Chaim Shaul Abud (

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: ; 1890–1977) was an Israeli poet,

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, educator, and philanthropist. Abud was the author of the book "''Shirayi Zimra Ha-Shalem''", which combines the poetry of ''

Baqashot The ''baqashot'' (or ''bakashot'', he, שירת הבקשות) are a collection of supplications, songs, and prayers that have been sung by the Sephardic Syrian, Moroccan, and Turkish Jewish communities for centuries each week on Shabbat mornin ...

'' form the

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

community of Aleppo (''halab or aram tzoba)'' and songs that he wrote himself. He also served as founder and director of several Torah schools in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Early life and education

Abud was born in Aleppo, Syria to a family of

s, his father Rabbi Avraham Abud, and his grandfather Rabbi Eliyahu Abud. In his youth, he studied the

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, Halakhha, and poetry of ''

,'' among the rabbis of Aleppo.

Career

In 1907, he relocated to

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to serve as a

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''(

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)'' and a

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in the

Jewish community Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

of the city. In 1929 he came and settled in

and founded the Talmud Torah "Nezer Aharon" in the city. He also established and managed a fund loan for the residents of

and supported financially at

Yeshivat Porat Yosef Porat Yosef Yeshiva ( he, ישיבת פורת יוסף) is a Sephardic yeshiva in Jerusalem, with locations in both the Old City and the Geula neighborhood. The name Porat Yosef means "Joseph is a fruitful tree" after the biblical verse Gene ...

in the city.

Baqashot

He was greatly influenced by Arab maqam music and he wrote lyrics Arabic melodies. These melodies were assimilated in the melodies of prayer among the

Sephardi Jews Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), ...

. Wrote piyyut and gathered the poetry of ''

'' to a book "''Shirayi Zimra Ha-Shalem"'' and was one of the founders of the ''shirat h-

'' custom on '' shabbat'' in

. Rabbi abud taught

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and ''

piyyut A ''piyyut'' or ''piyut'' (plural piyyutim or piyutim, he, פִּיּוּטִים / פיוטים, פִּיּוּט / פיוט ; from Greek ποιητής ''poiētḗs'' "poet") is a Jewish liturgical poem, usually designated to be sung, ch ...

'' on a volunteer basis until old age. The most famous of his students is Rabbi

Ovadia Yosef Ovadia Yosef ( he, , Ovadya Yosef, ; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, a posek, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and a founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthod ...

among others the cantors Moshe Habusha and Yehiel Naharibr>

Personal life

Abud and his wife, Leah, had 12 children. He died in

on 7 June 1977. After his death, the Jerusalem City Council decided to honor his memory and named the street where he lived in his name.

References

External links

Pizmonim

BH Open DatabaseA Song of Dawn: the Jerusalem Sephardi Baqqashot at the Har Tzyion Synagogue

{{Authority control 1890 births 1977 deaths Argentine emigrants Immigrants to Mandatory Palestine 20th-century Argentine rabbis Argentine people of Syrian-Jewish descent Argentine Sephardi Jews Israeli people of Syrian-Jewish descent Israeli rabbis Writers from Jerusalem Syrian rabbis Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Argentina Syrian emigrants to Argentina