Shimon Sibony - שמעון סיבוני

About Shimon Sibony - שמעון סיבוני

Shimon Sibony - שמעון סיבוני is a singer of Moroccan piyyut and chazzanut on Lehallel — the filtered YouTube platform. 68+ of his recordings can be watched here, with no ads and no comments.

Shimon Sibony sings the piyyut and the prayer of the Jews of Morocco, and above all the songs written in honor of the tzaddikim. For the Ohr HaChaim, Rabbi Chaim ben Attar, he sings "Ohr HaChaim Zarach", "Bizchuso Lanu Orah" and "Mori Mori Me'utar", and "HaChacham HaZaken" for his grandfather, Rabbi Chaim ben Attar the Elder; for Rabbi Rafael Ankawa, "Odeh La'El BeShirah" and "Ashir Shir Na'im"; for the Abir Yaakov, Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira, the song of his hilula; for Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhatzeira, "A'ufah Eshkonah"; for Rabbi Masoud Abuhatzeira, "Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbos"; for Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes, "Eftach Pi BeRinah"; and songs for Rabbi Moshe ben Attar, Rabbi Eliezer de Avila, Rabbi Yechia Chaim Assoulin, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and "Ateres Rosheinu". The Chanukah piyyut "Am Ne'emanai" of Rabbi David Buzaglo stands with them.

He sings Pirkei Avos chapter by chapter, each to its own melody, from its opening words: "Moshe kibel Torah miSinai", "Eizo hi derech yesharah", "Histakel bishloshah devarim", "Eizehu chacham? HaLomed mikol adam", "Ba'asarah ma'amaros nivra ha'olam" and "Shanu chachamim". With the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra he sings "La'El Marom", "Et Dodim" and more of the Andalusian piyyut.

The prayers of the year are here in the Moroccan way: "Ochila La'El", the chazzan's plea before Musaf of the Days of Awe, "Adon HaSelichos", "Kol Nidrei", "Et Sha'arei Ratzon", the Rosh Hashanah piyyut of the Akeidah, the Kedushah in the Moroccan nusach - sung at the Hurva and on Israeli television - Kaddish to the tune of "Im Eshkachech", "Emes VeYatziv" in maqam Zidane, Hallel, "HaMevorach", "Adon Olam", "Oseh Shalom", the Sheva Brachos, the priestly blessing, the prayer for parnassah "LeDavid Mizmor", the Tikkun HaKlali of Rebbe Nachman, "Az Yashir Moshe" and "Sefer Torah".

On stage he has sung from the Hurva synagogue in Jerusalem to Azerbaijan, Canada, Spain and Bordeaux: "Me'al Pisgat Har HaTzofim", with Lior Elmaliach too, "Im Eshkachech Yerushalayim", "Yerushalayim shel Zahav", "A Yiddishe Mame", "Yismach Moshe" for Spanish television, and with David Lasry "Shir HaMaalos" and "Nishba". An interview with Amiram Ben Lulu lets him tell his own story. Each song opens on its own page, with no ads and no comments around it.

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