February 12, 2025 ~ Sh YITRO. Maqam HOSENI.
Moses Moe Tawil (1915-2018) was born in New York City to Yael (Shrem) and Abraham Tawil. Moe Tawil’s communal activities began when his father passed away and Moe was 18 years old. He was part of the group that formed Bnai Magen David (Young Magen David), of which his brother, Isaac A”H, was the first president. Once Moe married, he joined the committee of the Magen David Yeshiva Hebrew School.
Moe and his brother, Isaac, served on the board of the Yeshivah of Flatbush and were among the leaders involved in building the main edifice on East 10th street in Brooklyn together with his brothers Harry and David and all of their families.
Moe is an active member of the board of Congregation Shaare Zion. He served as the President of the Bradley Beach Synagogue where he established the first day camp in the Sephardic community, Magen David Day Camp of Bradley Beach. He served on the board of directors of Magen David Yeshiva. Moe was instrumental in establishing the Hallandale Beach Synagogue in Florida and was responsible for a Sephardic shul and minyan in the Concord Hotel for 35 years. He has served on the board of directors for the Deal Synagogue and was involved in the founding of the magnificent Sephardic Community Center on Ocean Parkway in Flatbush. Moe is the founder and director of the Moe Tawil Cantorial Seminary.
Moe was invited twice to Israel to establish a program to maintain the Sephardic liturgical musical tradition for Hazzanim, out of which Tiferet HaMizrach was established, a group of Hazzanim who have been coming to the United States to perform on holidays as well as at concerts. Moe has instructed and lectured on Sephardic Liturgical music at New York University, Hofstra, and Yeshiva University, and continues to guide many of the Hazzanim in the Syrian community.
Moe Tawil passed away on February 1, 2018, at the age of 102. May his memory be blessed.
Section | Pizmon | Page | Song | Commentary | Recordings | Application |
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Qiddush | 0.05 | 6 | קדוש לליל שבת | ![]() |
Moe Tawil- Qiddush |
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Qiddush | 0.15 | 7 | קדוש ליום שבת | Qidusha Rabbah for Saturday Morning. |
Moe Tawil- Qiddush Raba |
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Baqashot | 10 | 20 | ה' בוקר | ![]() |
M. Tawil |
ה' מלך |
Mossaei Shabbat | 72.03 | 85 | הבדלה | All of these Habdalot recordings, courtesy of Steven M Ashear, took place in the Edmond J Safra Synagogue of South Deal (Hathaway) by Cantor Yehiel Nahari. Mahzor Aram Soba 1560 |
Moe Tawil- Habdala |
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Rast | 155.03 | 132a | אל חביב | ![]() |
M Tawil |
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Sasgar | 200 | 163 | אסיר ביוקשי | ![]() |
M Tawil M Tawil 2 |
קדיש |
Ajam | 206 | 169 | לעם חביב | Maqam Sasgar Arabic: Sayed El Safti singing "Bid'i il Habib" in Maqam Geharka. Hamaoui Manuscript |
M Tawil |
קדיש |
Nahwand | 289 | 225 | מה עצמו | ![]() |
M Tawil (and next song) |
קדיש |
Nahwand | 293.2 | 228b | אני אשיר לך |
M Tawil M Tawil 2 |
נקדישך | |
Bayat | 300 | 238 | יחיד רם לעולם | ![]() |
M. Tawil |
פזמון |
Bayat | 308 | 242 | יה אלי מהר | ![]() |
M Tawil |
נשמת |
Bayat | 341 | 261 | הבו גודל | ![]() |
Moe Tawil |
שועת עניים |
Bayat | 389 | 313 | צור יה אל | ![]() |
M. Tawil |
פזמון |
Mehayar-Bayat | 395 | 321 | אשיר אני בבית נאוה | ![]() |
M Tawil |
קדיש |
Saba | 456 | 379 | טובך לעולם | Arabic of it HOBBAK YA SALAM sung by Saleh 'Abd El Hai. Hakham Moshe Ashear used it for Naqdishakh for Perashat Ki Tesse. |
M Tawil |
נקדישך |
Saba | 458 | 380 | יחיש מבשר | ![]() |
M Tawil |
נשמת |
Saba | 492 | 405 | יהי שלום בחילנו | This pizmon (SABA, page 405), whose title is translated as "May Peace Be Within Our Walls," is one of the oldest Berit Milah songs to be in continuous use. A version of this song appears in Mahzor Aram Soba of 1527, the first printed prayer book of the native Aleppo Jewish community, and a different version, with the acrostic “Yehoshua Hazaq” (יהושע חזק) appears in subsequent editions in the nineteenth century. In our Red Book, we have a combination of the two versions. In this song, we are celebrating the baby boy by saying that his birth is a sign of our good fortune and a sign of our future redemption. Blessings about this baby include that he should grow up in the shadow of the Almighty, he should be active in teaching Torah, he should have a long life, and always have his table set. When he grows up, his name will be well-known and loved by God-fearing people, and they will consider him to be a leader of their generation, like Samuel the Prophet. In the newer “Yehoshua Hazaq” version, there is no reference to the Berit Milah. Instead, the last stanza (חזק) wishes for the baby to be considered very close to God; always dwelling in His midst. To add a reference to the Berit Milah, modern editions of this song remove the final stanza of the “Yehoshua Hazaq” version, and re-implement the last stanza of the original 1527 version. This last stanza of the 1527 version, beginning with the word “HaNimol” (הנמול), further blesses the baby saying that "The circumcised in his nation will live for his father and mother, and may his God be with him and with the whole House of Israel.” Mahzor Aram Soba 1560 Shire Zimrah, Algiers, 1889 |
M Tawil |
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Saba | 495 | 410 | אתה אהובי | ![]() |
M Tawil |
נקדישך |
Saba | 496 | 411 | מה טוב מה נעים | ![]() |
M Tawil |
אל ההודאות |
Hijaz | 594 | 492 | רנו גילו | ![]() |
Tawil- Qedusha |
נקדישך |
Hoseni | 613 | 512 | רשות לברוך שאמר |
M. Tawil |
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2102 | 514j | אחות קטנה | ![]() |
M. Tawil |
ה' מלך | |
2114 | שיך סלאמה חג'אזי | Maqam Hijaz |
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נקדישך | ||
2116.02 | דוגמאות מיום הכפורים | Sample Yom Kippur Prayers |
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2117 | כי לה' המלוכה לימים הנוראים |
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דוגמא | |||
2129 | 514n | לך אלי תשוקתי | ![]() |
M. Tawil |
פיוט | |
2130 | 514m | אלהי אל תדינני | ![]() |
M. Tawil |
פיוט | |
2131 | 514o | ידי רשים | ![]() |
M. Tawil |
פיוט | |
2132 | 514o | המבורך | ![]() |
M. Tawil |
פיוט | |
2133 | 514s | שנאנים שאננים |
M. Tawil |
פיוט | ||
2134 | 514q | אלהים אלי אתה |
M. Tawil |
פיוט | ||
4085.2 | ויושע ה' ביום ההוא | Exodus 14, 15. |
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4086 | N3 | כי לה' המלוכה |
Moe A. Tawil: Nahwand Moe A. Tawil: Bayat Moe A. Tawil: Saba Moe A. Tawil: Sigah Moe A Tawil: Hijaz |
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4098 | N17 | ממצרים | Light musical style. |
Moe Tawil- Mimisrayim- Ajam |