רְפָא צִירִי | Refa Tsiri, a piyyut for healing by Rabbi Refael Antebi Tabbush (ca. late 19th c.)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 1875-00-00 date_src_end: 1900-00-00 languages_meta: [{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"},{"name":"Hebrew","code":"heb","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Latin","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"},{"name":"Hebrew (Ktav Ashuri)","code":"Hebr","standard":"ISO 15924"}] Date: 2021-06-19
Last Updated: 2025-04-15
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, פיוטים piyyuṭim
Excerpt: The piyyut, Refa Tsiri, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . .
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רְפָא צִירִי אֵל נֶאֱמָן
כִּי אַתָּה רוֹפֵא אֻמָּן
אַתְּ רֺאשִׁי שׁוּר חַלְשִׁי
וְתֵן כֹּחַ לְנַפְשִׁי
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Heal my pain Oh Loyal God
for you are a skilled healer
You lead me, You see my weakness
and grant strength to my soul
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פְּתַח שַׁעַר הָרַחֲמִים
רָם שׁוֹכֵן בַּמְּרוֹמִים
עַל עַבְדָּךְ שִׂים חַסְדָּךְ
אֵין מְרַחֵם בִּלְעָדָךְ
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Open the gate of mercy
High dweller of the heavens
Upon your servant bestow your grace
there would be no mercy if not for You
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אֵל חַי רְצֵה תְּפִלָּתִי
וְחוּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִי
בִּמְהֵרָה דְּרוֹר
קְרָא לְעַם בֶּן הַגְּבִירָה
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Oh Living God desire my prayer
and hasten to my aid
And speedily call for the redemption
of the nation born to the Lady [Sarah]
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The piyyut, “Refa Tsiri” by Refael Antebi Tabbush (d. 1918). The English translation was made by Sara-Kinneret Lapidot as published in Invitation to Piyut North America: 18 Piyutim & Mizmorim (Piyyut NA & B’nai Jeshurun, 2010), p.39. –Aharon Varady
Source(s)
Contributor: Sara Lapidot (translation)
Co-authors:
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Name: Sara Lapidot (translation)
Bio: Sara Lapidot is a Jerusalem based paralegal.
Website:
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/sara-kinneret-lapidot
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Name: Refael Antebi Tabbush
Bio: Ḥakham Raphael Antebi Tabbush of Aleppo (d. 1918) was an outstanding composer of pizmonim. He was the son of Hakham Yisshaq Antebi and a rabbi who composed more than 400 pizmonim, and also restored those that had been lost. He rejuvenated the use of pizmonim in the Syrian Jewish communities. All of Hakham Tabbush’s pizmonim were incorporated into a book published in Jerusalem in 1905 by R’ Raphael Haim Cohen. This work was reprinted with further additions in 1921 and was called Shir Ushbaḥa. He is the teacher of Hakham Moshe Ashear, Murad Harari, Afrir Cohen, Eliahou Hamaoui, among others. Towards the end of Hakham Tabbush’s life he moved to Egypt. He passed away in Cairo, Egypt in 3 Kislev, December 1918.
Website: https://www.pizmonim.org/hazzan.php?hazzan=RTabbush
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/refael-antebi-tabbush
Featured Image:
Title: Refa Tsiri (Tabbush Manuscript, pizmonim.org)
Caption: Refa Tsiri (Tabbush Manuscript, pizmonim.org)
