Hamavdil

"Hamavdil (bein kodesh lechol)" is a hymn traditionally sung after Havdalah.

Melody 1: This melody is recorded in de Sola's famous "Ancient Melodies", and is therefore the "original" London S&P tune.

Melody 2: The S&P Community in New York sing "Hamavdil" to their version of the tune for "Yah shimcha" from Yom Kippur. I have recorded it below with both the London and NY versions of the tune. We sing it in our home to the London tune, but I cannot really say it is a London tradition to do so, since they do not sing it to this tune at all.)

Musicians note that the "London" version (of "Yah shimcha") ends on the dominant, giving it a distinctly oriental flavour and the feeling of "never coming to an end", while the Americans seem to have westernised theirs so that it ends more conventionally (for western music, that is) on the tonic.