"Mipi El" (), also known as "Mipi Kel", is an anonymous
Hebrew
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piyyut
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'' (liturgical poem), sung during the
Hakafot
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Simchat Torah
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. The song is sung in Ashkenazi communities during the fourth hakkafafah.
Poetic Structure
The poem is an acrostic, following a specific structure of each verse:
אֵין אַדִּיר כַּה' וְאֵין בָּרוּךְ כְּבֶן עַמְרָם.
אֵין גְּדוֹלָה כַּתּוֹרָה וְאֵין דּוֹרְשָׁהּ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
After each verse, a refrain is sung:
[Or: יִתְבָּרַךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל, for example in the tradition of Rabbi Yosef Hayyim (Ben Ish Hai).]מִפִּי אֵל יְבֹרַךְ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל.
References
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External Links
National Library of Israel recordings of Mipi El
Jewish prayer and ritual texts
Songs in Hebrew
Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings
Jewish poetry
Songs with unknown songwriters