Melodies for the Home
Over the years, Western Sephardi communities have accumulated many, wonderful melodies to sing around the Shabbat table. One of the best...
Purim Melodies
A highlight of the Purim celebration is the public reading of the Book of Esther. Unlike many other Jewish communities, in the S&P...
Concluding the Sabbath - Habdalah
On Saturday night at the conclusion of Shabbat, we recite the Habdalah or “Separation,” including prayers over wine, fragrant spices, and...
Greeting the Sabbath: Lekha Dodi
On Friday evening as we welcome Shabbat, we sing the beautiful 16th-century hymn by Rabbi Shelomo Ha-Levi Alkabetz, Lekha Dodi – “Come,...
Seder Hazanut of the Sephardi Community of Bordeaux (Annotated Ed.)
For 100 years, an original manuscript containing the year-round order of prayers of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews of Bordeaux went...
More Pesah Melodies - Haggadah, Prayer for Dew
Ha Lahma Anya (This is the Bread of Affliction) is one of the introductory paragraphs of the Haggadah, discussing the matzah and...