Daniel Halfon

https://youtu.be/lWRmftqONjo# Adir Vena’or | LondonAdir Vena’or is a Piyyut based on the prophet Micah's account of the Divine grace that leads to forgiveness of sins (Micah 7:18–20), which is recited in all five services on Yom Kippur. It takes the form of an alphabetical acrostic, each of whose 11 short stanzas sets forth two Divine attributes. The response to each strophe consists of Micah's wo...

https://youtu.be/lWRmftqONjo# Adir Vena’or | LondonAdir Vena’or is a Piyyut based on the prophet Micah's account of the Divine grace that leads to forgiveness of sins (Micah 7:18–20), which is recited in all five services on Yom Kippur. It takes the form of an alphabetical acrostic, each of whose 11 short stanzas sets forth two Divine attributes. The response to each strophe consists of Micah's wo...

https://open.spotify.com/album/7bs64ZzmljxQhksnk97eda?utm_source=SendGrid&utm_medium=Email+&utm_campaign=website# The Spanish and Portuguese Tradition. Melodies for the Yamim Nora’imThis album, just released, features 31 selections drawn from the traditions of London, Amsterdam, New York, Suriname and Gibraltar. It is available on Spotify and all other major music streaming services.

https://open.spotify.com/album/7bs64ZzmljxQhksnk97eda?utm_source=SendGrid&utm_medium=Email+&utm_campaign=website# The Spanish and Portuguese Tradition. Melodies for the Yamim Nora’imThis album, just released, features 31 selections drawn from the traditions of London, Amsterdam, New York, Suriname and Gibraltar. It is available on Spotify and all other major music streaming services.

https://youtu.be/wRgesgqEGrA# En Kelohenu - Hodesh Elul and Aseret Yemei Teshuba | Gibraltar‌Throughout the month of Elul, in anticipation of the Days of Awe, it is the custom among many Sephardi communities to include melodies from the High Holiday repertoire in daily services.This understated yet haunting melody from Gibraltar is the setting for various liturgical texts during the penitential pe...

https://youtu.be/wRgesgqEGrA# En Kelohenu - Hodesh Elul and Aseret Yemei Teshuba | Gibraltar‌Throughout the month of Elul, in anticipation of the Days of Awe, it is the custom among many Sephardi communities to include melodies from the High Holiday repertoire in daily services.This understated yet haunting melody from Gibraltar is the setting for various liturgical texts during the penitential pe...

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https://youtu.be/6NNqenvWGZU# Moshe Ubnei Yisrael | AmsterdamIn contrast to the eastern Sephardi musical traditions which are based on a complex array of Maqamim, the Spanish and Portuguese rite utilises a fixed system of non-metrical but highly defined melodic patterns.For the most part these recitatives are chanted as a solo by the Hazzan. Certain passages, however, having undergone a process of...

https://youtu.be/6NNqenvWGZU# Moshe Ubnei Yisrael | AmsterdamIn contrast to the eastern Sephardi musical traditions which are based on a complex array of Maqamim, the Spanish and Portuguese rite utilises a fixed system of non-metrical but highly defined melodic patterns.For the most part these recitatives are chanted as a solo by the Hazzan. Certain passages, however, having undergone a process of...

https://youtu.be/I1Pzggw0phQ# Hashem Melekh | LondonThe custom in the London Spanish and Portuguese Congregation was, and I trust still is, that Hashem Melekh in the Shabbat and festival Zemirot would be read by a boy under the age of Bar Mitzvah. Not only did this participation mark the cantorial debut for many of us, but in the early 1960s it commanded a performance fee of five shillings - serio...

https://youtu.be/I1Pzggw0phQ# Hashem Melekh | LondonThe custom in the London Spanish and Portuguese Congregation was, and I trust still is, that Hashem Melekh in the Shabbat and festival Zemirot would be read by a boy under the age of Bar Mitzvah. Not only did this participation mark the cantorial debut for many of us, but in the early 1960s it commanded a performance fee of five shillings - serio...

https://youtu.be/g2JjxGuOBL8# Hashem Melekh | New York In marked contrast to the recitative of the Zemirot itself, this distinctive and haunting melody used in Congregation Shearith Israel for Hashem Melekh on regular Shabbatot is set in a minor key. While having no cognate in the London Spanish and Portuguese repertoire, it is virtually identical to the chant used in the Snoge in Amsterdam. Durin...

https://youtu.be/g2JjxGuOBL8# Hashem Melekh | New York In marked contrast to the recitative of the Zemirot itself, this distinctive and haunting melody used in Congregation Shearith Israel for Hashem Melekh on regular Shabbatot is set in a minor key. While having no cognate in the London Spanish and Portuguese repertoire, it is virtually identical to the chant used in the Snoge in Amsterdam. Durin...

https://youtu.be/IzULFAMPzSs# Vehu Rachum - Barekhu | New YorkThe Vehu Rachum formula, comprises two verses from the book of Psalms (78:38 and 20:9). Liturgically, it serves as a prelude to the formal opening of Arbit; and from a musical standpoint in the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, it establishes the mode - unique to weekday evening services - for the chanting of the Berakhot before and aft...

https://youtu.be/IzULFAMPzSs# Vehu Rachum - Barekhu | New YorkThe Vehu Rachum formula, comprises two verses from the book of Psalms (78:38 and 20:9). Liturgically, it serves as a prelude to the formal opening of Arbit; and from a musical standpoint in the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, it establishes the mode - unique to weekday evening services - for the chanting of the Berakhot before and aft...

https://youtu.be/Sl7wOD6jcPg# Hallel - Shabou’ot | New YorkAmong the Spanish and Portuguese communities of Amsterdam, New York and London, Congregation Shearith Israel has the most elaborated version of the melody for the Azharot on Shabou’ot. In contrast to the other variants, it is also strictly metrical, which has successfully enabled it to be applied as a setting for Yigdal and the chanting of...

https://youtu.be/Sl7wOD6jcPg# Hallel - Shabou’ot | New YorkAmong the Spanish and Portuguese communities of Amsterdam, New York and London, Congregation Shearith Israel has the most elaborated version of the melody for the Azharot on Shabou’ot. In contrast to the other variants, it is also strictly metrical, which has successfully enabled it to be applied as a setting for Yigdal and the chanting of...

https://youtu.be/pwfhVO8mDFY# Shuba Lim’onakh | AmsterdamLast week’s post in this series was the Amsterdam composition for Kohanekha, sung on Mo’adim, which accompanies the opening of the Hechal prior to the reading of the Parasha. In the interests of closure, this week's offering is that community’s festive musical treatment of Shuba Lim’onakh, the formula chanted once the Sepher is returned to t...

https://youtu.be/pwfhVO8mDFY# Shuba Lim’onakh | AmsterdamLast week’s post in this series was the Amsterdam composition for Kohanekha, sung on Mo’adim, which accompanies the opening of the Hechal prior to the reading of the Parasha. In the interests of closure, this week's offering is that community’s festive musical treatment of Shuba Lim’onakh, the formula chanted once the Sepher is returned to t...

https://youtu.be/7zw1LLzmEGg# Kohanekha | Amsterdam As the Hechal is opened on Shabbat morning, most Sephardi communities chant the formula that begins ‘Ata Horeta Lada'at’ (Deut. 4:35), which consists of seven scriptural verses, matching the number of divisions in the weekly portion. On festivals, when the reading is divided into five parts, the number of verses is reduced accordingly, beginning ...

https://youtu.be/7zw1LLzmEGg# Kohanekha | Amsterdam As the Hechal is opened on Shabbat morning, most Sephardi communities chant the formula that begins ‘Ata Horeta Lada'at’ (Deut. 4:35), which consists of seven scriptural verses, matching the number of divisions in the weekly portion. On festivals, when the reading is divided into five parts, the number of verses is reduced accordingly, beginning ...

https://youtu.be/FcP8zVuVJ3Y# Elohim Tseba’ot | LondonOne notable characteristic of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition is that every effort is made to avoid any sort of musical lacuna. Even something as prosaic as removing the Sepher from the reading desk at the conclusion of the Parasha on Shabbatot and Mo'adim has a unique musical underpinning. Moreover, the textual formula for which it provid...

https://youtu.be/FcP8zVuVJ3Y# Elohim Tseba’ot | LondonOne notable characteristic of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition is that every effort is made to avoid any sort of musical lacuna. Even something as prosaic as removing the Sepher from the reading desk at the conclusion of the Parasha on Shabbatot and Mo'adim has a unique musical underpinning. Moreover, the textual formula for which it provid...

https://youtu.be/zTRI4kaKKjI# Vezot Hatorah | LondonAs many of you will know, Hagbaha or Levantar is not taken lightly in the Spanish and Portuguese tradition.For a Snogeiro, the performance of the Mitsva of Levantar constitutes a specialist calling. Its performance is restricted exclusively to members of the 'Santa Irmandade dos Levantadores', a sacred brotherhood to which admission is approved o...