Daniel Halfon

https://youtu.be/ZDLw6WN3pi4?si=pfGn3RFcfLSNivvI# Tehilat (Birkat Hamazon) Aseret Yemei Teshubah | AmsterdamThe 'Yedei Rashim' Lachan is one of the most well known musical hallmarks in the Spanish and Portuguese repertoire for the month of Elul and the Aseret Yemei Teshubah.In addition to serving as the setting for the Piyyutim sung before Yotser during Shachrit on Rosh Hashanah and Kippur, it is ...

https://youtu.be/frh_ZJn2GAo?si=xoP_LuaVPFPDT67u# Shir Hama'alot Mima'amakim - Psalm 130 | London and New York In the Spanish and Portuguese tradition this chapter is recited at the conclusion of the Selichot read throughout the month of Ellul and on the penetential days leading up to Yom Kippur. In other Sephardi traditions it is also recited before the Barechu of Shachrit during the Aseret Yeme...

https://youtu.be/frh_ZJn2GAo?si=xoP_LuaVPFPDT67u# Shir Hama'alot Mima'amakim - Psalm 130 | London and New York In the Spanish and Portuguese tradition this chapter is recited at the conclusion of the Selichot read throughout the month of Ellul and on the penetential days leading up to Yom Kippur. In other Sephardi traditions it is also recited before the Barechu of Shachrit during the Aseret Yemei...

https://youtu.be/aecaI05BY48# Ben Adam - New YorkThis Piyyut, of unknown authorship, is sung in many Sephardi communities as an introduction to Selichot throughout the month of Elul and during the penitential days leading up to Yom Kippur. It consists of two stanzas each concluding with: Lekha Hashem Hatsedaka Velanu Boshet Hapanim (Daniel 9:7)While the Piyyut forms part of the order of service i...

https://youtu.be/aecaI05BY48# Ben Adam - New York This Piyyut, of unknown authorship, is sung in many Sephardi communities as an introduction to Selichot throughout the month of Elul and during the penitential days leading up to Yom Kippur. It consists of two stanzas each concluding with: Lekha Hashem Hatsedaka Velanu Boshet Hapanim (Daniel 9:7)While the Piyyut forms part of the order of service ...

https://youtu.be/GT4cNlTBQ98 # Tehilat - Festive | London This tune, used during Mincha on Yamim Tobim, is a sort of melodic anticipation of the Uba Letsiyon Go'el which immediately follows it. Despite almost identical variants of Uba Letsiyon being sung in both New York and Amsterdam, this Tehilat variation is unique to London. In addition to festival afternoons, it is also used during the chora...

https://youtu.be/GT4cNlTBQ98 # Tehilat - Festive | London This tune, used during Mincha on Yamim Tobim, is a sort of melodic anticipation of the Uba Letsiyon Go'el which immediately follows it. Despite almost identical variants of Uba Letsiyon being sung in both New York and Amsterdam, this Tehilat variation is unique to London. In addition to festival afternoons, it is also used during the chora...

https://youtu.be/87PLniEA5w4?si=T0-k9OPGeHCoR64Y# Ya Vendra El Senor | AmsterdamHazzan Abraham Lopes Cardozo, in his volume ‘Sephardic Songs of Praise’, writes that the Piyyut 'Ya Vendra El Senor' was composed in Tangier in around 1600, and arrived in Amsterdam during the period of Shabetai Tsebi's influence in the mid 17th century. He notes that In recognition of Shabetai Tsebi's widely accepted ...

https://youtu.be/87PLniEA5w4?si=T0-k9OPGeHCoR64Y# Ya Vendra El Senor | AmsterdamHazzan Abraham Lopes Cardozo, in his volume ‘Sephardic Songs of Praise’, writes that the Piyyut 'Ya Vendra El Senor' was composed in Tangier in around 1600, and arrived in Amsterdam during the period of Shabetai Tsebi's influence in the mid 17th century. He notes that In recognition of Shabetai Tsebi's widely accepted ...

https://youtu.be/Nn5OED07CEs# Shir Hama’alot Hineh - Psalm 134 | LondonThe standard practice amongst Sephardim is to preface the formal beginning of Arbit with the chanting of verses from Tehilim. This custom is based on an opinion found in Masechet Soferim and later rulings by medieval authorities. In the case of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition the text selected for weekday evenings is chapt...

https://youtu.be/Nn5OED07CEs# Shir Hama’alot Hineh - Psalm 134 | LondonThe standard practice amongst Sephardim is to preface the formal beginning of Arbit with the chanting of verses from Tehilim. This custom is based on an opinion found in Masechet Soferim and later rulings by medieval authorities. In the case of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition the text selected for weekday evenings is chapt...

https://youtu.be/e47zi4LvIKs# Adon Olam - A. Lindo-Henry | LondonThis rousing, although decidedly Anglican, tune for Adon Olam is frequently sung on Shabbat mornings in the London Spanish and Portuguese community.Its composer, Algernon Lindo-Henry (1862-1926), was of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry and a student of Emanuel Aguillar. Aguillar, of course, is best known to us for notating and arrang...

https://youtu.be/e47zi4LvIKs# Adon Olam - A. Lindo-Henry | LondonThis rousing, although decidedly Anglican, tune for Adon Olam is frequently sung on Shabbat mornings in the London Spanish and Portuguese community.Its composer, Algernon Lindo-Henry (1862-1926), was of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry and a student of Emanuel Aguillar. Aguillar, of course, is best known to us for notating and arrang...

https://youtu.be/-HP6gzJa3WU# Abarekh Et Shem Hashem | AmsterdamAmong the major surviving Spanish and Portuguese communities, Amsterdam is alone in maintaining the practice of chanting Bakashot before Shachrit. Several of these Piyyutim, are what might be called ‘dual purpose’ as they are also sung in the home as Zemirot on Shabbat.The melody in the present recording is one of several in the Amste...

https://youtu.be/-HP6gzJa3WU# Abarekh Et Shem Hashem | AmsterdamAmong the major surviving Spanish and Portuguese communities, Amsterdam is alone in maintaining the practice of chanting Bakashot before Shachrit. Several of these Piyyutim, are what might be called ‘dual purpose’ as they are also sung in the home as Zemirot on Shabbat.The melody in the present recording is one of several in the Amste...

https://youtu.be/eMzPuuXM_aA# Samachti - Psalm 122 | LondonThe Talmud Yerushalmi in Masechet Bikurim provides a vivid account of the various steps involved in the bringing of first fruits to the Temple, an observance which began on the festival of Shabou'ot. In particular, it details how appropriate verses from Psalm 122 were sung on the journey to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.The Sephardi tradi...

https://youtu.be/Ajub53a_hsw# Yitro - Bachodesh Hashelishi | London In the Spanish and Portuguese tradition a special chant is used for reading certain passages from the Torah. These include, amongst others, the opening 34 verses of Parashat Beresheet, the Shirat Hayam and the Aseret Hadibrot. Although these Ta'amim are, in essence, simply a highly embellished variant of their standard counterpart...

https://youtu.be/Ajub53a_hsw# Yitro - Bachodesh Hashelishi London In the Spanish and Portuguese tradition a special chant is used for reading certain passages from the Torah. These include, amongst others, the opening 34 verses of Parashat Beresheet, the Shirat Hayam and the Aseret Hadibrot. Although these Ta'amim are, in essence, simply a highly embellished variant of their standard counterparts,...

https://youtu.be/Ajub53a_hsw# Yitro - Bachodesh Hashelishi | London In the Spanish and Portuguese tradition a special chant is used for reading certain passages from the Torah. These include, amongst others, the opening 34 verses of Parashat Beresheet, the Shirat Hayam and the Aseret Hadibrot. Although these Ta'amim are, in essence, simply a highly embellished variant of their standard counterpart...

[https://youtu.be/b6iRbLfUNI0](https://youtu.be/b6iRbLfUNI0)# Yigdal Elohim Chai | Amsterdam and LondonSchool JewishStudiesThis spirited melody for Yigdal, which bears a striking, but probably wholly coincidental, resemblance to the Scottish folk song ‘Coming Thro The Rye’, is a comparative late comer to the London repertoire. In all likelihood it was brought to Bevis Marks from the Netherlands by...

[https://youtu.be/b6iRbLfUNI0](https://youtu.be/b6iRbLfUNI0)# Yigdal Elohim Chai | Amsterdam and LondonThis spirited melody for Yigdal, which bears a striking, but probably wholly coincidental, resemblance to the Scottish folk song ‘Coming Thro The Rye’, is a comparative late comer to the London repertoire. In all likelihood it was brought to Bevis Marks from the Netherlands by Hazzan Joseph Gomes...

https://youtu.be/aHK4Rf80OpY# En Kelohenu - ‘Italian’ | LondonThis tune for En Kelohenu is from the London Spanish and Portuguese congregation's repertoire. Often referred to as the 'Italian' melody, its composition has been attributed to Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739). As Professor Edwin Seroussi makes clear, however, Marcello was not actually its composer. The piece was, in fact, one of several ...

https://youtu.be/aHK4Rf80OpY# En Kelohenu - ‘Italian’ | LondonThis tune for En Kelohenu is from the London Spanish and Portuguese congregation's repertoire. Often referred to as the 'Italian' melody, its composition has been attributed to Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739). As Professor Edwin Seroussi makes clear, however, Marcello was not actually its composer. The piece was, in fact, one of several ...

# SephardiHazzan PlaylistsIn response to several requests, I have created a number of new playlists on my YouTube channel to make it more navigable and thus more useful.The playlists include:En Kelohenu melodiesAdon Olam melodiesYigdal melodiesHallel melodiesKedusha melodiesKaddish melodiesPesach melodiesRosh Hashanah and Kippur melodiesMelodies associated with taking out and returning the SepherH...

# # SephardiHazzan PlaylistsIn response to several requests, I have created a number of new playlists on my YouTube channel to make it more navigable and thus more useful.The playlists include:En Kelohenu melodiesAdon Olam melodiesYigdal melodiesHallel melodiesKedusha melodiesKaddish melodiesPesach melodiesRosh Hashanah and Kippur melodiesMelodies associated with taking out and returning the Sephe...