חׇנֵּנוּ יָהּ חׇנֵּנוּ | Ḥonenu Yah Ḥonenu (Forgive Us Yah in the Merit of Moshe Rabbenu), by the Ben Ish Ḥai (ca. 19th c.)

Contributor(s): Yosef Ḥayyim miBaghdad and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Shared on: 17 March 2016 under the Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication

Categories: Shiv'ah b'Adar

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Minhag Iraq, Mosheh Rabbenu, Needing Translation (into English), Needing Source Images, פיוטים piyyutim

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
חׇנֵּנוּ יָהּ חׇנֵּנוּ בִּזְכוּת משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ
משֶׁה רַעְיָא מְהֵימְנָא שָׁרְתָה עָלָיו שְׁכִינָה מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה אֲשֶׁר חַי בְּאַרְצֵנוּ
שָׂם מִצְרַיִם לְשַׁמָּה עָשָׂה בָהֶם נְקָמָה בְּכֹחַ וְיָד רָמָה מִשָּׁם הוּא הוֹצִיאָנוּ
חׇנֵּנוּ יָהּ חׇנֵּנוּ בִּזְכוּת משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ
הוּא לַשָּׁמַיִם עָלָה נָצַח מַלְאֲכֵי מַעְלָה הִנְחִיל לְעַם סְגֻלָּה אֶת תּוֹרַת אֱלֹהֵינוּ
חִלָּה פְּנֵי ה’ בְּעָמְדוֹ עַל הַר סִינַי הִצִּיל אֶת עַם אֱמוּנַי הֵגֵן עַל אֲבוֹתֵינוּ
חׇנֵּנוּ יָהּ חׇנֵּנוּ בִּזְכוּת משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ
זֵכֶר צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָהּ בְּמִדַּ ת נֶצַח זָכָה גַּם בִּכְהֻנָּה וּמְלוּכָה אֱלֹהִים עִטְּרָנוּ
קָדוֹשׁ צַדִּיק וְעָנָו הִנֵּה קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו גַּם לֹא כָהֲתָה עֵינָיו לֹא נָס לֵחוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ
חׇנֵּנוּ יָהּ חׇנֵּנוּ בִּזְכוּת משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ

The 7th of Adar is the traditional date for the yahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu and it is also remembered as the day of his birth 120 years earlier. This variation of of the piyyut, Ḥonenu Yah Ḥonenu (Forgive Us Yah, Forgive Us), sung on 7 Adar, is attributed to Rabbi Yosef Ḥayyim of Baghdad (a/k/a the Ben Ish Ḥai, 1832-1909). The earliest published version we could find appears in בקשות: ונוסף עוד פתיחות ופיוטים הנוהגים לומר בזמה הזה (1912) containing piyyutim by Israel ben Moses Najara (1555-1625), a Jewish liturgical poet, preacher, Biblical commentator, kabbalist, and rabbi of Gaza. The contemporary audio recording of the Iraqi nusaḥ presented here was made by משה חבושה (Moshe Ḥavusha).

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“חׇנֵּנוּ יָהּ חׇנֵּנוּ | Ḥonenu Yah Ḥonenu (Forgive Us Yah in the Merit of Moshe Rabbenu), by the Ben Ish Ḥai (ca. 19th c.)” is shared through the Open Siddur Project with a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 Universal license.

Yosef Ḥayyim miBaghdad

Yosef Chaim (1 September 1835 – 30 August 1909) (Iraqi Hebrew: Yoseph Ḥayyim; Hebrew: יוסף חיים מבגדאד) was a leading Iraqi ḥakham (Sephardi Rabbi), authority on halakha (Jewish law), and Master Kabbalist. He is best known as author of the work on Halakha Ben Ish Ḥai (בן איש חי) ("Son of Man (who) Lives"), a collection of the laws of everyday life interspersed with mystical insights and customs, addressed to the masses and arranged by the weekly Torah portion.

Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

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2 comments to חׇנֵּנוּ יָהּ חׇנֵּנוּ | Ḥonenu Yah Ḥonenu (Forgive Us Yah in the Merit of Moshe Rabbenu), by the Ben Ish Ḥai (ca. 19th c.)

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2016-03-17 at 9:48 pm · Reply.
This is beautiful, thank you! It should however be Ḥonenu Yah Ḥonenu (kamats katan).
- The Hierophant
  2016-03-18 at 6:47 am · Reply.
  Thank you. We’ve corrected the title and the niqqud.

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