Festive Shabbatot

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There are three festive Shabbatot:

	Shabbat Hagadol (שבת הגדול): the Shabbat before Pesach
	Shabbat Nachamu (שבת נחמו): the Shabbat after 9 Ab where we commemorate the inauguration of the Snoge in 1675,
	Shabbat Bershit (שבת בראשית): the Shabbat on which the Chatan Bereshit reads the whole Parasha, as a continuation of his reading on Simchat Torah a few days before. This was stopped after ww2.

In the table below the changes in the evening (ערבית) and morning services (שחרית) are shown, including recordings and sheet music (marked blue) where available. Simchat Torah is added, as it has the same changes and melodies.

Recordings: EA, NN, DIR, NLI, dir is unknown singer in DIR collection

Shabbat	changes	tefilot	recording
Hagadol evening	קדיש לעילא	115/86 (4)	???
	קדיש melody Shabbat Nachamu. The middle verse is read by the Chazzan	121 (4)	DIR
	יגדל	121	regular Shabbat melody
Hagadol morning	קדיש	125 (4)
Hagadol morning	קדושה	133
Nachamu evening	בואי בשלום	114	???
	before לביתך: poem אזמר שיר	[1]	EH48E59 pag 7
	לביתך	115	EH48E59 pag 10 DIR
	קדיש יהא שמה רבא	115/86 (4)	EH48E59 pag 11 EA
	ברכו	86	EH48E59 pag 16
	ומבדיל	87	NN
	ובהם נהגה	87	NN
	אמת ואמונה מי כמוך	89	Music recording DIR NN1, NN2 ??
	השכיבנו More festive	89	Music recording NN Music page 3-4 recording dir
	קדיש יהא שלמא fully sung	121 (4)	DIR
	יגדל	121	any Festive melody
Nachamu morning	המשיח	123	EH48E59 pag 20 EA
	ובקרב	124	???
	קדיש לעילא	125 (4)	???
	ברכו	124	EH48E59 pag 27 EA
	קדושה	133	EH48E59 pag 28 EA
	before Parashah כל הנשמה On the Shabbat of the inauguration (Nachamu in Amsterdam and Beshalach in Amstelveen) the high melody is sung.	[2]	EH12F97e NLI
Simchat Torah	Melodies same as Shabbat Nachamu above	See evening and morning services
Bereshit	Melodies same as Shabbat Nachamu above	Not done anymore since ww2

(Source: SH Brandon page 176, 184, 195 and 200 respectively)

Unknown Simchat Torah evening: Hashcivenu (sheet music page 3-4)
DR & NN Simchat Torah: Arvit

[1] See, 2^nd edition S.I. Mulder 1857 page 161

[2] See Ets Haim collection

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