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Thread #172483   Message #4175001
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Jun-23 - 01:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hallelu Avdei Adonai
Subject: Lyr Add: Hallelu Avdei Adonai
Arlene Immerman sang this at the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround today.

This chant, which comes from Iraqi Jewish tradition, uses the phrase “Praise God, Servants of God” from Psalm 113:1 as a chorus and acrostic verses highlighting attributes of God: Mightiest of the mighty, Blessed among blessed, Greatest of the great…Guardian among guardians, Sustainer among sustainers. Here is a captioned version of the chant as presented in the 2000 “Tuning the Soul: Worlds of Jewish Sacred Music,” from Richard Kaplan & Michael Ziegler.