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Isaac A. Kahenzade

Isaac A. Kahenzade is an aspiring philologist of Urmian-Jewish descent based in New York City. He finds his daily sustenance in the study of the humanities, traced along the indelible palimpsest of Jewish heritage, the refulgent wisdom of the Ben Ish Ḥai and the Arizal, and the cherishment of his loved ones.

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צֶדֶק טוּב | Tsedeq Tuv, a piyyuṭ by Isaac A. Kahenzade

Contributed by: Isaac A. Kahenzade

This is an original Hebrew tehillah/piyyuṭ that I composed in January 2025 for my local Nash Didan (Persian-Azerbaijani-Assyrian-Jewish) community. The composition weaves together classic liturgical motifs, echoing the themes of Psalms 1, Ashrei, and Aleinu, while remaining a distinct, contemporary composition. It may be recited during Pesuqei d’Zimra, as a supplementary reading near the conclusion of a service, or however best its cadence speaks to the heart of the worshipper—be it chanted in the polyphonic chorus of a congregation or whispered in solitary devotion. The piyyut also functions as a Maskilic shibutz “domestication” of the Gathic Avestan manthras—an endeavor inspired by Rav Meshullam Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s reclamation of universal sacred sparks, clothing ancient wisdom in the living vestments of the Holy Tongue.



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