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18. For example, first hemistich: 1-Yih; 2-yu; 3-ke; 4-mos; 5- ̔’ov; 6-dey; 7-Ke; 8-mosh.


19. The songs are M(103;143) and M(213;318).


20. See note 12.


21. For example, the meter of the first line: 1-Ba; 2-rukh; 3-el; 4-Hay; 5-e; 6-lo; 7-hey;
    8 - nu; 9-ki; 10-likh; 11-vo; 12-do; 13-be; 14-ra; 15-a; 16-nu.


22. For example, first stanza: AA AA AA BC CC; second stanza: DD DD DD.


23. See note 12.


24. For Dunash, see Tobi 2000; for Ibn Gabirol, see Levin 1986 and Stern 1974; for
    Najarah, see Mirski 1962, Yahalom 1991, 29–36, Tietze and Yahalom 1995, and Benayahu
    1990; for al-Hakham, see Ya ̔akov 1994, Stillman 1995, and Zohar (2001).


25. Interview with Morris Hadad, Tel Aviv, November 11, 2003 (in Arabic and
    Hebrew).

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