{"id":1932,"date":"2018-02-22T13:31:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T10:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/02\/22\/the-candle-and-spices-traditional-yemenite-havdalah-song"},"modified":"2018-06-12T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T10:33:11","slug":"the-candle-and-spices-traditional-yemenite-havdalah-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/02\/22\/the-candle-and-spices-traditional-yemenite-havdalah-song\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Candle and Spices” – Traditional Yemenite Havdalah Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

This low quality 3 minute long video<\/a> features\u00a0Achinoam Nini<\/a> singing a beautiful a capella version of the Yemenite song “The Candle and Spices,” traditionally sung at the Yemenite Havdalah ceremony. This poem is written by the sixteenth-century Yemenite poet Sa’adiah. Nini is an Israeli singer from a Yemenite Jewish family. The English translation of the Hebrew lyrics<\/a>\u00a0below were posted on Ritualwell.org<\/a>,\u00a0a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Candle and Spices<\/h2>\n

My soul longs for the candle and the spices.
\nIf only you would pour me a cup of wine for Havdalah.<\/p>\n

O angels on high, pave a way for me,
\nclear the path for the bewildered [daughter of Zion]
\nand open the gates that I may enter.<\/p>\n

My heart yearning,
\nI shall lift up my eyes to the Lord,
\nwho provides for my needs day and night.<\/p>\n

From the treasures of your goodness,
\ngive me the minimum I need,
\nfor your goodness has no end nor limit.
\nRejuvenate my joy, my bread and my blessing,
\nRemove all sorrow, pain and darkness.<\/p>\n

Now the days of activity begin once again
\nMay they be renewed in peace and in goodness.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

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