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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 by the living contributor(s) with a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 Universal license.
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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established."–Psalms 90:17
This is beautiful, thank you! It should however be Ḥonenu Yah Ḥonenu (kamats katan).
Thank you. We’ve corrected the title and the niqqud.