Posts by Daniel Halfon
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https://youtu.be/YWUB11gMDek# Yonati - Shir HashirimIn the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, these five Pesukim from Shir Hashirim are read at the close of Shachrit on weekdays from Rosh Hodesh Nissan until Erev Pesach.Please like and Share.Hodesh Tob and Shabbat Shalom.
Megillat Esther, read in the style of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, is now available as an album on Spotify, iTunes and Apple Music.iTunes[https://music.apple.com/.../megillat-esther-in.../1608879971](https://music.apple.com/us/album/megillat-esther-in-the-spanish-and-portuguese-tradition/1608879971?fbclid=IwAR0Q76HqxinewKEvzryI6ooJ7B1X1VEEG4uyQBF2wB8yoEEWGFe9E39qUdU)Apple Music[https://mu...
Megillat Esther, read in the style of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, is now available as an album on Spotify, iTunes and Apple Music.iTunes[https://music.apple.com/.../megillat-esther-in.../1608879971](https://music.apple.com/us/album/megillat-esther-in-the-spanish-and-portuguese-tradition/1608879971?fbclid=IwAR0Q76HqxinewKEvzryI6ooJ7B1X1VEEG4uyQBF2wB8yoEEWGFe9E39qUdU)Apple Music[https://mu...
https://youtu.be/ATZ4abRbxsQ# Ish Yehudi - Megillat EstherIt may very well be that what we know today as a ‘book trailer’ was invented within the Spanish and Portuguese tradition.At the close of Shachrit on the weekdays leading up to Pesach, Shabou’ot, Tisha BeAb and Purim, Pesukim from the Megillot associated with those days are chanted as a sort of ‘preview’.In the case of Purim, the verses sel...
https://youtu.be/ATZ4abRbxsQ# Ish Yehudi - Megillat EstherIt may very well be that what we know today as a ‘book trailer’ was invented within the Spanish and Portuguese tradition.At the close of Shachrit on the weekdays leading up to Pesach, Shabou’ot, Tisha BeAb and Purim, Pesukim from the Megillot associated with those days are chanted as a sort of ‘preview’.In the case of Purim, the verses sel...
[https://youtu.be/1b6XAdCl3Qw](https://youtu.be/1b6XAdCl3Qw?fbclid=IwAR2xUwZlKFPpbUeSr4LA51UvbbT9-B0HgKjV291NbrIAlhE-33SFftM16us)# Tsur Mishelo Akhalnu | AmsterdamDespite not containing any actual reference to Shabbat, the Piyyut ‘Tsur Mishelo Akhalnu’ is sung as a Shabbat table song across pretty much the entire Jewish world.As has been well noted, the themes it expresses closely parallel the con...
# [https://youtu.be/1b6XAdCl3Qw](https://youtu.be/1b6XAdCl3Qw?fbclid=IwAR2xUwZlKFPpbUeSr4LA51UvbbT9-B0HgKjV291NbrIAlhE-33SFftM16us)# Tsur Mishelo Akhalnu | AmsterdamDespite not containing any actual reference to Shabbat, the Piyyut ‘Tsur Mishelo Akhalnu’ is sung as a Shabbat table song across pretty much the entire Jewish world.As has been well noted, the themes it expresses closely parallel the c...
https://youtu.be/uN6LvTD2uq8# Kamti Lehallel | AmsterdamThis Piyyut is one of the many musical treasures bequeathed to me by my beloved teacher and friend Abraham Lopes Cardozo (z’l). Largely unknown outside the Netherlands, it is sung in Amsterdam, both as a Bakkashah before the Shabbat morning service, and as a table song at home. Its earliest appearance was in a collection of Bakkashot publishe...
https://youtu.be/uN6LvTD2uq8# Kamti Lehallel | AmsterdamThis Piyyut is one of the many musical treasures bequeathed to me by my beloved teacher and friend Abraham Lopes Cardozo (z’l). Largely unknown outside the Netherlands, it is sung in Amsterdam, both as a Bakkashah before the Shabbat morning service, and as a table song at home. Its earliest appearance was in a collection of Bakkashot publishe...
https://youtu.be/NlAbEUrsXuA# Todot El | Amsterdam and New YorkRarely encountered outside the western Sephardi diaspora, the Piyyut ‘Todot El’ is a much loved table song in the Spanish and Portuguese communities of New York and Amsterdam. It was originally composed as a Reshut or introduction to Nishmat Kol Chai and is sung as such in New York on Simchat Torah and the anniversaries of the opening ...
https://youtu.be/NlAbEUrsXuA# Todot El | Amsterdam and New YorkRarely encountered outside the western Sephardi diaspora, the Piyyut ‘Todot El’ is a much loved table song in the Spanish and Portuguese communities of New York and Amsterdam. It was originally composed as a Reshut or introduction to Nishmat Kol Chai and is sung as such in New York on Simchat Torah and the anniversaries of the opening ...
https://open.spotify.com/album/16J577Bu7qCTJbmoPncgEfMy latest album “Mizmor Shir Leyom Hashabbat - Shabbat Zemirot in the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition” has just been released. Featuring 21 selections, it is now available on Spotify and will be available on all other major music streaming services.Please like and share.
https://open.spotify.com/album/16J577Bu7qCTJbmoPncgEfMy latest album “Mizmor Shir Leyom Hashabbat - Shabbat Zemirot in the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition” has just been released. Featuring 21 selections, it is now available on Spotify and will be available on all other major music streaming services.Please like and share.
https://youtu.be/lHfTfUGWozY# Yodukha Ra’yonai | Amsterdam - New YorkThis Piyyut, written by R.Yisrael Najara (c.1555–1625), is sung as a Shabbat table song in the Amsterdam and New York communities. A variant, known as ‘the Dutch melody’ serves as a setting for Adon Olam in the Sephardi community of Gibraltar. Somewhat exceptionally for the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, the melody is based on...
https://youtu.be/lHfTfUGWozY# Yodukha Ra’yonai | Amsterdam - New YorkThis Piyyut, written by R.Yisrael Najara (c.1555–1625), is sung as a Shabbat table song in the Amsterdam and New York communities. A variant, known as ‘the Dutch melody’ serves as a setting for Adon Olam in the Sephardi community of Gibraltar. Somewhat exceptionally for the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, the melody is based on...
https://youtu.be/BNPvjt73eC0# Amen Shem NoraThis Shabbat will be the 44th anniversary of my ‘aprova’ at Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the City of New York. It will also mark 44 years since I first got to know my beloved teacher and friend, Abraham Lopes Cardozo(z’l).I owe to Bram Cardozo an enormous debt of gratitude. Not only did he teach me the New York an...
https://youtu.be/BNPvjt73eC0# Amen Shem NoraThis Shabbat will be the 44th anniversary of my ‘aprova’ at Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the City of New York. It will also mark 44 years since I first got to know my beloved teacher and friend, Abraham Lopes Cardozo(z’l).I owe to Bram Cardozo an enormous debt of gratitude. Not only did he teach me the New York an...
https://youtu.be/yrZeCLHAo7c# Hallel - Rosh Hodesh | AmsterdamWhen Hallel is recited on working days, it’s useful to have a tune on hand that can be sung at a good clip without the feeling that you are rushing it.This example from the Portuguese Community of Amsterdam moves at a fair old lick but with no sense that the congregation is being musically short-changed.This melody is one of 17 that fea...
https://youtu.be/yrZeCLHAo7c# Hallel - Rosh Hodesh | AmsterdamWhen Hallel is recited on working days, it’s useful to have a tune on hand that can be sung at a good clip without the feeling that you are rushing it.This example from the Portuguese Community of Amsterdam moves at a fair old lick but with no sense that the congregation is being musically short-changed.This melody is one of 17 that fea...
https://youtu.be/diYXhd7WNyc&feature=related# Ma Ashib Lashem - Hallel | LondonIn the London Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi community the recitative portion of the Hallel serves as a wonderful anticipatory and optimistic prelude to the rich melodic selections which follow. Set in a major key (of course - it’s Spanish and Portuguese, after all), it is chanted by the Hazzan, augmented by the extemp...
https://open.spotify.com/album/7x2NhGoL3wr2JRmLChfim7“Hallel Melodies in the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition” has just been released, featuring 17 selections from the communities of Amsterdam, London and New York.The album is now on Spotify and will be available on all other major music streaming services.Hanukkah Sameach!Please share.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7x2NhGoL3wr2JRmLChfim7“Hallel Melodies in the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition” has just been released, featuring 17 selections from the communities of Amsterdam, London and New York.The album is now on Spotify and will be available on all other major music streaming services.Hanukkah Sameach!Please share.
https://youtu.be/F0lT-YFHzdo# Nakdishakh - Mincha | New YorkIn Congregation Shearith Israel the Kedushah is sung during Mincha - both on Shabbatot and weekdays - to a variant of a melody that is known across the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora.What differentiates this New York version is its marcato rendition, and the fact that it is sung by the congregation rather than by the Hazzan.This piece is...
https://youtu.be/F0lT-YFHzdo# Nakdishakh - Mincha | New YorkIn Congregation Shearith Israel the Kedushah is sung during Mincha - both on Shabbatot and weekdays - to a variant of a melody that is known across the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora.What differentiates this New York version is its marcato rendition, and the fact that it is sung by the congregation rather than by the Hazzan.This piece is...
I have just released a new album, "Kedushah Melodies in the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition”. It features 12 selections: five from London, four from Amsterdam, two from New York, and one from Suriname. The album is now available on Spotify and will be available on all other major music streaming services.Please share.