Pizmonim Preservation Checklist

Introduction

One of the most important functions of this project is to prevent pizmonim from getting lost. From the very beginning of this project, we set up the "Pizmonim Preservation Checklist." When this endeavor was first started in 2005, we were missing 295 pizmonim from the Red Book. Today, in 2020, we are currently missing only 64 pizmonim.

Missing Pizmonim

Section	Pizmon	Page	Song	Commentary	Recordings	Application
Rast	109	109	מלך אל חי	Raphael Tabbush In honor of Moshe D'Picciotto, first printed in 1888. Tabbush Manuscript
Rast	115	112	רופא חנם	Raphael Tabbush סימן רפאל Tabbush Manuscript
Rast	116	112	שיר אל אעירה	British Library Or. 10375
Rast	137	122	דודי לי	Raphael Tabbush סימן רפאל Hamaoui Manuscript
Rast	154	132	יהלל פי בשמחת חתן	Moses Ashear Dweck. Ashear Manuscript
Rast	155	132	פצחו עמי שירים ותפלות	Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript
Rast	158	134	ישמח חתני יה	Moses Ashear
Mahour	168	145	ענני רחמן	Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript	Arabic
Mahour	188	155	מהלל אל עוררו נא	Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript
Mahour	195	160	יחיד ברצונך	Moses Ashear Isaac Harry Franco wedding. Kislev 1931. Leaflet
Sasgar	198	163	שא נא לי	Raphael Tabbush Sasgar or Mahour.
Sasgar	199	163	אל רם חיים חן וחסד	Raphael Tabbush
Ajam	210	170	בעיר חמדה	Raphael Tabbush
Ajam	211	170	רחם על עם ידידים	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Mahwarna Hamaoui Manuscript British Library Or. 10375 British Library Or. 10375
Ajam	218	174	רוח נכון יה חדש לי	Raphael Tabbush Tabbush Manuscript
Ajam	219	175	אל יוצר העולמות	א''ב Tabbush Manuscript
Ajam	222	177	רוזני חי אתה וגאוני	Raphael Tabbush Tabbush Manuscript
Ajam	223	177	חי ורם חיש לעמך צירם	חי Rast or Ajam. Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript		שמחים
Ajam	226	178	אל חי ורם	Raphael Tabbush Tabbush Manuscript
Ajam	236	188	מרומם על כל רם	Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript
Ajam	237	188	מתי יפרח עם הנאמן	Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript
Ajam	248	196	הלל יה עם ישראל	Moses Ashear Hatan Yehezqel Haim Shalom. Tishri 1929. Leaflet
Nahwand	261	208	ישמחו נא עם ישרים	Tabbush Manuscript
Nahwand	262	208	ארמוני יה נזנח	Raphael Tabbush Hamaoui Manuscript
Nahwand	264	209	רצה רחשי	Tabbush Manuscript
Nahwand	272	214	אל חובי יסלח לי	Raphael Tabbush
Nahwand	282	219	מה נמלצו לחכי	Moses Ashear For Hebrat Sha'are Sedeq which was the Synagogue on the Lower East Side. Written pre 1928. The tune is Turkish. Ashear Manuscript
Nahwand	292	226	יהלל אל רם ונעלה	Moses Ashear Wedding of Seyah M Ashear. April 2, 1939. Leaflet
Nahwand	294	229	מרום יחיד בלי שני	Moses Ashear Wedding of Joseph Moshe Ashear. Nisan 1931. Leaflet
Nahwand	295	230	צהלה וגילה	Moses Ashear Wedding of Saad Shames; April 6, 1933. Leaflet
Bayat	317	245a	אנא הקשב לצפצופי
Bayat	322	247	ארחם יפה דודי
Bayat	323	248	אלי לידי מלא	Shabbat Hazon.
Bayat	329	252	עדתי הנעה תהללך	Nissim
Bayat	338	259	אדיר אל נעלה	אבטליון Simhat HaSho'eba. Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Attiah Manuscript
Bayat	347	266	מכון לשבתך עולמים	Moses Ashear Bijou. Ashear Manuscript
Bayat	353	270	מראש אמנה	Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript
Bayat	367	287	מבטן אתה הוא גוחי	Moses Ashear Moshe Pinehas Schwecky Bar Misvah. Sivan 1931. Leaflet
Bayat	374	294	אלהי אבי הקשב	Moses Ashear Wedding of Abraham Eliahou Abad il-Wahad. April 21, 1940. Leaflet
Bayat	382	304	חוס לעמך	Ezra Mishaniye Sam Haddad- "Simbol" (Joseph) Kassin Wedding. December 1, 1951. Leaflet	I Cabasso	קדיש
Bayat	391	317	עבד יאמר בלב נשבר	Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889
Mehayar-Bayat	394	321	מרום ראשון ואחרון	Moses Ashear J Gindi.
Hoseni	418	340	אודה שמך נורא עלילה	Raphael Tabbush Tabbush Manuscript
Hoseni	428	351	איומה מראיך הראיני	מרדכי Hoseni or Hijaz. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript British Library Or. 10375	Shami- Maqam Hijaz Libyan- Maqam Hijaz	שועת עניים
Rahawi Nawah	444	367	יגן אלי על קהלי	Missing melody. Tabbush Manuscript
Saba	455	378	אתה הוא יחיד	Tabbush Manuscript British Library Or. 10375		נשמת
Saba	475	391	ארנן לשמך	Raphael Tabbush Tabbush Manuscript
Saba	480	396	איום גאל היום
Saba	482	398	אל בורא כל נשמה
Saba	499	414	היום גאל היום
Saba	500	414	עלובה ועזובה	Raphael Tabbush
Saba	508.2	424a	אך טוב לישראל	Abraham I Antebi אברהם. Composed by H Abraham Antebi (1765-1858), Chief Rabbi of Aleppo from 1817. Pizmon found in "Ohel Yesharim" book from 1843. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript
Awj-Oj	513	430	אני בחסדך גדלתי	Raphael Tabbush Song has the same acrostic as "Anah B'koakh" (which is a name of Hashem).
Sigah	537	448	שדי שעה לאמרי פי	Tabbush Manuscript
Sigah	539	449	אל תעירו אל תעוררו	אליהו Maqam OJ. Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889
Sigah	546	453	בינה הגיגי
Sigah	551	457	שמע מהללי נפשי לי כמה	שלמה חזק Maqam OJ. Yabess Manuscript
Sigah	553	459	ימי מלך אחשורוש	ידידיה חזק Maqam Awj-Oj Purim. Attiah Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript	Abraham Mizrahi Kawaje - Pizmon
Sigah	561	467	יה יה אנא	Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript
Sigah	562	468	ממשגב לעם הנעלה	Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript
Hijaz	567	474	עטרה לישנה יה החזר	Attiah Manuscript Ezra Attia Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889 British Library Or. 10375	Arabic
Hijaz	570	476	אשאל מאל אב הרחמן	British Library Or. 10375 British Library Or. 10375 - Arabic		נקדישך
Hijaz	576	479	אב הרחמים
Hijaz	608	503	יאתה לאל הגדלה	Moses Ashear Wedding of Joseph Moshe Ashear. Nisan 1931. Leaflet
Hijaz	609	504	אנא רפא לחבלי	Moses Ashear Wedding of Joseph Moshe Ashear. Nisan 1931. Leaflet

Most Recent Red Book Songs Saved

Section	Pizmon	Page	Song	Commentary	Recordings	Application
Ajam	217	174	בקול רנה וצהלה	Raphael Tabbush For a wedding. Same melody of the pizmon "Kabir Koah." Melody that we have for this song is from the notes of Idelsohn, 1923. Tabbush Manuscript A Z Idelsohn notes, 1923	Leslie Grazi M Faiena Recording DMB Wedding G Shrem - Naqdishakh
Rahawi Nawah	442	366	אל מתנשא לכל לראש לפניך היום תדרוש סליחתם	Abraham I Antebi Nawah. אברהם. Composed by H Abraham Antebi (1765-1858), Chief Rabbi of Aleppo from 1817. Pizmon found in "Ohel Yesharim" book from 1843. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889 A Z Idelsohn notes, 1923	Maury Blanco
Bayat	334	256	אשיר לאל איום	אני יצחק דבח חזק Song for the months of the year. Usually applied for Semehim the Shabbat prior to Rosh Hodesh Nissan. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript	D Binker-Duek D Binker- Semehim	שמחים
Ajam	225	178	לבית אל אבא בחבה	Raphael Tabbush	DMB D Kassin - EH
Ajam	230	180	ראה ה' כי צר לי	Raphael Tabbush This pizmon (AJAM, page 180), whose first words translate as "Observe, God, For I am in Anguish," is designated for Shabbat Nahamu, which is the Shabbat following Tisha B'Ab. The acrostic of this four stanza piece, רפאל, symbolizes that its author is H Raphael Antebi Tabbush (d. 1918). The theme of the first three stanzas is about how much the author, written in first person, and his people, the Jewish people, have suffered from the enemies rising in destruction and murder, vandalizing the Temple, exiling the people from their place, and leaving the city of Jerusalem 'abandoned like a widow' (a reference from Ekha 1:1). The last stanza, however, concludes on a hopeful note with God speaking back to the author saying: "For the sake of My holy name, I will build for them a house for My dwelling, 'Comfort, O Comfort, My Nation!' (a reference from Isaiah 40:1), I will redeem you! This is the year!" The melody of this song can be applied to Keter (in Musaf).	Fule Yanani	כתר
Bayat	391.01	318	אל יחיד	Composed by H Ezra Dweck in honor of Hazzan Yosef Hamoui's wedding to Rosie Savdie, daughter of H Halfon Savdie. The Arabic song is Min Be'id LeBe'id Habetak. Sung by Nour El Houda (1924-1998). She was a singer and actress whose career spanned from 1942-1971.	Arabic Saul Hassoun	פזמון
Bayat	301	239	למה בא אויבי	Raphael Tabbush Arabic Melody: لما بان. Tabbush Manuscript	Darwish El Hariri Maury Blanco
Bayat	385	308	מעזם קרנם	Ezra Mishaniye Arabic Melody: عل نسوان يا سلم سلام. Bar Misvah of Shelomo E Laniado, son of Eli Laniado, the President of Congregation Shaare Zion. April 1, 1948. Leaflet	Sayed Darwish (1918)
Saba	487	401	תדד שנת עיני		E. Menaged
Hijaz	599	497	יחלתי צורי לעבדך	Moses Ashear The Arabic is a DOR entitled G'alt Higri. Here it is sung by Mohamed Salim. Ashear Manuscript	Mohamed Salim
Ajam	249	197	מי ימלל גבורות אל	Moses Ashear Bar Misvah of Bechor Shelomo Schwecky. August 18, 1936. Leaflet	Arabic: Yalli Chagak Elanine
Rast	136	122	פדה לי יה צור איומה	Mordekhai Siman: Mordekhai. See Hamaoui manuscript. Arabic melody is Janni el Marsoul. Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript	Arabic- Janni El Marsoul
Mahour	172	147	אל לעבדך	Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript	Kaddish - Recording Hayim Eliyahou- Qaddish Maury Blanco	קדיש
Mahour	176	148	רוממת עם נבחרי	Raphael Tabbush Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript	Hayim Eliyahou Qaddish
Ajam	228	179	אל רמה ימינך	Raphael Tabbush Hatan Me'Onah. Tabbush Manuscript	Yom Tob Yanani David Sebi Recording	שועת עניים
Bayat	380	301	יחיד מרומי	EDweck Bar Mitzvah song. Written by Ezra Dweck and Gabriel A Shrem for the Bar Mitzvah of Albert Joseph Shehebar. Photograph of Abraham S Chehebar Family Handwritten by G Shrem	Arabic	פזמון
Rahawi Nawah	433	357	את רעיה	Abraham Rahaw. Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript Yabess Manuscript	Recording Recording (MB) Nishmat (MB)	נשמת
Saba	464	383	ענג למו		Hayim Eliyahou
Saba	478	395	יה חנון		Hayim Eliyahou Shabetai Laniado
Baqashot	63	70	מרום אל חי שוכן ערבות	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Rast Appeared in Tabbush's 1888 pizmonim book. It is written in honour of H Moshe Ashkenazie. Rast. Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript	F. Yanani Yom Tob Yanani	נקדישך
Rast	117	113	ישבע טוב	Hamaoui Manuscript	Maury Blanco
Ajam	216	173	יחיד רם שוכן בשחק		Gabi Falak I Cabasso - Halleluya Moshe Dwek - Halleluya
Ajam	241	191	מקדם אזכיר נפלאות	Moses Ashear Intro music to the next song. Ashear Manuscript	DMB
Bayat	325	249	תדום נפשי תדום		Shelomo Tob Cohen
Bayat	335	257	יתן אל שלמא רבא	ישעיה	Gabi Falak Gabi Falak- Keter	כתר
Hoseni	412	336	ישמחו עם ידידים	British Library Or. 10375	D Binker-Duek
Hoseni	422	343	רחש לבי	Raphael Tabbush Hamaoui Manuscript Tabbush Manuscript	D Binker-Duek
Saba	476	392	אגיד אנא	Arabic: "Ya Burdana".	Arabic Shabetai Laniado
Sigah	524	441	יתברך שם האל		E. Menaged DMB
Sigah	552.3	458a	אור כשלמה	אברהם Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript	Arabic D Binker-Duek - Pizmon and Semehim D Binker-Duek - Semehim only D Binker-Duek - Pizmon
Hijaz	573	477	חמלתך שים על עבדך		Arabic Maury Blanco
Hijaz	603	499	שיר אל אגידה	Moses Ashear Ashear Manuscript	F Samra
Hijaz	611	507	עדתך אסף יה אבא	Ezra Mishaniye Bar Misvah of Shaul Sammy Haddad. May 25, 1950. Leaflet	F Samra

"Shir Ushbaha" Pizmonim Saved

Section	Pizmon	Page	Song	Commentary	Recordings	Application
	167.2	142a	אלי אשיר לך	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Rast	Amos Dodi Recording
Mahour	254.991	203o	ארנן אליך רם	Raphael Tabbush Siman: Aharon. Song for wedding. Mahour or Ajam. Shir Ushbaha, 1921	F. Yanani Recording
	4011	162b	ידידי אל רחמן	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Mahour	Recording Hebrew Recording
	4013	162g	אשיר אליך חסין יה	Abraham Maqam Mahour Old Shir Ushbaha.	Recording
	4014	162h	אל מלך נאמן	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Mahour Purim.	Recording
	1306		מי כמוך אל עושה פלא	משה Maqam Ajam Shir Ushbaha, 1921	play pause Iraqi- Maqam Ajam
	4016	203j	ששוני חיש	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Ajam	Recording
	391.083	239a	מה נאזר	Maqam Bayat For Passover and Succot. Argentinian book page 120. Shir Ushbaha, 1921 British Library Or. 10375	F. Yanani
	4021	318n	כל מאמין בשמך	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Bayat	Recording Hebrew Recording
	5565		יה הושיע ידי	Maqam Bayat Old SU.	play pause Moshe Diib Laniado
	2006		יום שמחה הוא לישראל	יוסף ששון חזק Maqam Hoseni Abraham Sitehon Manuscript Yabess Manuscript Shir Ushbaha, 1921 Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889	play pause Recording
	717	374b	יום יום אודה לאל אשר בחר בנו	יצחק Maqam Rahawi Nawah A song in honor of the Ten Commandments and Matan Torah. Previously had different melodies in Maqamat Rast, Rahawi-Nawah, Iraq, and Hoseni. Attiah Manuscript Mosseri-Kozli Manuscript	Recording Recording
	4026	374a	מלך גואל ומושיע	Maqam Rahawi Nawah Month of Nissan.	Recording Hebrew Recording
Saba	508.1	426e	בנה לעירך	Raphael Tabbush Hamaoui Manuscript	Recording
	1677	429c	אזכיר חסדי אל	אברהם Maqam Saba Yabess Manuscript Sassoon Manuscript #647 Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript	Recording- Saba Recording- Sigah Recording
	4034	426d	יתן הדרך על כנו	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Saba	Recording
	4035	426d	אל רחום חלץ ידידך	Raphael Tabbush Maqam Saba	Recording
Sigah	1391	472s	יביעון שפתי שירה	יוסף יונה חזק Maqam Awj-Oj Hanukkah. Menorah. Attiah Manuscript Abraham Sitehon Manuscript	Iraqi Recording Iraqi Recording Yom Tob Yanani - Nishmat M Habusha H Abraham Zafrani- Nishmat D Binker-Duek- Nishmat	נשמת
	4038	431c	אזכיר יה אבי	Maqam Awj-Oj	Recording
Sigah	565.03	472a	אליך דודי אקרא	Shir Ushbaha, 1921	E. Menaged
Sigah	565.04		גרש נא לחוץ	Shir Ushbaha, 1921 Tabbush Manuscript	play pause Amos Dodi
	2260		עלוז יעלזו חסידים	עזרא Maqam Sigah This pizmon was written by Ezra Attia in honour of Hazzan Hakham Shelomo Sitehon Didia Salama Rabia Ouri. Song for Purim. Ezra Attia Manuscript Shir Ushbaha, 1921	play pause E. Menaged
Sigah	2684		אדון עולם ישועתי	אליעזר Melody of this song traditionally associated with Purim, although nothing in the song's text refers to holiday. Yabess Manuscript Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889	play pause E Menaged- Purim- Nishmat play pause E Menaged- Purim- EH play pause G Shrem- Qaddish Purim 1 play pause G Shrem- Qaddish Purim 2 play pause I Cabasso- Qaddish play pause E Mishaniye- Qaddish play pause M Habusha- Qaddish play pause D Binker-Duek- Qaddish play pause D Binker-Duek - Pizmon
	5566		אותי יה אבי לא תרחק	Maqam Sigah Old SU.	play pause Moshe Diib Laniado
	5567		רצני דודי	Maqam Sigah Old SU.	play pause Moshe Diib Laniado
	5568		שירו לאל ברכו שמו	שלמה Maqam Sigah Old SU. Old SU.	play pause Naftali Tawil- Pizmon & Nishmat play pause I Cabasso- Nishmat play pause Moshe Dwek - Naqdishakh	נשמת
	2653		אל אתה חדש לי	Maqam Hijaz Shir Ushbaha, 1921	play pause Moshe Diib Laniado play pause M Blanco
	2673		רם בנה מקדשך	Maqam Hijaz Shir Ushbaha, 1921 A Z Idelsohn notes, 1923	play pause M Faiena play pause DMB - Pizmon & SA
	4040	509q	יודו שמך רב עלילה	יוסף דוד חזק Maqam Hijaz Yabess Manuscript British Library Or. 10375	Recording Recording- Qaddish	נשמת
	2353		שמח בני חתן נעים בן פרת יוסף	Maqam Hoseni Arabic melody: רקץ אל באן. Specifically applied to Nishmat on weeks related to Mattan Torah. Hamaoui Manuscript British Library Or. 10375	play pause G. Shrem play pause Nishmat - Menaged play pause Nishmat - Menaged 2 play pause G Shrem- Nishmat play pause R Elnadav- Nishmat play pause E Menaged- Nishmat play pause E Menaged- Naqdishakh play pause I Cabasso- Opening & Nishmat play pause DMB - Nishmat	נשמת