הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל | Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l'Ḥol (abridged), a piyyut attributed to Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi (ca. 11th c.)
Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=37893
open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2021-06-30
Last Updated: 2025-03-27
Categories: Motsei Shabbat
Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Angelic Protection, הבדלות havdalot, המבדיל בין קדש לחל Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l'Ḥol, זמירות zemirot
Excerpt: The short form of the piyyut for motsei shabbat, with English translation. . . .
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Translation (English) |
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הַמַּבְדִּיל
בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל
חַטֹאתֵינוּ הוּא יִמְחוֹל
זַרְעֵנוּ וְכַסְפֵּנוּ
יַרְבֶּה כַּחוֹל
וְכַכּוֹכָבִים בַּלָּיְלָה.
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The one who distinguishes
holy from mundane
Will forgive our sins
Will make our children and our wealth
as numerous as sand
and as the stars at night
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יוֹם פָּנָה כְּצֵל תֹּמֶר
אֶקְרָא לָאֵל עָלַי גּוֹמֵר
יוֹם אֲשֶׁר אָמַר שׁוֹמֵר
אָתָא בֹּקֶר וְגַם לָיְלָה.
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Day turns away to the shadow of a pillar
I will call to EL as the day ends
On which They said
to rest from the morning to the night.
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A la derecha Mihael
I a la izkierda Gavriel
I sovre su kavesa Shehinat El
Kada dia i kada noche
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On the right is Michael,
On the left is Gabriel
Above my head is the presence of God
Every day and every night
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Source(s)
Contributor: Akiva Sanders (translation)
Co-authors:
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Name: Akiva Sanders (translation)
Bio: Akiva Sanders is a Neubauer Graduate Fellow specializing in Mesopotamian Art and Archaeology. He is interested in mobility during the rise and fall of one of the world’s first urban networks in northern Mesopotamia. Specifically, his research is concerned with mutually transformative interactions on the edges of this network with highland societies of the Kura Araxes Cultural Tradition. Previously, Akiva has worked on genetic diversity in present-day highland Georgia and other regions, and he has published an article on the application of a new methodology for analyzing the sex of ceramic producers to episodes of state-formation at Tell Leilan, Syria. Akiva has excavated in Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and Georgia.
Website:
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/akiva-sanders
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Name: Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi
Bio: Yitsḥaq ibn Gayat (1038-1089), spiritual leader of Lucena in the kingdom of Granada, wrote more than 400 liturgical poems with many allusions to the science and philosophy of his day. He also wrote commentaries on tractates of the Talmud and a lengthy commentary on Ecclesiastes.
Website: https://www.geni.com/people/Yitzhak-ben-Yehudah-Ibn-Ghayyāth-HaLevi/6000000022351245963
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/yitshak-ibn-ghayyath
Featured Image:
Title: havdalah
Caption: Sefer Minhagim, Amsterdam: 1722
