Bakkasha (request) for Sabbath evening in the Moroccan tradition, sung by Rabbi David Bouzaglo: Yigdal Shem ha-el be-fi kol ha-yetsur (God's Name shall be magnified in the mouth of every creature).
Joyous song in Arabic of Tunisian Jews.
Bakkasha by Yehuda Halevi (1075-1141) sung by Rabbi David Bouzaglo: Yedidi hashakhachta chanotkha be-vein shadai (My friend, have you forgotten your being near my breasts).
Women song from Yemen, sung in Yemenite Judeo-Arabic by Lea Avraham: A-la ya shijare (O, pistachio-tree).
Alol for oud, clarinet, qanoun, zarb daf and voice played by Yair Dalal and group
Piyyut from Aleppo sung by a group of Aleppans in New York: Yachid ram le-olam (One and unique exalted forever).
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