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Exactly where this traditional melody derives from is not entirely clear. Intriguingly, it appears in Emanuel Aguilar's 1857 book of ancient Spanish/Portuguese melodies for the motzei shabbat song B'motzaei Yom M'nucha. The words do fit the melody a little better, so it is possible that this is the original form, though it could conceivably be an Ashkenazi import. In any event, it is now typically used for the end of Uv'nucho Yomar, when we return the Sefer Torah to the ark on Shabbat morning. Whilst it is a distinct tune to itself, North American congregations invariably attach it to the end of Nissan Blumenthal's Eitz Chayim. This is most likely due to the popularity of Samuel Malavsky's album “Sabbath with the Malavsky Family”, which contains a version of Blumenthal's Eitz Chayim ending with this Hashiveinu.