Music by Rabbi Jonah Rank; words by Rabbi Mosheh Chutzin.
אביו של ר' משה חוצין שימש ברבנות בבגדאד שלושים שנה (תק"ג-תקל"ג)[הערה: ר' עליו, יהודי בבל, עמ' קיח-קכ.] הבן נפטר בשנת תק"ע (1810). חיבר פיוטים רבים, אך רובם אבדו, ורק עשרים וארבעה נשתמרו ותשע מהם נדפסו. שיריו נתקבלו והם מושרים בציבור. כולם שירי מחרוזת.
- מתוך שירה ופיוט של יהודי בבל בדורות האחרונים: אוסף ומבחר, אברהם בן־יעקב, דוד צמח, יוסף טובי ומאיר בניהו (בעריכה) (ירושלים, ישראל; בן־צבי באוניברסיטה העברית ה'תש"ל), עמ' פה
The father of Rabbi Mosheh Hutzin served in the rabbinate in Baghdad for thirty years (5503-5533 A.M.)[see about him in Yehudey Bavel, pp. 118-120.] The son passed away in the year 5570 A.M. (1810 C.E.). He [Rabbi Mosheh Hutzin] authored many piyyutim (“prayer-poems”), but most of them have gone missing, and just twenty-four of them have been preserved, and nine of them have been [previously] printed. His songs have been [well-]received, and they are sung communally. They are all songs with rhyme,
- Avraham Ben-Ya’akov, David Tzemah, Yosef Tubi, Me’ir Beneyahu Hebrew Poetry of Baghdadi Jewry: Collected and Selected Poems (Jeruaslem, Israel; Ben-Zvi of Hebrew University 1970), p. 85
I have cried out to You; I have placed my trust in Your name; I have recounted Your greatness—praiseworthy Adonai.
I have watched Your gate; listen to my praise and also to my prayer—hear, Adonai!
Remember my covenant; be quick, to my assistance, before I call for You—“Save, Adonai!”
I have awaited Your salvation; establish my glory-house for bringing near the new sacrifice I lay down for Adonai.
A retreat in my distress—subdue all that subdues me—my stone and my fortress and my refuge, Adonai.
Answer my pleading; turn to my praise; enjoin my salvation—the rock of my salvation, Adonai.
Bring near the the end of my redemption; have mercy on my soul; I have heard Your name; I have had awe for Adonai.
Illuminate my darkness; make my redemption palpable; return my inheritance; lay me down, Adonai.
credits
from Selichot | סליחות,
released December 30, 2020
All sounds (musical or otherwise) performed by Rabbi Jonah Rank, except for guest vocals by A. Z. W.-R.
First performed at Shaar Shalom Synagogue for Selichot of 2018, entering 5779.
Rabbi Jonah Rank is a musician, writer, and teacher. At JonahRankLiturgy, Rabbi Jonah Rank posts recordings of traditional tunes for educational purposes as well as original tunes for lesser-sung texts--and then the occasional something else.
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