Ayyalath Hen
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"Ayyalath Hen" (Hebrew: אַיֶּלֶת חֵן, romanized: ʾAyyālaṯ Ḥēn, lit. 'A Graceful Doe') is a Hebrew Jewish piyyut (liturgical poem) written by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi.[1][2][3] It is sung by Yemenite Jewish communities to grooms during the Sheva Brachot.[4]
The piyyut is an acrostic, spelling the author's name Al-Shabazi Mashta (Hebrew: אלשבזי משתא).
Popular Culture
Ayyalath Hen was sung by Ofra Haza on her 1984 album Yemenite Songs and by Zion Golan.[5] in 1995.
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References
- ^ Rasahbi, Yehuda (1964). "R. Shalom Shabazi and his Poetry". Sefunot: Studies and Sources on the History of the Jewish Communities in the East / ??????: ?????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ????? ?????. 9: 123–166. ISSN 0582-3943. JSTOR 23415189.
- ^ Idelsohn, Abraham Zevi (1930). שירי תימן. Cincinnati: בית המדרש לרבנים. p. 102.
- ^ HaLevi, Ratzon (1997). שירת ישראל בתימן: ממבחר השירה השבזית־תימנית (in Hebrew). Mekhon Mishnat ha-Rambam. p. 855.
- ^ Ratzaby, Yehuda (1983). אילת חן: שירי אהבה תימניים (in Hebrew). Indiana University Press.
- ^ "איילת חן". National Library of Israel.