Habibi Yah Habibi ( he, חֲבִיבִי יָהּ חֲבִיבִי) is a well-known

zemer Zemer ( he, זמר, ar, زيمر) is an Arab local council in the Central District of Israel. It is located in the Arab Triangle area, between Baqa al-Gharbiyye and Bat Hefer on Road 574. Zemer is the result of a merger of four villages – Bi ...

of Asher Mizrahi, composed by Rahamim Omar. The zemer has gained especial popularity among

Mizrahi Jews Mizrahi Jews ( he, יהודי המִזְרָח), also known as ''Mizrahim'' () or ''Mizrachi'' () and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or ''Edot HaMizrach'' (, ), are a grouping of Jewish communities comprising those who remained i ...

, now traditionally sung at religious occasions. In particular, it is sung during

three pilgrimage festivals The Three Pilgrimage Festivals, in Hebrew ''Shalosh Regalim'' (שלוש רגלים), are three major festivals in Judaism—Pesach (''Passover''), Shavuot (''Weeks'' or ''Pentecost''), and Sukkot (''Tabernacles'', ''Tents'' or ''Booths'')—when a ...

(

Pesach Passover, also called Pesach (; ), is a major Jewish holiday that celebrates the The Exodus, Biblical story of the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt, which occurs on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, the first month of Aviv, or ...

Shavuot (''Ḥag HaShavuot'' or ''Shavuos'') , nickname = English: "Feast of Weeks" , observedby = Jews and Samaritans , type = Jewish and Samaritan , begins = 6th day of Sivan (or the Sunday following the 6th day of Sivan i ...

Succot or ("Booths, Tabernacles") , observedby = Jews, Samaritans, a few Protestant denominations, Messianic Jews, Semitic Neopagans , type = Jewish, Samaritan , begins = 15th day of Tishrei , ends = 21st day of Tishrei ...

) due to the closing line "וְאָז יֵרָאֶה כָּל זְכוּרֶךָ שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה" ("Then all your males shall make pilgrimage three times each year"—a paraphrase of a biblical quotation).

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Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
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"חֲבִיבִי יָהּ חֲבִיבִי הָאֵל הַמֶּלֶך הָרַחֲמָן יִשְׁלַח מְשִׁיחוֹ הַנֶּאְמָן אָב הָרַחֲמָן שְׁמַע קוֹלֵנוּ שְׁלַח בֶּן דָּוִד וְיִגְאֲלֵנוּ נָשׁוּב לְצִיּוֹן עִיר קָדְשֵׁנוּ וְנִשְׁלֹט בָּהּ בְּיָד רָמָה שָׁמָּה נִתְאַסֵּף בְּעִיר הַבִּירָה וּמֵחָדָשׁ יִשָּׁמַע קוֹל שִׁירָה וְאָז נַדְלִיק אֶת הַמְּנוֹרָה בְּבֵית שׁוֹכֵן מְעוֹנָה רְאֵה בָּעֳנִי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֶּךָ וְהָשִׁיבֵם נָא לִגְבוּלָךָ וְאָז יֵרָאֶה כָּל זְכוּרֶךָ שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה"

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Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
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