SFDH Logo (tiny)

The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH)

B'erev shabat

[ Home | About | Encyclopedia | Periodicals |
| Publications | Reports to Members | Donate ]

CLICK AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE

BACKGROUND

Information: A song.

Lyrics and music by Haim Moshe, orthodox Yemenite (= Teyman) singer in Israel.

Translation: On Sabbath eve

Pronunciation: beh-REHV shah-BAHT

Region: Israel

LYRICS

B'erev shabat nishev v'ezkerah
neimot asher nogot li balev
shulchan v'nirot aruchim b'orah
v'aba mivrach bekol arev.

V'ima im mitpachat la'shulchan hi magisha
misamim v'mavas ohev
achii v'achotii potschim bashira
v'aba batsukim nover.

Im shachar nakuma yachdav lehitpalel
v'shliyach-hatsibur kore birkat gomel
kol hayaldim b'yachad b'makela g'dola
v'gam hataf oneh lahem behilulah.

Shomim et haMaftir v'gam haMetargem
       (Maftir – Aramaic "last one," targem = trans.)
ve'anochi bekol tamid oneh lahem.

Chozrim mebet-hak'neset aba v'hayaldim
omdim bator bapeta im ima lehashkotam
       (Gives them drink – literally, to water them)
ve'az al hashulchan nishva mesubim
v'ima pagisha et hadjaghnun v'habeytsim
      (djaghnun = dough in olive oil)
v'aba
  • ch im tset hashabat
    laner v'lavashmim nafsho meyachala.
    		•        On Sabbath eve we will sit and remember
    pleasant melodies which touch my heart
    table and candles are set with light
    and father blesses with voice pleasant.

    And mother with kerchief to the table serves
    with delights to eat and looks of love
    my brothers and my sisters burst into song
    and father they delve into verse.

    With dawn come we awake and together pray
    and public announcer reads blessing of benefactor
    all the children together in choir large
    and also the little answer them with joy.

    One hears the Maftir and also the Metargem
     
    and I in voice always answer them (join in).

    Return from the synagogue father and the kids
    they stand on line in the entrance and mother
     
    and then to the table to sit around
    and mother serves the djaghnun and the eggs
     
    and father blesses with the end/exit of the Sabbath
    to the candle and to the spices his soul longs for (desires).

    DOCUMENT

    This page © 2018 by Ron Houston.
    Please do not copy any part of this page without including this copyright notice.
    Please do not copy small portions out of context.
    Please do not copy large portions without permission from Ron Houston.