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...
Shirat Ha-Yam, Az Yashir
Two Torah readings -- Parashat Beshallah and Parashat Yitro -- contain some of the most dramatic scenes in the early national life of the...
Hanukkah Melodies
Many familiar and beloved melodies are associated with Hanukkah. This recording of the blessings over lighting the candles, followed by...
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
Two poetic and musical highlights of the High Holidays are Et Sha’are Ratzon on Rosh Hashana and E-l Nora Alilah on Kippur. Below are...
Tisha b'Ab: Bore Ad Ana
The Western Sephardic melodies for Tisha b’Ab, including the book of Ekhah (Lamentations) and the Kinnot (elegies), are unique, haunting,...
Pesah Melodies, Sung by Rev. A. Lopes Cardozo
With Pesah approaching, below are several melodies recorded by the late Rev. Abraham Lopes Cardozo, an invaluable repository of the...
Livorno Community Releases CD of Melodies
The Comunita Ebraica di Livorno has released a new CD of melodies, Niggun Livorno – Cento Anni di Composizioni Ebraiche a Livorno...