH

 

 משה אשקר did NAWAH for this week.

For Perashat BO

      3 sources for Maqam Sigah

         3 sources for Maqam Iraq

         2 sources for Maqam Rast

         1 source for Maqam Rahaw

 

Shaharit: Moshe Ashear- similar to Shabbat HaGadol
El Qalbi Fi Widdak (1937) (‘Oshaq); Male Mishalot Libi (1938,1939,1940) (Hoseni)	נשמת
Rahet El Arwah (1937,38,39); Leneri VeOri (1940) (Nahawand)	שועת עניים
Atah El Tob Vesalah (1937,38,39) (Rast); Yimlokh Amonai Le’olam QIDSHIYEH {"of the Yiddish style”} (1940)	אל ההודאות
Yenahegh Li El Hesed (1937,38,39) (Rast); Yah Eli Hassel Le’am Behirakh (1940)	קדיש
Le’ir Hannah (1937,38,40) (Nahawand); Yah El Gadol (1939) (Saba)	שמחים
Lakh Ez’aq Beleb Nishbar (1937,38,39); El Mab’outan El Mab’outan (1940)	ממצרים
Melekh Hadour (1937) (Kourd); Maghen El Souri (1938,39) (‘Oshaq); Lakh Ez’aq (1940)	נקדישך
מי ימלל :1937,38,39,40 (Nawah)	פזמון

 

Beshalah | בשלח

AJAM
 

Shabbat Beshalah
As per Moshe Ashear
Tenahaleni Le’ir Kebodakh; Sham Bimqom Arazim; Yad Li Ten	קדיש
Ba’adi Ya Ba’adi ;‘Ouri Nessourah Kebabat; Habibi Hab	ראו בנים
Arakh Zemani; Tidrabni Leh	ה' מלך
Anna Pedeh Yah; Mahalal El ‘Orrerou Na; Ma’aneh Lashon	הללויה
Ajam Taqilah (MOOSH Yaarikh Yamim); Sazinoun Sadah Qeloub	נשמת
El Ramah Ramah; Yinon Shemo	שועת עניים
Naghamah ‘Atiqah from Hakham Refael Taboush; Yisa Berakhah	אל ההודאות
Malki Hai Resseh	קדיש
יה אל גדול ונאדר	שמחים
Jitou Ma Konto Trouhou	ממצרים
Kabir Koah	נקדישך
Yah Eli Nehalel Lo רחום אתה	Pizmon
Ili Biqoulouha El Qahal Fi El ‘Ajleh; MeEl ‘Elyon; Haser Mini Yah ‘Eini	כתר
El Beneh Yah             Yehidah Hitna’ari	En Kelouhenou
Ya Helo Malak OuMali; Ani Lishmakh Ahalel	ואני תפלתי
Ani Lishmakh Ahalel; Ani Asaper	נקדישך
Meqom Binah; Dodai Eten Lakh; Honeni Melekh	קדיש
יה אל גדול ונאדר	ראו בנים

Yitro | יתרו

HOSENI (always- all sources)

 

These are the pieces as per Hakham Mosheh Ashear

Hashem Melekh

            Ya’alozo BeYah 1937&38

            Miqdash Beneh Bo 1939

            A’atiadiyeh Halabeyah 1940

 Halelouyah

            Taba’ Yosef Waladna 1937&38

            Atah HaEl Yehidi 1939

            Maghen Ba’adi 1940

 Nishmat

            Aqsaq Sama’I HOSENI   1937,38,39,&40

 Shav’at

            Taba’ Hakham Refael Taboush HOSENI 1937,38,40

            Ani Ashir Shir 1939

Hodaot

            Yahid Elohe Qedem 1937,38,39

            Dighli Sa Na Harheb Na Meqomi 1940

 Qadish

            Dodai Eten Lekha Dodi 1937,38,39,40

Semehim

            Makhon Leshibtekha ‘Olamim 1937 & 38

            ‘Al Rozana HOSENI 1939

            Yihyou Kemoss 1940

Mimmissrayim

            Anokhi Velo Yihyeh 1937,38, 40

            Hirgedi Hirgedi Hirgedi Mirmo 1939

 Naqdishakh

            Raqs El Ban 1937

            Da’at Oumzimmah 1938,39,40

Pizmon

            Ahalel VeAbi’a 193,38,39

            Ram Galeh Leqess Hanistam 1940

Mishpatim | משפטים  

SABA

According to the sources the מקאם for משפטים is צבא .

משה אשקר did not subscribe to that not on regular years nor on years with an extra month of Adar.

We can only follow אשקר notes for 1938 and 1940 because those years had an extra Adar.

There were some differences between them but that’s because of the way Pourim and פסח fell out.

We’ll get to each one as we approach those Shabbatot and holidays.

משה אשקר used ביאת-נאווה for משפטים and he used Bayat for תרומה .

He obviously did them different enough to do them back to back.

Ashear used the song Roeh Oubohen Lebab Hakol for the Shir Sefer Torah all 4 years.

This song is in Maqam Nahawand and it first appeared in Hakham Refael Tabboush’s pizmon book that was printed in Halab in 1888.

It seems that Hakham Mosheh Ashear always prayed Nawah (Bayat-Nawah) for Perashat Mishpatim.

 

Here are his picks for Shahrit.

Nishmat =

            NAWAH Naghamah 'Atiqah LeHakham Refael Tabboush 1937 1938 1939 1940

Shav'at =

            Atah Ssouri Yah Yehidi 1937

            Yah Eli Maher 1938 1939 1940

Hodaot =

            Keqedem 'Irakh 1937

            Gani Habibi Abou El Halaqah 1938 1939 1940

Qadish =

            Ya Qalbi Malak 1937 1938

            Abrahan Sasson (Noho 'Eden) 1939 1940

Semehim =

            Rinah Outhilah 1937 1938 1939 1940

Mimmissrayim =

            Shalom VaSsedeq 1937

            Ya Ssahi El Sabr (Beneh Li Zeboul) 1938 1939 1940

Naqdishakh =

            Jal Min Qad Ssawrak 1937

            Yah Hahishah 1938 1939 1940

Pizmon =

            Roeh Oubohen 1937 1938 1939 1940

 

Terumah  | תרומה

 

5769: SABA

This years scheme follows that of Hakham Mosheh Ashear for 1939.

Maqam Saba is utilized this year (because Ashear always uses SABA two weeks prior to Purim).

Hashem Melekh = Shemaratni Vehiyatni

Halelouyah = Mahalal El Shorerou Na

Nishmat = Atah Hou Yahid

Shav’at = Ra’ayah Et Shiri

Hodaot = Hayom ‘Al ‘Edri Tazil

Qadish = Ya’ish Wey’eshaq Qalbi  [{ Yahish Mebaser}]

Semehim= Azkir Hasde El (song for Purim)

Mimmissrayim = Ana El Sabab

Naqdishakh = Piyout ‘Al Seder Alef Bet Omrah  { Aromimkha}

Pizmon = Mah Na’emou Amarekha

Keter = My Country

En Kelohenou = Shir Agid

 

5768: BAYAT / HOSENI

 

The question has to do with what מקאמות to use for the next 11 shabbatot.

We all know what is listed in the red book but this year is a leap year and the way the special shabbatot fall out also affect the מקאם calendar.

This is info that you will not find written elsewhere so please pay close attention and make sure you let all hazanim know about this schedule.

תרומה = ביאת

תצוה = סיגא

כי תשא = חג'אז

ויקהל = ביאת

פקודי = SHEQALIM= מאהור

ויקרא = ZAKHOR = סיגא

Sav = ביאת

Shemini = PARAH= נהוונד

Tazria = HAHODESH =חוסיני

Mesora' = סיגא

Ahare = HAGADOL = Nawa Rahaw

 

Tesave | תצוה

5769: Sigah (Shabbat Zachor)

For Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat prior to Purim, Maqam Sigah is applied.

 

5768: SIGAH  (always: whether it is the week before Purim or not- all Aleppian sources)

"Yebiun Sefatai Shira" is the only tune that משה אשקר used for this week's נשמת every single year for תצוה - REGARDLESS of whether תצוה was Pre-Purim or not (as in this year, a leap year).

The first tune on this link is that tune and therefore it would be appropriate for this week's נשמת.

http://pizmonim.com/eliyahumenaged/Shaharit%20Purim%20-%20Menaged.mp3

 

Ki Tisa  | כי תשא

HIJAZ (always- all Aleppian sources)

This week is פרשת כי תשא and all חאלֶ‏בּ‏י sources it is מקאם חג'אז because of Ma’aseh Ha’Egel.

The following are items that משה אשקר used from 1937—1939.

Friday night קדיש all 4 years = Honeni Melekh Rahman page 242

 

all 4 years = Deleh Li Hokhmah (Shir oushbahah 1921) page 154A	קדיש
all 4 years = Or Han’elam page 488	ממצרים
all 4 years = El Yassarta page 241	נקדישך
all 4 years = Yah El Maghen page 115	כתר

 

Aliyot

Aliyat Levi is from 31:18 through 33:11 (47 pesukim)
Aliyat Shelishi from 33:12 -- 33:16
Aliyat Rebi'i from 33:17 -- 33:19
Aliyat Hamishi from 33:20 -- 33:23
Aliyat Shishi from 34:1 -- 34:10

 

Vayaqhel | ויקהל

5769: Combined with Pequdei- Bayat and HOSENI

This Shabbat we have 2 Sefarim.

In the first we will read two perashiyot, Vayaqhel & Peqode.

In the second we will read Hahodesh.

The maqam is per Hakham Mosheh Ashear is Bayat.

This is what he used in 1939 when these perashiyot fell out together.

 

Friday night

Qadish= Tenahaleni Le’ir Kebodakh page 272

Raoo Banim= Matai Tashir Golat ‘Ir Babel page 368

Saturday morning

Hashem Melekh= Beneh Li Zeboul Mishkani page 361

Halelouyah= Adon Yahid Yasad Eress Behokhmah page 67

Nishmat= Yad Li Ten El Ram Hasin Yah page 72a in the 1921 book

Shav’at= Wana Nazla Bitdala’  (Keme-az Lakh Etvada’ bottom of page 267)

Hodaot= Rinah Outhilah Yisrael Imrou page 257 {it’s amazing how often Ashear used this tune throughout the year whereas nowadays we only associate this with Rosh Hashanah}

Qadish= Yah Ssouri Bore Nib Safah page 73a in the 1921 book {Fannanin among us will enjoy knowing that this is Ya Wassl Sharaf}

Semehim= Ashir LeEl Ayom page 256

Mimmissrayim= Gal Min Qad Ssawrak   (?? Maybe Yismehou on page 336)

Naqdishakh= Sama’i Thaqil

Pizmon= Yahid Norah Nefesh Kol Hai page 120

Keter= Taba’ El Qahal Bel ‘Ajleh (This translates to “the one said quickly by the congregation”)

En Kelohenou= Elah Elah Habah page 176

VaAni Tefilati= Yehidah Hitna’ari page 291

Minhah Naqdishakh= Ya Ghazalan Ssada Qalbi (Abi Kahotam Simeni page 276)

Saturday night Qadish= Digjli Sa Na page 338

Raoo Banim= Hadesh Sesoni page 77

5768: HOSENI

The מקאם for פרשת ויקהל according to  שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה and other sources is חוסיני .

According to משה אשקר,  this week is ביאת.

This is פרשת ויקהל prior to פקודי -שבת שקלים.

When ויקהל is שבת שקלים then it is מאהור.

When  פקודי is שבת שקלים , that is מאהור.

The only year we have of אשקר notes that corresponds to this year is 1940.

Here is what he did :

Yad Li Ten (1921 book, page 72A)	נשמת
Wana Nazla is the refrain of Hodakh on page 267	שועת עניים
Rinah oot-hilah  page 257	אל ההודאות
Ya Ghazala is Abi Kahotam on page 276	קדיש
Yehidati on page 244:	שמחים
Gal Min Qad Sawrak = ???	ממצרים
Sama’I Taqil = ???	נקדישך
291- Yehida Hitnaari	פזמון

 

Pequdei | פקודי

5768: Shabbat Sheqalim= MAHOUR

When Sheqalim falls out on Perashat Mishpatim he מקאם is ביאת-נאווה
When Sheqalim falls out on Vayaqhel OR Peqoude it is מאהור.

 

שבת שקלים
'Eido El Mawasem	נשמת
Magini Reseni- p.148-I	שועת עניים
El Hon Al Bat Hameonah- p. 146-I	אל ההודאות
Resseh Na Oushma Na- p. 146-II	קדיש
Yadecha Tancheni; Hanun Rahem Al Am Yedidecha	שמחים
Shabti Shabti- p. 151-II; Melech Gadol umHullal (AKA Ribah Ribah)	ממצרים
El B'Hasecha Goalenu Deror- p. 153	נקדישך

As I've mentioned earlier the maqam for this week as per Ashears notes is מאהור.
When Vayaqhel or Peqoude fall out on  שבת שקלים  the מקאם is מאהור: Vayaqhel in 1938; Peqoude in 1940.

These are tunes משה אשקר did the same.

הללויה was  Shir Agid (Ajam)
ואני תפלתי  was  Ahbirah Lakh (Rast)

מוצאי שבת
קדיש מוצאי שבת  was  Ressoni Le'obdakh (Nahawand)

 

Vayiqra | ויקרא

5769: Mahour

Maqam for Perashat Vayiqra when Vayiqra is not Shabbat Hahodesh and when Vayiqra is one Shabbat prior to Shabbat HaGadol.

As per Hakham Mosheh Ashear 1939. {MAQAM MAHOUR}

Friday night
Qadish= Yah ssouri Bore Nib Safa
Raoo= Yahid Ram Hai Le'olam

Saturday morning
Hashem Melekh= Arakh Zemani
Halelouyah= Pisshou 'Imi Shirim
Nishmat= Inti Souriya Baladi MAHOUR
Shav'at= Atani Zamani
Hodaot= Hai Varam
Qadish= Fouadi Amro 'agib
Semehim= Boee Berinah
Mimmissrayim= Yarhib Amonai Geboulekh
Naqdishakh= El Behasdakh Goalenou
Pizmon= Malakhe Marom
Keter= Darb Halab
En kelohenou= Hazeq leYadi

Saturday afternoon
VaAni Tefilati= Ah Minak An Minni
Naqdishakh= Shabehou El Romemou

Saturday night
Qadish= Rahem 'al 'am yedidim
Raoo= Mif'alot Elohim Hazou
 

5768: Shabbat Zachor= SIGAH

Usually the מקאם for Vayiqra is ראשט, however this week is  שבת זכור.

I will list all the tunes משה אשקר used all 4 years for  שבת זכור:

שבת זכור
ערבית
Ram Or Gadol (1937, 1938, 1940); Lammah Oyebai redafouni (1939);	קדיש
Bene Li Zeboul (1937+38); Ana Qess Li (1938); Or Kasalmah (1940);	ראו בנים
שחרית
ana qess li (1937 +38);  El pene abdakh (39);  Aatiadyeh Halabiyeh (40)	ה' מלך
Mahalal el shorerou (37&38);  Atah Hael yehidi (39);  Naghamat Hakham Refael (40)	הללויה
Yebi’oun sefatai (37 & 39)=  only used for Parashat Tesave; Arakh Zemani (38 & 40)	נשמת
El ‘oseh Neqamah (all 4 years)	שועת עניים
Or Gilah (all 4 years)	אל ההודאות
Adon ‘Olam Yeshou’ati  (all 4 years)	קדיש
Abarekh (all 4 years)	שמחים
Tam Tam Venishlam (all 4 years) {Yes the word Tam twice}	ממצרים
Ronou Gilou (37 & 38); Eli Sour Yeshou’ati (39 & 40)	נקדישך
Yah Eli sour misgabi (all 4 years)	פזמון
Yilbaqlak shakl il almaz (37,38,39); Yahid el dagoul (40)	כתר
Mimarom Qolam (37,38,39); Yosser Adamah (40)	אין כאלהינו
מנחה
Yahid El dagoul (37,38); Hish Misgabi (39); Yashabti Beshibyah Zeman Rab (40)	ואני תפלתי
Eli Sour yeshou’ati (37 &38);  Ronou Gilou (39 &40)	נקדישך
מוצאי שבת
Hasdakh Qadam (37 & 38);  Qoum Yedidi Habah (39);  Mah konti qolti ma t’eshaq (40)	קדיש
Hish Misgabi (37,38,40); Katter Katter Khargiyah (39)	ראו בנים

 

Sav | צו

5769: Shabbat HaGadol= RAHAWI NAWAH

On Shabbat HaGadol, Maqam Rahawi-Nawah is applied because the Hagaddah of Passover is conducted in Maqam Rahawi.

 

 

 

5768: BAYAT

What is the מקאם this week?

Since this year is a leap year we DO NOT follow the regular מקאמות lists.

We must follow the tradition as laid down by משה אשקר.

From his lists of 1937.38,39, & 1940 that we have in our possession we can clearly relate this year of ours to 1938 & 1940.

For this week 1938 fits the best.

2008 like 1938 has פרשת צו as the first פרשה after Pourim, then the week after is שמיני for שבת פרה, and then תזריע  for  שבת החודש.

He used ביאת for צו

נהוונד for שמיני

And Hoseni for תזריע

This week is ביאת!

Here are the tunes אשקר did for צו in 1938 which correspond to our year 2008:

 

ערבית
Mereshit Kol page 325	קדיש
Mamlekhot HaAress page 326	ראו בנים
שחרית
Miqdash beneh bo page 171	ה' מלך
Meir Safdieh	הללויה
Yad Li Ten (1921 book page 72A)	נשמת
Taraz Al Rayhan	שועת עניים
Re-eh Na La’elboni (1921 book page 74B)	אל ההודאות
Yah Souri Boreh Nib (1921 book page 73A)	קדיש
Yosser Adamah page 277	שמחים
Abot Habanim page 262	ממצרים
Melekh Hadour page 331	נקדישך
Yehidati page 244	פזמון
Habib hab page 246	כתר
Bisit Riyal baba = Debar Seter Gal page 444	אין כאלהינו
מנחה
Tidrabni leh	ואני תפלתי
Adati Hana’ah page 252	נקדישך
מוצאי שבת
Mah Tob Helkekh page 254	קדיש
Yedidi Hashakhahta page 255	ראו בנים

 

This was a beautiful full Bayat Shabbat.

 

Notice last week he used Sikah for מוסף & שחרית, this week it’s ביאת for  מוסף & שחרית. He also prayed ביאת this week for

מנחה & ערבית .

 

Shemini | שמיני

5769: Shabbat after Holiday= RAST

 

5768: Parashat Parah= NAHWAND

שבת פרה

According to  שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה and all other sources שמיני is מקאם חוסיני and the reason is because of Hanoukat HaMishkan. 

BUT...according to our notes of משה אשקר...

פרשת שמיני can occur the first  שבת after פסח (like 1937 & 1939) and if so we do מקאם Rast since it’s the 1^st שבת after פסח.

Or it can occur (1938 & 1940) like this year on  שבת פרה. When it does the מקאם is נהוונד .

This week שמיני and פרה we do נהוונד .

Once again משה אשקר  used נהוונד when שמיני and פרה came out together in 1938 & 1940.

We should do the same this year of 2008.

Here’s what he did:

 

ערבית

קדיש  was  El Kamal Fi El Melah Sadaf  (This is a DOR in Bayat) (1938 & 1940)

ראו בנים  was  Haser Mini Bayat (1938 & 1940)

 

שחרית

ה' מלך  was  Mi Zot Olah (1938) (page 469 sikah); Yehezqel Dweck (1940)

הללויה  was  Ana Pedeh Yah (1938 & 1940) (Ajam)

נשמת  was  Sarim Roznim (1938 & 1940) (page 205)

שועת עניים  was  Atah El kabir (1938) (page 210); Ram VeN’elam (1940) (page 211)

אל ההודאות  was  Ram VeN’elam (1938) (page 211); Atah El Kabir (1940) (page 210)

קדיש  was  Gani El Gamil Wel Kas (1938 & 1940)

שמחים  was  Resseh Leshire qehal ‘adatakh (1938 & 1940) (page 207)

ממצרים  was  Renanot Shiro (1938 & 1940) (page 212)

נקדישך  was  Lamah Haqess (1938 & 1940) (page 214)

פזמון  was  Yah Eli Hahel Li (1938 & 1940) (page 401)

 

מוסף

כתר was  Marom Ba’arabot Dar (1938 & 1940) (page 268)

אין כאלהינו  was  Souri Goali Yah (1938) (page 181); Elah Elah Habah (1940) (page 176)

 

מנחה

ואני תפלתי  was  Yiten Tal Yah Yemino (1938 & 1940) (page 150)

נקדישך  was  Yadakh Tanheni (1938) (page 149); Nikola (1940)

 

מוצאי שבת

קדיש  was  Hobi Malki Selah (1938 & 1940) (page 149)

ראו בנים was  Yitbarakh Shimkha La’ad (1938 & 1940) (page 46B in 1921 book)

 

In a nutshell:

ערבית = ביאת

זמירות = עג'ם

 נשמת = נהוונד

מוסף = ביאת

אין כאלהינו  = עג'ם

מנחה = מאהור

מוצאי שבת = מאהור

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5767: After Passover:

This comes into play mainly in the פרשיות of Sefer ויקרא because of the way Pourim, פסח , Lag LaOmer, and שבועות fall out.

(Now we also must consider יום העצמאות as well as Yom Shihrour Yeroushalayim).

The first  שבת after פסח is always ראשט ,  unless it is פרשת Ahare Mot for which Hijaz is used.

The second  שבת is נהוונד .

The third , fourth, and fifth Shabetot vary depending on the calendar.

The sixth  שבת is always Shabbat Kalah, which is the  שבת before שבועות and that is always חוסיני .

Based upon משה אשקר notes and this years calendar, the following is the schedule for the next few פרשיות .

Shemini….ראשט

תזריע & מצורע ….Nahawand.

Ahare Mot & Qedoshim….Hijaz.

Emor…Sika.

Behar & Behouqotai…Rast.

Bemidbar….Hoseni.

Naso….Saba.

 

Tazria | תזריע

5769: Tazria-Tahor Mehubarot= Shabbat Before Yom HaAsmaut= SABA or NAHWAND

5768: Shabbat HaHodesh= HOSENI

שבת החודש

 שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה  is the only source that calls for צבא for תזריע !!
All older sources from Halab & Jerusalem say Bayat.
I also have one source for Rast and one for Sikah.
The reason why צבא might be an explanation is because the parasha opens up with the birth of a baby boy and Berit Milah.

The entire parasha has to do with Negha'im and it's possible there is some connection between that and מקאם bayat.

Hahodesh in 1937 was Vayiqra he prayed ביאת
Hahodesh in 1938 was תזריע he prayed  חוסיני
Hahodesh in 1939 was Vayaqhel-Peqoude he prayed ביאת
Hahodesh in 1940 was תזריע he prayed חוסיני

According to at least 6 sources the מקאם for תזריע is ביאת.

I also show one source (Israeli-Halabi) that says Rast and one source (Argentinian-Halabi) that says Siga.

Shami sources also say Bayat for תזריע . Now let’s see what משה אשקר did.

1937 תזריע-מצורע were mehoubarot and it was the second Shabbat after the end of Pesah. He prayed נהוונד .

1938 תזריע was also  שבת החודש and he prayed חוסיני .

1939 תזריע-מצורע were mehoubarot and after Pesah, he prayed Sikah

1940 תזריע was also  שבת החודש and he prayed חוסיני .

This year תזריע is also  שבת החודש so we should pray חוסיני.

For those who aren’t comfortable with חוסיני and would prefer Bayat,  at least you have plenty of old sources to rely upon but you should make an effort to pray חוסיני .

תזריע & שבת החודש = חוסיני

In 1938 & 1940 פרשת תזריע was שבת החודש  just like this year 2008.

Here is what משה אשקר did those 2 years.

 

ערבית

קדיש  was  Kahla Sahra Oyounan

ראו בנים  was  Shemaratni (1938) page 367; Kol Od Balebab (1940) page 236

 

שחרית

 

ה' מלך  was  Yehezqel Khaloussi (1938); Yosser Adamah (1940) page 277

הללויה  was  Pisshou Immi (1938) page 132; Taba’ Joe Waladna (1940)

נשמת  was  Moed Zamir (1938); Male mishalot libi (1940) page 335

שועת עניים was  Dighli Sa Na page 338

אל ההודאות was  Ashre Haish Yode’a Shemi page 374

קדיש was  Ematai Yihyeh (1938) page 341; Dodai Eten (1940) page 334

שמחים  was  ASHIR LAEL AYOM  page 256 [This tune used all 4 years of Shabbat Hahodesh, regardless of Perashah]

ממצרים  was Yahid Ram Hai Le’olam page 216 (In the red book this is in Nahawand and I know a Nahawand tune, in all the old books it was in the Hoseni section and his use of it here proves that they knew it in Hoseni)

נקדישך  was  Raqss El Ban (1938); Talimouni (1940)

פזמון  was  YAHID NORA NEFESH KOL HAI page 120 [This song sung all 4 years of Shabbat HaHodesh, regardless of Perashah]

 

מוסף

כתר  was  Ani Lishmakh Ahalel page 124

אין כאלהינו was Mimmarom Qolam

 

מנחה

ואני תפלתי  was  Yihyou Kemoss page 348

נקדישך was Asim Tehilah Lael (1938) page 350; Raqs El Ban (1940)

 

מוצאי שבת

קדיש was  Aqsaq Sama’I

ראו בנים was Tiktiri Bism Allah

 

Mesora- Tahor | מצורע

5768: SIGAH / MAHOUR

The 2 upcoming Shabbatot are very rare.

It is very uncommon to have the פרשיות fall out as they are this year.

Tazria’, מצורע , and Ahare-Mot all fall out before Pesah.

I checked a perpetual calendar that I have that goes from 1900 through 2019 and this is what I found. That such an occurrence of having these three פרשיות read on 3 separate Shabbatot and all before פסח occurred only on the following years:

1910, 1913, 1916, 1927, 1940, 1954, 1957, 1967, 1981, 1984, 2005,

And this year 2008.

Quickly glancing at this list we know that it happened 5 times (1910-1940) in משה אשקר hazzanut career.

It happened 5 times (1954-1984) in Gabriel Shrem's hazzanut career but only twice (1954-1957) before he printed the pizmon book in 1964.

This being the case what is the correct maqam of each week?

First let’s see what the assorted sources say for each of these פרשיות .

תזריע = Bayat:6 , Saba:1, Rast:1, Sika:1

מצורע = Iraq:3 , Sika:3 , Nahawand:2 , Saba:1

Ahare-Mot = Hijaz:8 , Iraq:1 , Nagriz:1

What did אשקר do in 1940?

Last week we demonstrated that he used Hoseni when תזריע and Shabbat HaHodesh concurred.

So what did he do for מצורע ?

He prayed מאהור!

I don’t know why, especially since the majority of the sources show Sikah/Iraq for this פרשה .

Maybe he didn’t want to use סיגא because he would be using it 11 days later for the first day of Pesah.

(He used מאהור thirty six days earlier for Perashat Peqoude).

As for Ahare-Mot this year we DO NOT use Hijaz since it is Shabbat HaGadol.

What’s even rarer is when Perashat Ahare was Shabbat HaGadol and Ereb פסח as well.

From the 12 years that I mentioned it only happened exactly like this year in :

1910, 1927, 1954, 1981, & 2005.

"According to my records, אשקר used מאהור whenever there was Shabbat in between Shabbat HaHodesh and Shabbat HaGadol.
He did so in 1940 for Parashat Tahor and he did so in 1939 for Parashat Vayiqra. The pieces that he did for both of those years seem identical."- David Betesh

 

1937

Vayiqra = Shabbat Hahodesh = Bayat

Sav = Shabbat HaGadol = Rahawi+Nawa+Nahawand

1938

תזריע = Shabbat Hahodesh = Hoseni

מצורע = Shabbat HaGadol = Rahawi+Nawa+Nahawand

1939

Vayaqhel-Peqoude = Shabbat HaHodesh = Bayat

Vayiqra = מאהור

Sav = Shabbat HaGadol = Rahawi+Nawa+Nahawand

1940

תזריע = Shabbat HaHodesh = Hoseni

מצורע = מאהור

AhareMot = Shabbat HaGadol = Rahawi+Nawa+Nahawand

Can we really say he always prayed מאהור between Hahodesh and HaGadol?

Maybe for Vayiqra in 1939 he used מאהור as a switch from Rast.

Maybe if there is a Shabbat between Hahodesh and HaGadol it is always מאהור.

The discrepancy in the number of sources has to do with sometimes one source mentions more than one maqam possibilty for the week.

 

Aharei  | אחרי מות

5769: Mehuberot:

So you asked about Ahare and Ahare-Qedoshim.

I'll give you Hakham Mosheh Ashears picks for

1937 Ahare-Qedoshim (3rd shabbat after Pesah and immediatly before Lag La'Omer)

1938 Ahare (1st Shabbat after Pesah)

1939 Ahare-Qedoshim (3rd Shabbat after Pesah, not immediatly before Lag La'Omer)

1940 Ahare was Shabbat HaGadol so we will not consider it for this listing.

Nishmat
Maher Habibi (1937 & 1938 & 1939) Page 498

Shav'at
Farid El Mahasen (1937 & 1938) Shirah Hadashah 2002 page 630
Yahid Melekh Ne-eman (1939) Page 497

Hodaot
Ya 'Atafta (1937) Shirah Hadashah 2002 page 622
Yahid Melekh Ne-eman (1938) Page 497
Meromi Barekh (1939) Page 494

Qadish
Wenadimi wenadimi ah ya lel (1937 & 1938)
Yihalti Ssouri Yah Ssori (1939) Page 497

Semehim
Ba Et Rasson (1937) Shir oushbahah 1921 page 164a
Marom Dar Me'onah (1938 & 1939) Page 502

Mimmissrayim
Ayoumah Marayikh (1937) page 351 but in the old Miqra Qodesh it is listed as Hijaz. On the piyut site there are only two audios for this and both are Hjaz.
Lab'at Salami (1938) maybe Shir oushbahah 1921 page 156a
El Hasheb 'Am Na'alah (1939) Page 501

Naqdishakh
Hish Qess Ouzman La'am etan (1937) Shir oushbahah 1921 page 159b
Eshal Mel Ab HaRahman (1938) page 476
Mahtiali (1939) page 509

All said and done I say the Maqam is Hijaz.

5768: Shabbat HaGadol= RAHAWI

שבת הגדול

Even though it is Perashat אחרי מות we do not use מקאם חג'אז because it is שבת הגדול.

So is the מקאם רהאוו or Nawa or נהוונד or ‘Oshaq Massri or Hoseni ?

שחרית

Here are משה אשקר tunes:

Male Mishalot (1937, 1938) page 335 Hoseni; Le’ir Hannah (1939, 1940) page 210 Nahawand	נשמת
LeNeri VeOri (1937, 1940) page 207 ‘Oshaq Massri; Wana Nazla Batdala’ (1938) this is Hodakh on page 267 Bayat; Ram Ven’elam Adon ‘Olam (1939) page 211 Nahawand	שועת עניים
Le’ir Hannah (1937) page 210 Nahawand; Leneri VeOri (1938) page 207 ‘Oshaq Massri; Atah El Kabir (1939) page 210 Nahawand; Shemaratni (1940) page 367 Nawa	אל ההודאות
Sheribt El Sabr (1937, 1939, 1940) this is Maghen El Souri on page 358 ‘Oshaq Massri; El Abi Mehasdakh (1938) page 207 ‘Oshaq Massri	קדיש
VaAmartem Zebah Pesah (all 4 years) this is אמונים ערכו שבח p359 Rahaw	שמחים
Heyematni (1937,1938,1939) this is Shemaratni on p367 Nawa; בנה לי זבול משכני :1940 p361 Nawa	ממצרים
Lakh Ez’aq BeLeb Nishbar (1937, 1938, 1940); Roeh Oubohen lebab hakol (1939) p212 Nahawand	נקדישך
El Male Hanehsar (1937) p175 Ajam; Mi Yemalel ‘Izouz (1938, 1939, 1940) p361 Rahaw	פזמון

Here's a recap of the שחרית tunes for שבת הגדול.

Here are the tunes of משה אשקר for the years 1937,38,39, & 1940, as well as the tunes of גבריאל שרים  from two handwritten lists.
גבריאל שרים tunes are based upon an old handwritten sheet of his on which he first wrote Maqam רהאוו then some while later he changed it to Nahawand veRahaw. All tunes stayed the same except for three.

נשמת

= Male Mishalot (1937, 1938) page 335 Hoseni
=Le'ir Hannah (1939, 1940) page 210 Nahawand
= Tirkeyeh {G.Shrem List 1}
= Atah El Kabir (Nahawand page 210) {G.Shrem List 2}
=Nawa tune {Knis Ades as per Joey Harari}
=Ashre Haish=page 374 Nawa {Mordechai Nadaf}

שועת עניים

= LeNeri VeOri (1937, 1940) page 207 'Oshaq Massri
=Wana Nazla Batdala' (1938) this is Hodakh on page 267 Bayat
=Ram Ven'elam Adon 'Olam (1939) page 211 Nahawand
= Yigrog Rahaw {G.Shrem List 1 & 2}
Befi = Beneh Li Zeboul (Nawa page 361) {G.Shrem List 1 & 2}
=Nawa tune {Knis Ades as per Joey Harari}
=Le'ir Hannah=page 210 Nahawand{Mordekhai Nadaf}

אל ההודאות

= Le'ir Hannah (1937) page 210 Nahawand
=Leneri VeOri (1938) page 207 'Oshaq Massri
=Atah El Kabir (1939) page 210 Nahawand
=Shemaratni (1940) page 367 Nawa
= Dar Roumah (Nawa page 365) {G.Shrem List 1 & 2}
=בנה לי זבול משכני  (Nawa page 361) {Isaac J Cabasso}; {Knis Ades as per Joey Harari}; {Mordechai Nadaf}
=Dar Roumah=page 365 Nawa {Mordechai Nadaf}

קדיש

= Sheribt El Sabr (1937, 1939, 1940) this is Maghen El Souri on page 358 'Oshaq Massri
=El Abi Mehasdakh (1938) page 207 'Oshaq Massri
= Maghen El Souri ('Oshaq Massri page 358) {G.Shrem List 1}
= Efrah Ya Qalbi (This is Yifrah Ya Abi, Nahawand page 228b) {G.Shrem List 1 & 2}
=Mi Yemalel=page 361 Rahaw {Isaac J Cabasso} [qadish or Naqdishakh]
=Mi Yemalel {Knis Ades as per Joey Harari}
=Mi Yemalel {Mordechai Nadaf}

שמחים

= VaAmartem Zebah Pesah (all 4 years) this is אמונים ערכו שבח page 359 Rahaw= ALL

ממצרים  = Heyematni (1937,1938,1939) this is Shemaratni on page 367 Nawa
= Beneh Li Zeboul Mishkani (1940) page 361 Nawa
= Mi Yemalel (Rahaw page 361) {G.Shrem List 1 & 2}
= Dar Roumah=page 365 Nawa{Knis Ades as per Joey Harari}
= Rahoum Atah=page 216 Nahawand {Mordechai Nadaf}

נקדישך = Lakh Ez'aq BeLeb Nishbar (1937, 1938, 1940)
= Roeh Oubohen lebab hakol (1939) page 212 Nahawand
= Ashre HaIsh (Now listed as Nawa page 374, originally was listed as Hoseni page 337) {G.Shrem List 1}
= Maghen El Souri ('Oshaq Massri page 358) {G.Shrem List 2}
= Mi Yemalel=page 361 Rahaw {Isaac J Cabasso} [qadish or Naqdishakh]
= Melekh Hamefouar=page 360 {Knis Ades as per Joey Harari}
= Dar Roumah=page 365 Nawa {Mordechai Nadaf}
= Beneh Li Zeboul=page 361 Nawa{Mordechai Nadaf}
= Ram Or Gadol (midsection) page 42 Nawa {Mordechai Nadaf}

פזמון  = El Male Hanehsar (1937) page 175 Ajam
= Mi Yemalel 'Izouz (1938, 1939, 1940) page 361 Rahaw
= Halelou Et (Bayat page 268) {G.Shrem List 1 & 2}
= Yahid Nora=page 120 Rast {Mordechai Nadaf}

 

5768: Passover | פסח

Here are the פזמון  sung when taking out the Sifre Torah as per משה אשקר and גבריאל שרים.
Hahodesh = Yahid Nora (Ashear)
HaGadol = El Male Hanehsar or Mi Yemalel 'izouz gebourot (Ashear)
1st day = רוכב עבים (Ashear)
1st day = Yahid Nora (Shrem)
2nd day = Yahid Nora (Ashear)
2nd day = Atah Marom or Beneh Li Zeboul (Shrem)
7th day = רחום אתה (Ashear & Shrem)
8th day = Atah Marom (Ashear)
8th day = Yahid Oumyouhad (Shrem)

The 1st night of פסח is Sigah and not עג'ם. We clearly saw the notes of אשקר and גבריאל שרים plus that is also what is mentioned in the maqam list of Hakham Shaul Kassin (1864-1915). מקאם and tunes for the first night and day of פסח as per משה אשקר and גבריאל שרים.
 

First day is סיגא
אמונים ערכו שבח (G.Shrem)	נקדישך
Fi El Bo'adi Yama = Yedidi Lammah page 446 (Ashear 1937) Abou Yisshaq Esses Siga (Ashear 38,39,40) 'Aneni El =page 468 (G.Shrem)	קדיש
Ta'an Leshoni VeTagid= page 128 (Ashear 1937&38) Or Kasalma= page 458A (Ashear 39&40) Debar Seter Gal= page 444 (G.Shrem)	ראו בנים
Bilbaqlak Shakl ElMas= Elekh Libi page 455 (Ashear 1937) Heyeme Setime= page 442 (Ashear 1938,39&40) Yahid El Nora VeAyom= page 128 (G.Shrem)	אודך
Mi Zot 'olah= page 469 (Ashear 37); Beneh Li Zeboul= page 361 (Ashear 38,39,40); Shif'at Rebibim (from Tiqoun HaTal) (G.Shrem)	ה' מלך
Fransaweya Taba' El Marhoum Akhi (Ashear 37,38,39,40); Resseni Ahoub= page 427 (G.Shrem)	הללויה
Arakh Zemani= page 449 (Ashear 37); Yom Yom= page 436 (Ashear 38); יצו האל = page 432 (Ashear 39,40);  נבחר בידיד= page 433 (G.Shrem)	נשמת
Yaata Lakh Malki (1921 book page 136B) (Ashear 37) Arakh Zemani=page 449 (Ashear 38,39,40); El 'Oz Ne-ezar= page 455 (G.Shrem);  בפי ישרים=page 451: יחיד אל דגול מרבבה  (G.Shrem)	שועת עניים
Ya Ohil Lakh= page 445 (Ashear 37); Yibneh Li Mishkani=(1921 book page 137B) (Ashear 38); Aghilah=page 452 (Ashear 39,40) Turkiyeh (G.Shrem)	אל ההודאות
Ana Haysher Li=page 442 (Ashear 37); Shadai She'eh=page 448 (Ashear 38,39,40); Rodi 'Alaya (G.Shrem)	קדיש
Ta'alili Ya Batta (Ashear 37,38,39,40); Adon Yahid=page 67 (G.Shrem)	שמחים
Bilbaqlak=Elekh=page 455 (Ashear 38); Adon Yahid=page 67 (Ashear 39,40); Salam Yigrog (G.Shrem)	ממצרים
עורי כלה=page 436 (Ashear 37, G. Shrem); Asis El Bakh=page 441 (Ashear 38); Assl Eftadahi Ghada (Ashear 39,40);	נקדישך
Atah HaEl (1921 book page 142B) (Ashear 37); Ya Badri Yihla (Ashear 38,39,40); Ta'an leshoni=page 128 (G.Shrem)	אודך
רוכב עבים (Ashear 37,38,39,40); Yahid Nora (G.Shrem)	פזמון
Pisshou=page 132 (Ashear 38,39,40); Mahour Yigrog 'Alyah (G.Shrem)	כתר
Mimmarom Qolam (Ashear 37); Yisa Berakhah=page 165 (Ashear 38,39,40)	אין כאלהינו
Ana Elekh = page 422 (Ashear 37,38,39,40); Doulab El Tarab Sigah (G.Shrem)	מנחה נקדישך

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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עג'ם DAY 2
Arbit 2nd night
Qadish = ?? (Ashear 37)

Malki Hai Resseh Bi (1921 book page 59B) (Ashear 38,39,40)

Janzir Ajami (G.Shrem list 1)

Efrah Ya Qalbi (G.Shrem list 2)


Raoo Banim= Shir Agid=page 167 (Ashear 37)

Elah Elah Habah = page 176 (Ashear 38,39,40)

El Bounaya=El Beneh Yah=page168 (G.Shrem list 1)

Beneh Li Zeboul=page 361 (G.Shrem list 2) 


Odekha Ki= Ani Liqrat= page 172 (Ashear 37) & (G.Shrem list 1)

Shir Agid= page 167 (Ashear 38,39,40)

Ya Dounya Ya Gharami (G.Shrem list 2)
While all lists and charts I have are in agreement that the 2nd night is Ajam , I do not know why Gabriel Shrem used Nahawand on his 2nd list.
Shahrit 2nd day
Hashem Melekh= Besit Riyal= Debar Seter Gal= page 444 (Ashear 37)

Mi Zot ‘Olah= page 469 (Ashear 38,39,40) & (G.Shrem list 2)

Yosser Adamah= page 277 (G.Shrem list 1)
Halelouyah= Mahalal El = page 155 (Ashear 37)

Taba Jo Waladna (Ashear 38)

Anah Pedeh Yah (Ashear 39,40)

Zai Bissou Mexique (G. Shrem list 1)

Ma’aneh Lashon=page 264 (G.Shrem list 2)


Nishmat= Yahid Ram El (Ashear 37)

Sazinoun Sada (Ashear 38,39,40)

Janzir Ajami (G.Shrem list 1)

Yaarikh Yamim=page 203 (G.Shrem list 2)

Shav’at= El Ward Malo (Ashear 37,39,40)

La Tidrabni (Ashear 38)

Etlob Min Rab Elsamah (G.Shrem list 1)

Yinon Shemo=page 177 (G.Shrem list 2)



Befi= Tariban Zai Zalaf (G.Shrem list 1)



Hodaot= La Tidrabni (Ashear 37,39.40)

El Ward Malo (Ashear 38) 

El Bounaya=El Bene=page 168 (G.Shrem list 1)

Wahab Ajan (G.Shrem list 2)



Qadish= Enta Ah Ya Qalbi (Ashear 37)

El Qalb Salim min zaman (Ashear 38,39,40)

Yama Banet (G.Shrem list 1)

Asir BeYoqshi =page 163 (G.Shrem list 2)


Semehim=Pedeh Le’am Etani (Ashear 37)

Shir Agid=page 167 (Ashear 38)

Nase-em ‘ad ha’olam=page 124 (Ashear 39,40)

Sixty Two=Mif’alot=page 189 (G.Shrem List 1)

Ani Befi=page 193 (G.Shrem list 2)

Mimmissrayim=Matten el qalbi (Ashear 37)

Shimkha Yitromam=page 181 (Ashear 38,39,40) & (G.Shrem List 2)

Ani Liqrat=page 172 (G.Shrem list 1)


Naqdishakh= Rouah Nakhon(1921 book page 62A) (Ashear 37)

Kabir Koah (Ashear 38,39,40)

Ebarai Yomero=page 169 (G.Shrem list 1 & list 2)


Odekha Ki= Taba’ ‘Askar Halab (Ashear 37)

Mah Nora Ma’asekha =page 190 (Ashear 38,39,40)

Zai Mah Binqoul Min HaMessar (G.Shrem list 1 & 2)

Pizmon= Yahid Nora=page 120 (Ashear 37,38,39,40)

Beneh Li Zeboul=page 361 (G.Shrem list 1)

Atah Marom=page 435 (G.Shrem list 2)



Keter= Matai ? (Ashear 37)

Ya Hilou Yamsalini= Yefat ‘ein =page 240 (Ashear 38,39,40)

Kol ‘od =page 236 (G.Shrem list 1)

Sixty Two=Mif’alot=page 189 (G.Shrem list 2)


En Kelohenou= Hineh Zeh ‘Omed=page 119 (Ashear 37)

Nase-em=page 124 (Ashear 38)

Yahid Ba’arabot Dar (Ashear 39,40)
Minhah

Naqdishakh=Marom Yahid El Shokhen Sheme Shimkha (Ashear 37,38,39,40)

Yadounya Ya Gharami (G.Shrem list 1)

Marom Yahid BAYAT (G.Shrem list 2)

Arbit

Qadish=Mah Tob Helqekh=page 254 (Ashear 37)

Melekh rahman=page 168 (Ashear 38,39,40)

Zai Nisim Franco (G.Shrem list 1)

El Mehoulal BAYAT (G.Shrem list 2)



Raoo Banim=Yismehou ‘am yedidim=page 336 (Ashear 37)

Ani Befi=page 193 (Ashear 38,39)

Yahid Adon (El Male) =page 175 (Ashear 40)

Ya Mit Masa=Ya Mitnase=page 323 (G.Shrem list 1)

Eshteqnah BAYAT (G.Shrem list 2)

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מקאם for the 7th of פסח as per the notes of משה אשקר  form 1937,38,39, & 1940.

Preceding Minhah = סיגא or ביאת

ערבית =עג'ם
שחרית =עג'ם
מוסף = Bayat or עג'ם  
מנחה= ביאת

מקאם for the 8th of פסח as per the notes of משה אשקר

ערבית = Saba (unless it's Friday night, in which case it's Nahawand)
שחרית = Saba
מוסף = Bayat or Ajam
מנחה= ביאת
ערבית = ביאת

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מקאם for the 7th and 8th of פסח as per גבריאל שרים handwritten notes

6th מנחה = Sikah
7th ערבית = Sikah
7th שחרית = Ajam
7th מוסף = Mahour
7th מנחה = Bayat or Sikah
8th ערבית = Nahawand
8th שחרית = Saba
8th מוסף = Ajam or Mahour
8th מנחה = Rast
Final ערבית = Hoseni

אשקר never ever used ראשט for the last Minhah of any holiday.
We currently use ראשט so we can use the Abdel Wahab song Leilt El Wida' for Naqdishakh of Minhah.
The title of this song means Night of the Departure, so we use it to bid farewell to the holidays.
This song only came on the seen after אשקר passed away.
I know גבריאל שרים did this, but I do not know who started this trend and when it really became ingrained in our community.

משה אשקר  used these identical tunes for 4 years on Shebi'i Shel פסח

קדיש = Le'am Habib
שמחים  = Yisa Berakhah
ממצרים  = Mah Na'im HeHatan
פזמון  = רחום אתה

From גבריאל שרים notes he used these tunes identically on each list:

נשמת  = Yisa Berakhah
שמחים  = Mi Zot Hanishqafa

 

אשקר tunes that were identical for 4 years for the last day of פסח.
ה' מלך = 'Arebim Shebet Ahim
נשמת  = Aranen Lishmakh
אודך = Atah Hael Atah Hael Melekh Dar
ראו בנים =Yadai Esa Lidbirakh

 

Kedoshim| קדושים

5768: RAST

When קדושים is by itself almost all sources seem to agree that the מקאם used is Saba.

Should we or shouldn’t we use Saba this coming Shabbat?

We just used Saba yesterday for the 8^th day of פסח .

The answer is we do NOT use Saba.

The Shabbat after פסח is always one of these 3 perashiyot:

Shemini

אחרי מות

קדושים

If Ahare falls out right after פסח the מקאם is Hijaz.

If Shemini or קדושים fall out right after פסח the maqam is ראשט.

This week should then be ראשט .

By the way in 1940 משה אשקר used ראשט for קדושים and נהוונד for אמור .

In 1940 as this year (2008) קדושים was the first Shabbat after פסח .

 Here is what משה אשקר did:

ערבית
Tenahaleni (Bayat 272)	קדיש
Ba’adi (Bayat 260)	ראו בנים
שחרית
Ne’imah Li (Mahour 153)	ה' מלך
Taba’ Hakham Refael jabah min Qods	הללויה
Rinati	נשמת
Shabti (Mahour 151)	שועת עניים
Eli Behibah (Rast 136)	אל ההודאות
Ya Hila Hilalan	קדיש
Maghen Yish’i  (Rast 127)	שמחים
Ahbirah Lakh (Rast 111)	ממצרים
Yom Yom Tamid (Rast 107)	נקדישך
Miyamim Yamimah (Rast 125)	פזמון
Ta’an LeShoni (Rast/Sikah 128)	כתר
Mebaser Eten (Rast 131)	אין כאלהינו
מנחה
Atiadiyah Halabiyeh	ואני תפלתי
Or Miqedem	נקדישך
ערבית
Abraham Tesson	קדיש
Shir E’eneh (Rast 80)	ראו בנים

 

5769: SIGAH (Shabbat Prior to Lag La'Omer)

For the Shabbat prior to Lag La'Omer, Maqam Sigah (the maqam used for reading the Torah) is always applied.

In 1939 Emor was Sikah and it will be the same this year.
Here is Hakham Moshe Ashears tunes as requested by Morris Arking.

Hashem Melekh = Besit Riyal Baba Gawazni

Haleloyah = Fransaweya Shabti Shabti Elekha Melekh Rab

Nishmat = 'Ouri Kallah Shir Outhilah

Shav'at = Ashir Shirim Berinah

Hodaot = Yah Ohil Lakh Rahman 'Atiqah

Qadish = Ya Qalbi Min Qallak T'eshaq

Semehim = Heyeme Setime Qess Hanitman

Mimmissrayim = El Hai El Hai Adon Kol Hai

Naqdishakh = Bar Yohai Nimshahta Ashrekha

Pizmon = E'berah Na Veereh Admat and Ish Elohim Qadosh Hou Ashre 'Ayin Raathou

Keter= Yasad Besodo Bore Lebinyan

En Kelohenou = Yah Hasdakh Gali Vehadesh Li Et Yamai Yamai

I'll hopefully add pages and other details later as well as details of what he did other years on the Shabbat just prior to Lag La'Omer

5768: Nahwand

This week, in honor of Yom HaAsmaut, מקאם נהוונד should be applied.

Behar  | בהר סיני

5769: DISPUTED: (Mehubarot)

5768: SIGAH (Shabbat before Lag La'Omer)

This שבת is Behar and even though almost every source says that we are to use נאווה we do not because this שבת precedes the holiday of Lag La'Omer.
Lag La'omer starts Thursday night 5/22 and continues all day Friday 5/23.
Therefore the מקאם to use is סיגא .
The premier song and tune is that of BAR YOHAI.
There are many tunes for this song and a quick glance at the piyut website will show you about 20 of them.
According to מנהג חאלֶ‏בּ‏י  this song is סיגא and according to Beiruti tradition this is also in סיגא but at a much faster pace.
(Egyptians do it in a slow Saba with lots of Solo pieces).
Shabbat before Lag La'Omer based upon the lists of אשקר .

Mousaf in either ראשט or Ajam or Bayat
Minhah in either סיגא or Ajam or Bayat
Arbit must be סיגא and you should use the quick (Beiroutiyah) Bar Yohai for Raoo Banim.
This is a very important piece of tradition that if not for this forum would otherwise have been lost to eternity.
Please utilize these important selections as well as those from אשקר both of which were students of Hakham Refael Ades Antebi Tabboush.

Behuqotai | בחוקותי 

5768: NAHWAND (NAWA)

First let's see what אשקר did for this coming שבת.
1937=מחוברות =ראשט
1938=Behouqotai=צבא 
1939=מחוברות =מאהור
1940=Behouqotai=סיגא
Now let's examine why he this.
1937….BeharBehouqotai was the last שבת before Shabbat Kallah. (Shabbat Kallah is the Shabbat before Shabou'ot, and we always use Hoseni for that Shabbat). Since he wouldn't be able to use ראשט for Bemidbar or Naso he used it the week before for BeharBehouqotai. Also remember that in 1937 there was no such thing as Yom Yeroushalayim.
1938….Behouqotai: he used Saba. Bemidbar was Hoseni for Shabbat Kallah. And yes he used Saba once again for Naso.
1939….BeharBehouqotai he used Mahour similar to ראשט of 1937.
1940…Behouqotai he used סיגא because it was the day before Lag La'Omer. Bemidbar was ראשט and Naso was Shabbat Kallah and he used Hoseni of course.
Now most old sources show us to use Nawah for Behar and for Behouqotai., be they separate or מחוברות .
Other choices I have seen for Behouqotai are:
Nawah 4 votes; Bayat 2 votes; Nahawand 2 votes; Rahaw 1 vote
What should we do this year of 2008?
This year Behouqotai falls out pre-Memorial Day, Bemidbar falls out pre-Yom Yeroushalayim, and Naso falls out pre-Shabou'ot.
As we know in the USA Memorial day is always the last Monday in May.
Is it possible that אשקר utilized Saba in 1938 for that reason?
It was Saturday May 28 , Memorial day was Monday May 30th.
(In 1937 Memorial day was the Monday after Beha'alotekha)
(In 1939 Memorial day was the Monday after Naso)
I could be totally off base with this theory but it's always a possibility knowing how patriotic the community was back then.
In any case this year I think we should do the following:
Behouqotai===Saba
Bemidbar===נהוונד (Pre Yom Yeroushalayim)
Naso===Hoseni (Pre Shabou'ot)
Beha'alotekha=סיגא
 

Bemidbar | במדבר

5769: HOSENI

5768: RAST

Bemidbar ראשט occurred in 1940.

5767: Shabbat Kallah= HOSENI

The שבת before שבועות is called שבת כלה and according to the מנהג חאלֶ‏בּ‏י we use מקאם חוסיני .
מקאם חוסיני is used to introduce שבועות for a few reasons.

a) Megilat Ruth is in Hoseni

b) The Azharot are in Hoseni

c) The Ketouba

d) Matan Torah Aspect

נשמת was Raqs El Ban.

שמחים = the tune of Azharot is used.

ממצרים = the tune of Megilat Ruth is used.

נקדישך  was  Da'at oumzimah.
פזמון  was  either Ahalel VeAbi'a or Bahar Dodi.

5768: Shabbat Kallah

The שבת prior to שבועות is called שבת כלה. Here are the tunes used by משה אשקר.

{There are no listings for Saturday night in 1937 & 1938 because the first night of the holiday was Saturday night

Naso | נשא

5767/5769: SABA

This year like most years, Perashat NASO falls out after Shabou'ot.
The Maqam for Naso (after Shabou'ot) is SABA. As per the notes of Hakham Moshe Ashear.
Tunes he used each year for Naso.

Nishmat = Ma'aneh Lashon

Shav'at = El Hon 'Alai Behemlah

Keter = Rahoum Dal Daagi

En Kelohenou = Debar Seter Gal

Beha'alotekha | בהעלותך

SIGAH

The מקאם for נשמת  is סיגא according to all חאלֶ‏בּ‏י sources except one which says חוסיני .
אשקר used סיגא as well.
This is the only tune that אשקר used exactly the same all 4 years.

נשמת  = Yebi'oun Sefatai Shirah LaEl Nora
[I finally located this song.
It's in מקאם OJ (AWIDJ).
I found it on page 285A of a handwritten pizmon book from Halab.
This manuscript is by Hakham Shaoul Abyad from 1868.
The siman is Yosef Yonah Hazaq and the song has no lahn (tune) listed for it.

Here are some other things that אשקר liked to use for Beha'alotekha.

Raah Onsi in מקאם אייראק by his brother Shahadeh for שועת עניים in 1937,38,&39.
Yibneh Li Mishkani for אל ההודאות in 37,38, & 40.
קדיש= Shaddai She'eh LeImre Fi (page 448) in 1937 & 38.
Oukazibo Nafsi 'Aniki Fi Kol Ma Ara in 1939
Asis El Bakh (page 441) in 1940.
'Ouri Kalah (page 436) in 37,38, &40. for נקדישך.
MOUSAF al 4 years he prayed BAYAT.
Minhah in 37, 38, and 40 he used צבא. (In 39 he used Bayat).

Shelah  | שלח לך

HIJAZ

On Shabbat Shelah, the prayers are conducted in Maqam Hijaz.

The custom of the Brooklyn community is to use מקאם חג'אז for שלח לך .
This was also used by משה אשקר  in all 4 years of his notes.

Qorah | קורח

NAHWAND

Nowaday we do מקאם נהוונד for קורח but in Halab things were different.
In Halab there was an ancient minhag that קורח and חוקת would be מחוברות almost every year.

 This custom never existed anyplace else.

The Yeminites do half of חוקת with קורח and the other half of חוקת with Balaq.

Only in Halab was the entire קורח and חוקת connected.
The מקאם was HOSENI.
Here in America the Halabiyeh decided that they should do like everyone else but even so אשקר prayed Bayat-Hoseni both weeks in a row. קורח and חוקת.
גבריאל שרים said קורח נהוונד and חוקת Hoseni.
The חאלֶ‏בּ‏י in Jerusalem kept קורח as Hoseni and made חוקת as Rast.

Regarding the song on page 133, don’t forget that the 15^th word in the song is LeORAH.

In the colloquial pronunciation of Syria (& Egypt) the the Q (qof) is silent, thus making the word QORAH   ORAH.

Hukat | חוקת

HOSENI

Nowaday we do מקאם נהוונד for קורח but in Halab things were different. In Halab there was an ancient minhag that קורח and חוקת would be מחוברות almost every year.

 This custom never existed anyplace else.
The Yeminites Do half of חוקת with קורח and the other half of חוקת with בלק. Only in Halab was the entire קורח and the entire חוקת connected.

The מקאם was חוסיני .
Here in America the Halabiyeh decided that they should do like everyone else but even so אשקר prayed Bayat-Hoseni both weeks in a row. קורח and חוקת .
גבריאל שרים said קורח נהוונד , Houqat חוסיני .
The חאלֶ‏בּ‏י in Jerusalem kept קורח as Hoseni and made חוקת; Rast.
As far as I know all of us in Brooklyn prayed נהוונד for קורח so we have to pray חוסיני this week.
As to what is חוסיני :
Hoseni is Bayat on A, as such A, B 1/4 flat, C, D, E, F1/4 sharp, G, A.
The first 4 notes are the bayat and the last 5 notes are Rast on D.

These are the only two items that אשקר used exactly the same all 4 years in a row for Perashat Houqat. 

שועת עניים= ‘Ebed Yomar page 317

אל ההודאות= Yiten El page 257

More on Houqat from the notes of אשקר.

Balaq | בלק

MAHOUR

What is the מקאם this week?
If we open  שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה, we find מאהור. But this is the only place that lists מאהור for בלק . While all sources point to Toledot as being מאהור. There are no sources pointing to בלק as being מאהור. This is a convention of the Red Book.
The list in the Red Book has its merits but we have other sources both printed and in manuscript form from Aleppo, Jerusalem, Brooklyn, Argentina, etc. All our other manuscript and printed sources say ביאת, except for the list from Argentina that was also used by Hakham Ezra Mishanieh, that list says נהוונד .
So far we have the majority of sources==ביאת
שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה===מאהור
Argentina/Mishanieh====נהוונד
What did משה אשקר do?
ALL 4 YEARS, ASHEAR PRAYED נהוונד FOR PERASHAT בלק .
I've grown up only hearing מאהור for בלק .

Regarding page 406. Pinehas has his own פרשה but the story of Pinehas and his actions are in בלק and the pizmon on 406 discusses his actions that are in Balaq.

Pinehas  | פינחס

SABA (always- all sources)

פרשת פינחס is by all accounts מקאם צבא .
The only thing I must note:

According to חאלֶ‏בּ‏י tradition the must use tune for שמחים is Habib Allah Eliyahou on page 92 even though it is not צבא it is ביאת.

Matot | מטות

5768: NAHWAND

It isn’t to often that the perashiyot of Matot and Mas’e are not read together.

The question of course is what is the מקאם of the week.

As per my sources

Matot = Nawah or נהוונד

Mas’e = Saba

What did אשקר do?

We only have 1940 in which they were separate.

He did Nawah for Mas’e. He also did Nawah for Matot-Mas’e in 37,38,&39.

For Matot in 1940 he did Bayat. But not just plain Bayat, a mixture of so many things.

Hashem Melekh = El Pene Abdakh = 1921book page 143B sikah

Halelouyah = Pisshou ‘Imi = page 132 Rast

Shaharit:
Wana Nazla Bitdala’ = page 267 “kemeaz lakh etvada’” Bayat with hijaz	נשמת
Menat Hebli = page 329 Mouhayyar Bayat	שועת עניים
Yihyou Kemoss = page 348 Hoseni	אל ההודאות
Weli Rayet Fi Dalalak	קדיש
Marom Ba’arabot Dar = page 268 Bayat	שמחים
El Dorshah = page 276 Bayat	ממצרים
El Yassarta = page 241 Bayat with hijaz	נקדישך
Halelou El Yah = page 171 Ajam	פזמון
Mif’alot = page 189 Ajam	Keter
Nase-em =  page 124 Rast	אין כאלהינו

Masei | מסעי

5768: SABA

Before I discuss this weeks Maqam as per Hakham Moshe Ashear let me tell you what I have found listed as the “Halabi” maqam for Matot and for Mas’e.

Perashat Matot

1)       Nawah 4 votes

2)       Nahawand 3 votes

3)       Rahaw 1 vote

Perashat Mas’e

1)       Saba 5 votes

2)       Mohayar 1 vote

Matot & Mas’e מחוברות

1)       Nawah 1 vote

2)       Nahawand 1 vote 

These votes include the red book as one vote.

What about the “shami” maqam for the week.

My oldest source does not mention matot or mas’e but lists maqam Saba for Shim’ou. As we know that is the haftarah when it’s mas’e alone or when they are מחוברות .

Another shami source says Matot=Rast and Mas’e=Bayat.

As I’ve said before these perashiyot are usually מחוברות and we don’t often have them separated. From Ashears notes 3 out of the 4 years they were מחוברות and he prayed Nawah for all 3. One year they were separate and he did a Bayat medley for Matot and he did Nawah for Mas’e.

Here are his Nawah selections for Mas’e alone in 1940:

Shaharit:
Naah Teqilah	נשמת
Odekha el tobot gamalta	שועת עניים
Gani habibi abou el halaqah	אל ההודאות
Abraham Sasson Alav Hashalom	קדיש
Yigdal elohim hai veyishtabah lehakham refael	שמחים
Beneh li zeboul mishkani	ממצרים
Malaktoum fouadi  ‘Elyon ‘al kol ramim	נקדישך
Seoo Siyonah Nes vadegel	פזמון

Matot-Masei מחוברות

5767: NAWA / NAHWAND

The מקאם this week as per all old sources and as per משה אשקר  is נאווה .
שיר ושבחה הלל וזמרה  has it as נהוונד

Debarim  | דברים

HIJAZ (all sources)

All sources, including Shami sources, agree that this week is חג'אז.

Perashat Debarim is always the Shabbat prior to Tish’ah BeAb.

Here are the Hakham Mosheh Ashear selections:

It's interesting to note that for all 4 years of פרשת דברים that משה אשקר used AJAM for מוסף.

More specifically he used the song on the bottom of page 180 for keter.

מנחה was חג'אז and ואני תפלתי  was Qado Kal Mayas, otherwise known as Samah Nafshi.

נקדישך was the the famous tune by Sheikh Salama Higazi.
Arbit for the '37 & ''38 was already 9-AB so no tunes.
For '39 & '40, also חג'אז and קדיש was Konti Fein Wel Hobe Fein.
I've heard that גבריאל שרים used Hodakh (Bayat with Hijaz) for קדיש מוצאי שבת.

Va'ethanan | ואתחנן

HOSENI (all sources)

This week's מקאם is חוסיני .

Perashat VaEtHaNan as per Hakham Mosheh Ashear 1937,38,39,40.

This is a very interesting list of tunes.