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Ayyalath Hen

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"Ayyalath Hen" (Hebrew: אַיֶּלֶת חֵן, romanizedʾAyyālaṯ Ḥēn, lit.'A Graceful Doe') is a Hebrew Jewish piyyut (liturgical poem) written by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi.[1] It is sung by Yemenite Jewish communities to grooms during the Sheva Brachot.

The piyyut is an acrostic, spelling the author's name Al-Shabazi Mashta (Hebrew: אלשבזי משתא).

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Ayyalath Hen was sung by Ofra Haza on her 1984 album Yemenite Songs.

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References

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  1. ^ Idelsohn, Abraham Zevi (1930). שירי תימן. Cincinnati: בית המדרש לרבנים. p. 102.