Mikhtam le-Dawid / Shiwiti (Psalm 16) — Huani Mimun and David Meghnagi, repertoire of the Libyan Jews in Rome

Mikhtam le-Dawid / Shiwiti (Psalm 16) — Huani Mimun and David Meghnagi, repertoire of the Libyan Jews in Rome

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Huani Mimun: Born and raised in Rome. He attended services and learned tefillah first at Bet Shmuel and later at Beth El, learning from congregants of the previous generation who had been born in Libya, including Shalom Tesciuba (Tripoli 1935–Rome 2019). One of the founders of the Or Yehuda synagogue, where he serves as hazan.

David Meghnagi: Born in Tripoli, Libya, in 1949, into a family closely involved in music and liturgical chant. Brother of the musician and scholar Miriam Meghnagi. His family escaped the anti-Jewish persecutions of 1967 and settled in Rome. A psychologist and scholar, he has cultivated the traditional Libyan synagogue repertoire and recorded his own singing on the CD Shiru Shir (2006).

Recording at Or Yehuda synagogue in Rome, as part of the "new minhagim" campaign by OTIJM project for Centro Leo Levi. Director of campaign: David Meghnagi, audio by E. Fink.

Huani Mimun begins the psalm. David Meghnagi takes over at verse 8, Shiwiti. The two then restart from the beginning together, accompanied by handclaps. The recording documents both the succession of solo voices and the joint rendition.