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In older Sephardic practice, there are cycles of reshuyot (permission-poems) recited on the three sabbaths of rebuke. These reshuyot, inserted before important prayers, date back to medieval Andalusian poets. They are largely mournful in tone, and accordingly the Ḥida opposed their recitation as unbefitting the joy of sabbaths, but due to their antiquity and cherishedness some communities (for instance those of Morocco) preserved them, reciting them all prior to Maariv on the ninth of Av instead. In any case, they are very clearly designed for the Shabbatot to which they are assigned, and to serve as reshuyot for the prayers to which they are assigned. These six reshuyot are meant to be recited on the second sabbath of rebuke, Shabbat Shim’u. Many of their authors are, to the translator’s knowledge, otherwise unknown — any further information about them would be greatly appreciated!
This is the reshut offered before the Qaddish (before the Barkhu at the outset of Shaḥarit) on Shabbat Shim’u, composed by Elyaqim.
| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
|---|---|
אֶת־אוֹיְבֶֽיךָ אֵל תַּשְׁמִיד וְתַחְרִיב בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב׃ |
Exterminate Your foes, Deity, wipe them clear, speedily and in a time near! |
לוֹ לְבַדּוֹ בְּשִׂיחִי אֶקְרָא כִּי בְצָרוֹתַי נִקְרָא לִי עֶזְרָה וּלְכׇל־שׂוֹטְנַי חֲרוֹן אַף וְעֶבְרָה יָבוֹא עֲלֵיהֶם וְשִׁמְשָׁם יַעֲרִיב בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב׃ |
Let me call to Them alone in my conversation, for in my sorrows They are called my consolation, To all my adversaries, wrath, rage and castigation Yet should come upon them, their sun should disappear, speedily and in a time near! |
קָדוֹשׁ וְנוֹרָא עֹֽשֶׂה פֶֽלֶא הוֹצֵא עֲדָתְךָ מִבֵּית כֶּֽלֶא אֲשֶׁר בְּרֶֽפֶשׁ וָטִיט מָלֵא וּלְגוֹזְלֵי עַמִּי תַּשְׁמִיד וְתַחְרִיב בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב׃ |
Awesome and holy Worker of Wonders, Bring Your flock out from their prison bunkers, Quods full of mire and muck; may those who plunder my people You destroy, wipe them clear, speedily and in a time near! |
יִתְגַּדַּל שִׁמְךָ אֵל עֶלְיוֹן וּתְרַחֵם עַם עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וְהַעֲלֵֽהוּ אֶל־הַר צִיּוֹן מֵעַם לוֹעֵז וּפָנָיו הִצְרִיב בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב׃ |
Incomparable Deity, exalted be Your name, and have mercy on the people poor and lame, and bring them up to Mount Zion their claim! May the barbarous people’s faces be scorched with fear, speedily and in a time near! |
“אֶת־אוֹיְבֶֽיךָ | Et Oyvekha — reshut №3 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Shim’u, by Elyaqim” is shared through the Open Siddur Project under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license.
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