[https://youtu.be/ailgsfmuzDo?si=p0ELQw_zej-6_23A](https://youtu.be/ailgsfmuzDo?si=p0ELQw_zej-6_23A&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExaHExT2tpUmxxd3I4cmhzeAEeiIEGFXreQh37Ap7h-h8AJ7850-SD77mf5dpiP6LcorWYt-ADYDRtUXjN2M0_aem_u_0pt0Wd4mVGjsCuFcKSbw)## Lag Same’ach!In the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition, a short excerpt from the Book of Ruth is chanted to its ta’amim on the days between Lag La’omer and the festival of Shabou'ot. This unique practice, signaling the imminent approach of the Mo’ed, may well be the prototype for what we know today as a ‘book trailer’ for this most remarkable and moving of stories.