Composed by: trad. and Gabai

Arranged by: Matthew (Mati) Lazar

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Voicing: unison

Event/Holiday: Simhat Torah (or any festival)

Language: Hebrew

Difficulty: easy

Country: Morocco, Israel

Solos: tenor

Instruments: piano and hand-drum (tof, dumbeq)

Lyrics: liturgy for Simhat Torah and Psalm 150

Publisher: Transcontinental

Year arranged: c. 1980

Timing: 3:50

Tempo: moderately fast

First Line: Amen Shem Nora

description: This medley of two lively Sephardic hymns is quite easy for the chorus to learn, but requires an extremely competent tenor soloist and tof (Middle Eastern hand-drum) player who can improvise in a Middle Eastern style.