# [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 content and structure of the Birkat Hamazon. So much so, in fact, that there are authorities (R. Chaim of Vlozhin, perhaps being the best known) who actually forbid singing it for fear of rendering the Birkat Hamazon a Berakha Lebatalah!The melody in the present recording, sung in the Amsterdam Portuguese community, is likely based on a Dutch folk song.It is one of the 21 selections featured on ‘Shabbat Zemirot in the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition’, available on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes and all major streaming platforms. The links are in the YouTube description box.Please like and Share