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    A resource sheet for the traditional Piyut (liturgical poem) of the Jerusalemite-Sephardic tradition by Asher Mizrachi and Rachamim Amar. Includes Hebrew and English text, transliteration, and a link to a recording.

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    A resource sheet for the traditional Piyut (liturgical poem) of the Jerusalemite-Sephardic tradition by Asher Mizrachi and Rachamim Amar. Includes Hebrew and English text, transliteration, and a link to a recording.

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    A resource sheet for the traditional Piyut (liturgical poem) of the Jerusalemite-Sephardic tradition by Asher Mizrachi and Rachamim Amar. Includes Hebrew and English text, transliteration, and a link to a recording.

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    El Havivi

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    Piyutnorth
    A resource sheet for the traditional Piyut (liturgical poem) of the Jerusalemite-Sephardic tradition by Asher Mizrachi and Rachamim Amar. Includes Hebrew and English text, transliteration, and a link to a recording.

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    !El Havivi -
    !Asher Mizrachi
    About the Piyut!
    This Passover song is traditional amongst the Jewish community of Khaleb. The words were composed by
    Asher Mizrachi and the melody is by Rachamim Amar. Many songs by this duo have become an
    important part of the Sephardi-Jerusalemite Piyut repertoire, and some have gained a place amongst other
    communities as well. In this Piyut, the author refers to God with words of endearing closeness. He
    repeatedly requests that the Almighty should have compassion for and redeem his people. The repetition

    of the chorus God, my beloved, God, please emphasizes the sense of a deep and personal request.

    Hebrew Text!
    El, havivi, Yah, ana / b-naim hoshiveini na

    , , ,

    El, limoni b-moado / yireh v-ygaleh chvodo

    Eli magen baadi / bet tzara eyn bilado

    Adati b-Nissan nigalu / amim bifneyhem nafalu

    Miyalduti ahavtani / yom va-leyl lo azavtani

    Ata lmafriya samtani / beyn amim chusa na

    Yomru ha-myachalim lchasadav / eyn biladav


    Trivun al ma imdi / lo tochlu amod negdi

    Raadu v-gam nivhalu / tamu, kalu

    English Translation!
    God, my beloved, God, please!
    Settle me in pleasantness!
    God, to my dwelling at the right time!
    Will appear and reveal his glory!
    Those who hope for His mercy will say!
    There is none but Him!
    Why do you fight with me?!
    You will not be able to stand before me!

    My God is a shield around me!


    In troubled times there is none but Him!
    My people were redeemed in Nisan!
    Nations fell before them!
    They shook and were frightened!
    They were finished, destroyed!
    You have loved me from my youth!
    Day and night You have not left me!
    Now You have set me to distress!
    Among the nationsHave mercy please!

    Translation by Abigail Denemark!

    Recording by Moshe Habusha

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