It may originally have been written as a secret way to say the Birkat HaMazon after practicing Judaism in Spain and Portugal was forbidden in the fifteenth century.
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. 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.
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(David Lévi Alvarès’s version ‘ Bénissons‘ is a free adaptation for Sukkot.) Thanks to Aron Sterk for clarifying this point. The song probably originated among the Spanish-speaking Jews of Bordeaux, a Hispanophone rather than Lusophone community. The melody is one of the best known and loved Spanish and Portuguese melodies, used also for the Song of the Sea (in the Shabbat morning service) and sometimes in “Hallel” (on the first day of the Hebrew month and on festivals). The text is in modern Spanish, not Ladino. Bendigamos is said in addition to Birkat Hamazon, either immediately before or immediately after it. It is similar in meaning to the Birkat Hamazon (blessing after meals). Varady (transcription) Blessings After Eating זמירות zemirot English Translation Ladino vernacular prayer paraliturgical birkat hamazon Bendigamosīendigamos is a hymn sung after meals according to the custom of the Sepharadim, the Jews of the Iberian peninsula. Varady (transcription) Joshua Polak Aharon N. The melody is one of the best known and loved Spanish and Portuguese melodies, used also for the Song of the Sea (in the Shabbat morning service) and sometimes in "Hallel" (on the first day of the Hebrew month and on festivals). Below is the actual text as well as the translation by de Sola Pool. The prayer was translated by David de Sola Pool. It is similar in meaning to the Birkat Hamazon that is said by all Jews. It has also been traditionally sung by the Jews of Turkish descent.
Bendigamos al Altísimo, a Spanish song for the Birkat haMazon 10:07:17 Bendigamos is a hymn sung after meals according to the custom of Spanish and Portuguese Jews.
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