Sephardic Pizmonim Project- פזמונים

Digital Music Archive of the Sephardic community of Aleppo

طقوسي التقاليد والتسجيلات الموسيقية في المجتمع اليهودي السفارديم حلب السورية

כֶּמִנְהַג אָרַם צוֹבָא - ק"ק חַלַף

David Matouk Betesh DMD dedicates this project in memory of his Great Grandfather, Hazzan Gabriel A Shrem, and in honor of his dear teacher, Hazzan Isaac J Cabasso.

לזָכּוֹת בּוֹ הַרָבִּים

שְנַת חַמֶשֵת אַלָפִים שְבַע מְאוֹת שִשִים וּשְתַיִם לְיֶצִירָה

MAQAM OF THE WEEK: SIGAH מקץ

רני ושמחי בת ציון	מקץ
מקאם סיגא	נגונים
יביעון שפתי שירה	נשמת
ראה זר	שועת
הימי סתימי	ההודאות
את כלה	קדיש
אור כשלמה יה עוטה	שמחים
ידיד נפש	ממצרים
עורי כלה	נקדישך
יצא למלך מבית סורים	פזמון ספר תורה

For Shabbat Miqes (Genesis 41:4- 44:17), Maqam SIGAH is applied according to all Aleppo sources, whereas Maqam RAHAW is applied according to all Damascus sources. Maqam SIGAH is familiar to most as being the maqam used for all Torah readings. Typically, Shabbat Miqes is the Sabbath that coincides with Hanukkah, and SIGAH would be appropriate in order to apply two specific Hanukkah related melodies to the prayers. These melodies are "Yebiun Sefatia Shira" (472a) for Nishmat and "Or Kasalma" (458a) for Semehim. In addition, the holiday of Hanukkah symbolizes light, and SIGAH, the maqam used for the Torah, also symbolizes light. This year, when Shabbat Miqes does not coincide with Hanukkah, there are some that may apply Maqam RAHAW in order to apply the song "Yassa Limlokh Mibet Surim" (page 363), a pizmon about the story of Joseph, for Semehim.

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