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Habibi Yah Habibi

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Habibi Yah Habibi ( Hebrew : חֲבִיבִי יָהּ חֲבִיבִי ) is a well-known zemer of Asher Mizrahi , composed by Rahamim Omar . The zemer has gained especial popularity among Mizrahi Jews , now traditionally sung at religious occasions. In particular, it is sung during three pilgrimage festivals ( Pesach , Shavuot , Succot ) 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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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “well-known zemer of asher mizrahi”. Today it says “kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the ta”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Lyrics (Hebrew)”. Read the current article and compare.
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well-known zemer of asher mizrahi

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kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the ta

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