October 29, 2024 ~ Shabbat NOAH. SIGAH.
Maqam Sigah (Sikah) - סיגא / שיגא / סיכא- from the Persian for "third place." According to Prof. Idelsohn, Sigah denotes majesty, pomp, ceremony (as conducted by the Kohanim). Construction of the tabernacle and its utensils is likened to the consruction of God's, the King's, palace and would also warrant this maqam.
This maqam is used for the chanting of the Torah.
Other maqamot in the Sigah family are: Oj, Iraq, Huzam, and Sigah Baladi.
~150 known pizmonim.
Sigah trichord: starting on E
| Pizmon | Page | Song | Commentary | Recordings | Application |
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| 514.99 | 432 | פזמונים במקאם סיגא |
Assorted Songs |
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| 515 | 432 | יצו האל |  יעקב עבדי Alludes to the 10 Sefirot. Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript British Library Or. 10375 |
E. Menaged E. Menaged 2 E. Menaged 3 E. Menaged 4 E. Menaged 5 Recording I Cabasso- Nishmat D Binker-Duek and Choir |
נשמת |
| 516 | 433 | נבחר ידיד | Nissim Lopez Shabbat Vayishlah. |
M. Nadaf Recording- Nishmat |
נשמת |
| 517 | 434 | ראש פעלי |  Arabic: Eshfa'ouli. Sung by Muhammad Salim. |
E. Menaged E. Menaged 2 I. Cabasso- Qaddish Recording Arabic: Eshfaouli Maury Blanco |
קדיש |
| 518 | 435 | אתה מרום | This pizmon (SIGAH, page 435), whose title is translated as "You, Who Lives in Heaven and Resides Above," is a song for the Yom Tob festivals. The acrostic of this song is Abraham (אברהם), and there is a reference here to each of the three patriarchs. What makes this song unique is that each of the five rhyming stanzas ends with a biblical source referencing God's name. The song begins with how the author and the entire community will rejoice and praise God at happy occasions; in the happiness of the bride and groom (in the first stanza), and in the happiness of the Yom Tob festivals (in the second stanza). The third stanza then asks that God, the merciful One, will spread his kindness on the children of Abraham. The fourth stanza says that we should praise God, because He will rebuild the Beit HaMiqdash where we will soon offer sacrifices to God in the future. The poem concludes (in the fifth stanza) with a plea to fulfill the prophecy of Ezekiel of returning to Zion, rebuilding the Temple, and then sending the Messiah, from the House of King David, to redeem the Jewish nation. Due to the song’s clear reference to “Eleh Moadei Hashem (Leviticus 23:4),” the source in the Torah that discusses the annual holiday cycle, this can be used as a PIZMON SEFER TORAH on the Shalosh Regalim. Tabbush Manuscript |
E. Menaged G. Shrem M. Kairey G. Shrem Recording Moshe Dwek |
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| 519 | 436 | יום יום אל שדי | יצחק חזק Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
E. Menaged D Binker-Duek - Nishmat |
נשמת |
| 520 | 436 | עורי כלה | Acrostic: Ezra. British Library Or. 10375 |
E. Menaged E. Menaged 2 I. Cabasso- Qedusha G. Shrem Charlie Chehebar- Naqdishakh I Cabasso - Qedusha 2 |
נקדישך |
| 521 | 437 | יונה יקושה | יום טוב Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
Maftirim R. Elnadav M Habusha |
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| 522 | 438 | מלך רם ונשא | Moshe Ashkenazi Tabbush Manuscript British Library Or. 10375 |
E. Menaged E. Menaged 2 M. Nadaf G. Shrem Recording R Elnadav- Semehim Isaac Cabasso |
פזמון |
| 523 | 439 | את כלה | Alef-Bet. Tabbush Manuscript British Library Or. 10375 |
E. Menaged I. Cabasso- Qaddish Isaac Cabasso- Qaddish Isaac Cabasso |
קדיש |
| 524 | 441 | יתברך שם האל |
E. Menaged DMB |
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| 525 | 441 | אשיש אל בך | This song is a DOR and the name in Arabic is 'Aziz Hobak. |
E. Menaged S. Salem Arabic sung by Mohamed Salim Y. Bozo Amos Dodi Recording Y Bozo - Pizmon and Qaddish I Cabasso- Qaddish Maury Blanco |
קדיש |
| 526 | 442 | אנא הישר | Raphael Tabbush Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript |
E. Menaged |
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| 527 | 442 | הימי סתמי | Raphael Tabbush Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript |
G. Shrem Recording Naftali Tawil- Shavat Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - EH Moshe Dwek - Naqdishakh |
אל ההודאות |
| 528 | 443 | אל יצרני לעמל | Raphael Tabbush Maqam Awj-Oj |
E. Menaged E. Menaged 2 G. Shrem Recording Arabic: Ya Man Asarni Bilgamal Isaac Cabasso- Nishmat Naftali Tawil- Nishmat Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - Pizmon Moshe Dwek - Nishmat |
נשמת |
| 529 | 443 | מצפה לזמן | Raphael Tabbush Maqam Awj-Oj |
M. Kairey Fule Yanani G. Shrem Recording Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - SA , BY Moshe Dwek - Naqdishakh |
ה' מלך |
| 530 | 444 | דבר סתר גל | Raphael Tabbush Maqam Rast |
M. Nadaf I. Cabasso: Hashem Melekh Shabetai Laniado |
ה' מלך |
| 531 | 444 | הרחב גבולי יה |
M. Mustachi Recording |
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| 532 | 445 | חסדך עם | Sing for philantropist. Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript |
I. Cabasso |
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| 533 | 445 | יה אוחיל | Raphael Tabbush Maqam Awj-Oj Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript |
E. Menaged S. Salem Arabic: Mohamed Selim: Ya Naheef AlQawam Y. Bozo Recording I. Cabasso Naftali Tawil- Nishmat Shabetai Laniado- Nishmat Shabetai Laniado- Nishmat 2 |
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| 534 | 446 | ידידי למה | |
E. Sayegh Amos Dodi Recording Maury Blanco |
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| 535 | 446 | עזר היו לי |
E. Menaged |
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| 536 | 447 | אדיר ונורא | Tabbush Manuscript |
E. Menaged E. Menaged 2 E. Menaged 3 I. Cabasso G. Shrem Recording Isaac Cabasso- Qaddish Arabic David Franco - Qaddish Moshe Dwek - Qaddish |
קדיש |
| 537 | 448 | שדי שעה לאמרי פי | Tabbush Manuscript | ||
| 538 | 448 | רזי עולם | Raphael Tabbush Shalosh Regalim. Tabbush Manuscript |
Fule Yanani I. Cabasso- Qaddish Naftali Tawil- Nishmat |
קדיש |
| 539 | 449 | אל תעירו אל תעוררו | אליהו Maqam OJ. Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889 |
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| 540 | 449 | ארך זמני | Pesah association. |
Fule Yanani I. Cabasso I. Cabasso- Shav'at G. Shrem Recording Recording Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - SA , BY |
שועת עניים |
| 541 | 450 | קץ ימין יפרח יציץ |
G. Shrem I Cabasso- Naqdishakh I Cabasso- Naqdishakh 2 Naqdishakh |
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| 542 | 451 | יחיד אל דגול מרבבה | This pizmon (SIGAH, page 451) is composed by H Yeshaya Sutton Rabia, a mid-nineteenth century Aleppo rabbi who composed many pizmonim. The acrostic of the song is Yeshaya, and it contains four rhyming stanzas. It is possibly written in honor of an "Ezra Shalom," whose name is alluded to in the third stanza. The song intends to give praise to an important person, such as a Rabbi. Here is a translation: "Only God stands out in the tens of thousands; He will bless this big man; the one my soul likes; with love and much endearment. The Lord will bless him and protect his arrival and departure; the whole nation goes out to greet him and exclaim to him "welcome." Above will exalt his fortune, and He will be a help to him; His good treasure will be open to him, and he will merit a good ending. God will bless his efforts, years of life will be added for him, peace will be placed in his borders, because he will have a high wall." When praying in Maqam SIGAH, this melody can be applied to "Befi Yesharim." Hamaoui Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Shir Ushbaha, 1921 British Library Or. 10375 |
G. Shrem I. Cabasso Fule Yanani Saul Nobeh Betesh G. Shrem Recording R Barzani- Mimisrayim Moshe Dwek |
בפי ישרים |
| 543 | 451 | שוכן רומה | Rosh Hashana. |
M. Nadaf I. Cabasso I Cabasso |
פזמון |
| 544 | 452 | יברך החתן | Maqam Awj-Oj Hatan. Hamaoui Manuscript Attiah Manuscript A Z Idelsohn notes, 1923 |
G. Shrem Recording Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - Qaddish |
אל ההודאות |
| 545 | 452 | אגילה אגילה | Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript |
I. Cabasso- El Hahodaot I. Cabasso - Alternate version G. Shrem Recording R Barzani- Naqdishakh Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - HM Moshe Dwek - EH Moshe Dwek - Naqdishakh |
אל ההודאות |
| 546 | 453 | בינה הגיגי | |||
| 547 | 454 | אל רם חסין יה |
G. Shrem Moshe Dwek - HM Moshe Dwek - Semehim Moshe Dwek - Naqdishakh |
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| 548 | 455 | אל עוז נאזר |
G. Shrem Recording Arabic Moshe Dwek |
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| 549 | 455 | אליך לבי נמס | |
G. Shrem Recording Moshe Dwek |
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| 550 | 456 | ידיד השב את שיבותי | Isaac Dabbah יצחק דבח חזק Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
I. Cabasso |
ממצרים |
| 551 | 457 | שמע מהללי נפשי לי כמה | שלמה חזק Maqam OJ. Yabess Manuscript |
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| 552 | 457 | ראה זר גבר | Raphael Tabbush Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript |
I. Cabasso I Cabasso- Mimisrayim |
ממצרים |
| 552.1 | 458 | נגילה הללויה | Asher Mizrahi Siman: Asher Hazaq. Lahan: Lah Yiglala. |
M. Kairey Recording Recording Recording Eliahou Ozen- Shavat Moshe Dwek Abraham Franco- Semehim |
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| 552.2 | 458 | אל חי אל חי |
G. Shrem Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - Haleluya |
אל ההודאות | |
| 552.3 | 458a | אור כשלמה | אברהם Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
Arabic D Binker-Duek - Pizmon and Semehim D Binker-Duek - Semehim only D Binker-Duek - Pizmon |
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| 553 | 459 | ימי מלך אחשורוש | ידידיה חזק Maqam Awj-Oj Purim. Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
Abraham Mizrahi Kawaje - Pizmon D Binker-Duek: Pizmon D Binker-Duek: Nishmat D Binker Group: Full Pizmon |
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| 554 | 459 | אברך את | אלעזר Maqam Iraq Purim. This is the first pizmon that Gabriel A. Shrem has learned. Attiah Manuscript Sassoon Manuscript #647 Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889 A Z Idelsohn notes, 1923 |
E. Menaged Yosef Hamaoui Fule Yanani G. Shrem Recording |
שמחים |
| 555 | 460 | אלי צור ישועתי | "My God, the Rock of my Salvation; Why have you abandoned me?" is a translation of the first line of the pizmon "Eli Sur Yeshuati" (SIGAH, page 460); considered the flagship song of Purim. The author of this pizmon is said to be H David Yaaqob Pardo, although the acrostic written in the older manuscripts is "Asher Ben Yaaqob Hazaq." The song featured in most current pizmonim books is incomplete- only containing 5 stanzas; corresponding to the first five letters of the alphabet (אבגד״ה). In Aleppo manuscripts from before 1850 (such as Sassoon #647), however, this song has more stanzas. This song, consisting of references from Megillat Esther, contains rhyming sequences within each verse. The thing in common in each stanza is that the last verse always starts with the word "Chai" or life; proclaiming that despite all the hardships that we go through, this is life and God keeps us alive. This melody is applied to Naqdishakh on Shabbat Zakhor and on Purim. Sassoon Manuscript #647 |
E. Menaged Yosef Hamaoui Fule Yanani G. Shrem Recording Moshe Dwek - Qaddish |
נקדישך |
| 556 | 462 | אל עושה נקמה | This pizmon (SIGAH, page 462), whose first words are translated "God who makes revenge," is an entertaining song that retells the miracle of Purim using rhymes. There are a total of 22 stanzas in this piece; corresponding to each letter of the Hebrew alphabet (א״ב). Within a stanza, each clause rhymes with one another, except for the last clause of the stanza, which rhymes with all the previous stanzas. The pizmon, which is classified as Maqam OJ in the older manuscripts, originates from Aleppo and is older than 1850. The author of this piece is uncertain, although there is a possibility that it may be H Raphael Antebi Tabbush. The melody of this pizmon is from the Arabic "Ya Dini Yeaman," and is typically applied to Shavat Aniyim on Shabbat Zakhor, and to El Hahodaot on Purim itself. The song concludes with a prayer for redemption; to give good things to the Jewish nation in order to raise their spirits. Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript |
Yosef Hamaoui Fule Yanani G. Shrem Recording I Cabasso Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - EH Moshe Dwek - Naqdishakh |
שועת עניים |
| 557 | 464 | אור גילה | Raphael Tabbush Purim. A song of praise and thanksgiving for God's deliverance of the Jews from Haman. The pizmon, by Refael Antebi (19th century), has allusions to the Megillah as well its midrashim. The Jews got saved from the evil decree after prayers. Shir Ushbaha, 1921 A Z Idelsohn notes, 1923 |
E. Menaged Yosef Hamaoui Fule Yanani G. Shrem Recording I Cabasso- (3) songs |
אל ההודאות |
| 558 | 465 | תם ונשלם | Raphael Tabbush Purim. TAM VENISHLAM - This pizmon (SIGAH, page 465), whose title can be translated as “Finished and Complete,” is a song composed by Jewish Syrian poet H Raphael Antebi Tabbush, and is one of five songs that he wrote in honor of the Purim festival. This composition, which has the acrostic of the author’s name (רפאל), has 4 rhyming stanzas in addition to the opening stanza which serves as the song’s chorus. The melody of this pizmon is used for Mimisrayim on Shabbat Zakhor as well as on Purim itself. In its opening chorus, the author is joyful that the days of God’s disappearance are over. In the first stanza, the author says that he is not happy when his enemies are in a high position of power, and asks God not to erase their transgressions (thereby punishing them in the future). In the second stanza, the author asks God to redeem him from the hands of the foreigners, just like the way God redeemed us in the days of Haman who made decrees on all the Jewish people; young and old alike. Our peril took place because King Ahashverosh sold our nation out for a monetary bribe. God, however, altered Haman’s wicked plans; causing him and his children to be hung on the very same tree that he prepared to hang Mordekhai. Shir Ushbaha, 1921 |
Yosef Hamaoui Fule Yanani G. Shrem Recording |
ממצרים |
| 559 | 466 | קום ידידי הבה | קציר חזק Maqam Awj-Oj Pizmon talks about Seudat Purim and the mitzvot of Purim. Talks about drinking on Purim and how you should drink until you don't know the difference between "Cursed be Haman and Blessed be Mordechai". The end of the pizmon talks about R' Zeirah who got too drunk and the trouble he put himself into as a result. Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript |
M. Habusha Iraqi version |
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| 560 | 467 | יום הנסים והפורקן | ישראל Maqam Awj-Oj Purim. More popular in Damascus tradition. Attiah Manuscript Sassoon Manuscript #647 Yabess Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
J. Mosseri |
אל ההודאות |
| 561 | 467 | יה יה אנא | Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript |
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| 562 | 468 | ממשגב לעם הנעלה | Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript |
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| 563 | 468 | ענני אל במרחב יה | Ezra |
J. Mosseri Isaac Cabasso- Nishmat G Shrem - Qaddish I Cabasso - Qaddish |
קדיש |
| 564 | 469 | מי זאת עולה יפה-פיה | מרדכי חזק In honor of the Torah. Alludes to the 10 Sefirot. Yabess Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript |
G. Shrem G. Shrem Recording Shabetai Laniado Moshe Dwek Moshe Dwek - HM |
ה' מלך |
| 565 | 470 | יה אל לך אהללה | Ezekiel Hai Albeg In honor of Gabriel A Shrem, cantor of Congregation Magen David of 67th Street. Photograph of Gabriel and Rachel Shrem Five Generations of Shrem Uncles (2013) Photograph of 5 generations of Shrem Family (2013) |
I. Dayan G Shrem Interview |
פזמון |
| 565.01 | קוראי מגלה | Shaare Zimra, Argentina book page 394. Read after the Megillah. Shaare Zimra, Argentina |
 F. Yanani D Binker-Duek |
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| 565.02 | דגלי דגלי |
F. Yanani |
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| 565.03 | אליך דודי אקרא | Shir Ushbaha, 1921 |
E. Menaged |
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| 565.04 | גרש נא לחוץ | Shir Ushbaha, 1921 Tabbush Manuscript |
Amos Dodi |
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| 1391 | 472s | יביעון שפתי שירה | יוסף יונה חזק Maqam Awj-Oj Hanukkah. Menorah. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript |
Iraqi Recording Iraqi Recording Yom Tob Yanani - Nishmat M Habusha H Abraham Zafrani- Nishmat D Binker-Duek- Nishmat |
נשמת |
| 2684 | אדון עולם ישועתי | אליעזר Melody of this song traditionally associated with Purim, although nothing in the song's text refers to holiday. Yabess Manuscript Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889 |
E Menaged- Purim- Nishmat E Menaged- Purim- EH G Shrem- Qaddish Purim 1 G Shrem- Qaddish Purim 2 I Cabasso- Qaddish E Mishaniye- Qaddish M Habusha- Qaddish D Binker-Duek- Qaddish D Binker-Duek - Pizmon S Antebi- Qaddish Ram Mizrachi: Qaddish |
