Poem for breaking the matza and 'Ha Laḥma ʿAnya' from Constantine

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Name of speaker: 
Rabbi Michael Sharvit
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Rabbi
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Documentation: 
Serge Allouche

Translation: 

The section is sung before breaking the matzot. They would break a matza and sing: "Thus HKB"H (the Almighty) broke the sea into twelve paths, and the Israelites passed on whole and well, thus HKB"H will break the sea and save us."

"Ha Laḥma ʿAnya, etc".