149:. From France the Bendigamos song was probably brought to the Dutch West-Indies (Curaçao) in the mid-nineteenth century and thence taken to New York and Amsterdam. Alternatively, the song may have originated with Sephardic Jews living in Spain, who then immigrated to Turkey, other locales in the Ottoman Empire, and the Netherlands. It may originally have been written as a secret way to say the Grace After Meals (Birkat HaMazon) after practicing Judaism in Spain and Portugal was forbidden in the fifteenth century.
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Morocco in the 19th century, during the earliest Jewish immigration to the Amazon. The song probably originated among the Spanish-speaking Jews of Bordeaux, where the song is now sung in French using a translation by
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The usage of Odu may be attributed to the traditional pronunciation of
Jamaican English or Patois which tends to eliminate the initial 'H' sound. The Sephardic pronunciation of the Jews living in Turkey and The Ottoman Empire is to treat the Hebrew letter 'Hey (ה)" as a silent letter. Thus the silent
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Congregation Shearith Israel during the festival of Sukkot, as well as on other occasions and at Shabbat meals at the homes of members. It is sung every Shabbat in the Spanish and Portuguese communities of Great Britain and of Philadelphia. It is also sung by the
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Caribbean islands such as Jamaica and Barbados. While the pronunciation varies, which may affect the transliteration spelling, the text is the same.
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341:.הוֹדוּ לַיָי כִּי־טוֹב. כּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His mercy endures forever.
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446:Praised is the Lord for he is good,
428:Blessed is the Lord for he is good,
306:For we have eaten and drunk happily
426:For he has always had mercy on us.
327:Because he always took pity on us.
289:Because he always took pity on us.
271:Because he always took pity on us.
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453:It should never lack celebration,
455:Afternoon, morning, and evening,
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374:Por los bienes que nos dio.
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228:Load al Señor que es bueno,
211:Que para siempre su merced.
209:Load al Senor que es bueno,
201:Con el cielo continuamente,
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379:Porque siempre nos apiadó,
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245:Porque siempre nos apiadó.
239:Con alegría y permanencia.
237:Donde guardamos su fiesta,
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219:Y también por los manjares
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439:We have eaten together.
325:Praised be his Holy Name,
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233:Bendita sea la casa esta,
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392:Que comimos juntamente.
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386:Bendigamos al Altísimo,
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370:Al Señor que nos creo,
315:Blessed be this house,
299:Secondly for the bread
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