Hoseni - الحسيني

Introduction

Maqam Hoseni - חוסיני - was named after the Persian sheikh, Hussein Biadur, called 'Abdel Ghazi.

In Arabic, the word "Hosn" means beauty and splendor, and that it why it is the maqam used when commemorating the giving of the Torah.

This maqam is a higher version of Maqam Bayat.

On Shabuot, the holiday that commemorates the receiving of the Torah, we read Megilat Ruth. The ta'amim for this megila are in Maqam Hoseni, and so is the tune for the Azharot, chanted on Shabuot. Hoseni is used for Perashiot Yitro and Va'ethannan which both have the Decalogue (Ten Commandments) within the perasha.

This maqam is also used many times throughout the book of Exodus usually in connection with the receiving of the Torah motif and Tabernacle (mishkan) beauty motif.

Index

Pizmon	Page	Song	Commentary	Recordings	Application
406.01	332	יפעתך תמה	Traditionally used at the wedding ceremony.	G. Shrem G. Shrem 2 G. Shrem 3
407	333	משמחי לב	Each stanza ends with the name "David." Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript	E. Menaged E. Menaged 2 G. Shrem Recording I Cabasso- Qaddish I Cabasso- Nishmat	קדיש
408	334	דודי אתן	דוד חזק Attiah Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript Yabess Manuscript British Library Or. 10375	G. Shrem E. Menaged G. Shrem Recording Maury Blanco	קדיש
409	334	דעת ומזמה	דוד חזק This pizmon, entitled “Knowledge and Discretion” (HOSENI, page 334), is a very sacred song in Aleppo tradition reserved for Matan Torah, the giving of the Ten Commandments. This song pre-dates most other pizmonim in our tradition; being older than 1850. The opening verse says “Knowledge, discretion, and words of wisdom; more than them, on the day Moses spoke; her (Wisdom’s) profit is greater than fine gold; this is the Law that Moses place.” There are a total of eight stanza’s in the original manuscripts; all ending with the word “Moshe,” and each phrase, containing rich biblical allusions, rhyme with one another. The acrostic of this pizmon, “David Hazaq,” indicates that the first name of the author is David, but his specific identity is unknownto us. The melody of the pizmon is from the Arabic song “Tazri Bel Ajafen,” and is only applied for Naqdishakh three times a year: Shabbat Yitro, Shabbat Kallah (the Shabbat prior to the Shabuot festival), and Shabbat Vaethanan. Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript Commentary on Pizmon British Library Or. 10375	Yosef Hamaoui Fule Yanani G. Shrem G. Shrem Recording Recording M Habusha I Cabasso- Qedusha M Kairey	נקדישך
410	335	מלא משאלות לבי	מרדכי Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Yabess Manuscript	G. Shrem	נשמת
411	336	יה אשאל ממך	ידידיה חזק אמץ Attiah Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript	I. Cabasso
412	336	ישמחו עם ידידים	British Library Or. 10375	D Binker
413	337	אשרי האיש יודע שמי	Classified also as Maqam NAWAH. Tabbush Manuscript	G. Shrem Recording	נשמת
414	338	דגלי שא נא	Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript	Recording Recording	אל ההודאות
415	338	זלף כמטר זלף		Yehiel Nahari M Habusha
416	339	יה חסדך גלי	Raphael Tabbush Aseret Yeme Teshuba.	G. Shrem E. Menaged G. Shrem G. Shrem Recording M Habusha I Cabasso- SA Shabetai Laniado- HM	שועת עניים
417	340	אל הנאזר בגבורתיה	Raphael Tabbush Tabbush Manuscript	G. Shrem G. Shrem Recording Charlie Chehebar- Nishmat I Cabasso- Qaddish	קדיש
418	340	אודה שמך נורא עלילה	Raphael Tabbush Tabbush Manuscript
419	341	אימתי יהיה		D. Sebi Recording	קדיש
420	342	יחיד ומיוחד		G Shrem	כתר
420.01	342a	אלי בא זמן	Haim S Aboud Maqam Kourd	Arabic Recording H Obadia Yosef
420.02	342a	אנא קוית בכל עת לישועה	Sion Laniado Maqam Kourd	Recording Shelomo Antebi- Qaddish H Shimon Hai Alouf	קדיש
421	343	רב חסד חי לכל נברא	Raphael Tabbush	Recording Recording
422	343	רחש לבי	Raphael Tabbush Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript	D Binker
423	344	בחר דודי	Raphael Tabbush Matan Torah. Lists the Ten Commandments.	G. Shrem Fule Yanani G. Shrem Recording
424	345	אוחיל יום יום	אני דוד בר אהרן בר חסין חזק Maqam Kourd Original older version of the song; written by R' David Hassin chiefly about Tiberias and the new resettlement efforts in Israel. Talks about the holiness of the Land of Israel and its Rabbis. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Yabess Manuscript	G. Shrem I. Dayan (Alternate version) G. Shrem Recording	כתר
425	348	יהיו כמוץ	Israel Najara Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript	G. Shrem G. Shrem Recording Recording I Cabasso- EH	אל ההודאות
426	349	האל העירה וראה	Hamaoui Manuscript Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript	I. Dayan M Habusha- different version M Habusha Hebrew Recording	פזמון
427	350	אשים תהלה		G. Shrem	ה' מלך
428	351	איומה מראיך הראיני	מרדכי Hoseni or Hijaz. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript British Library Or. 10375	Shami- Maqam Hijaz Libyan- Maqam Hijaz	שועת עניים
429	352	שומרה מצר	Ezekiel Dweck Written during Holocaust. Shrem Manuscript Leaflet	Arabic
430	353	אמרי פי והגיוני	אברהם Maqam Hoseni or Tahir. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Yabess Manuscript	G. Shrem Recording R Barzani- Semehim Isaac Cabasso- Semehim Naftali Tawil- Qedusha I Cabasso- Semehim	שמחים
430.01	353a	אל המרומם על כל ומתנשא	Raphael Yair Elnadav Bar Misvah of Murray David Hidary (1984).	R Elnadav
430.2	568b	ויהי בימי שפט השפטים	From Megilat Ruth applied to Mimisrayim (Hoseni).	G. Shrem G. Shrem- Mimisrayim- Megilat Ruth	ממצרים