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29. The Noble Bridegroom
… with innocent delight. O pearl of heaven, pearl of the earth, O the finest of emerald gems! Gracefully moving, this … used to travel the length of Jew Street, accompanied by music and drumming from bands of non-Jewish musicians. Zacharia appreciates the rich poetry of this …
27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… securely tied. (x2) 3. A bunch of keys quite suitable is part of her attire. (x2) A flower-patterned earring is on … tribute is sung to the bride at a special women’s party on the Shabbat preceding her wedding and also at a women’s party the night before the wedding. In elaborate musical detail, it portrays a Kerala bride’s clothing and …
20. The Command Is Proclaimed
… 2. God will be the light of dawn to those whose hearts are kind. If you obey what you are told, rewards you … the Kerala Jewish communities. Ruby Daniel chose it as a particularly important song to translate, noting that it was … had sung the Hebrew blessing for the end of the meal. In particular, it was sung at the end of the Friday night meal …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… many references to messianic hopes for the future, with no particular reference to the wedding or the bride. When this …
18. Our Food
… to the sense of rescue from distress conveyed in some parts of the Hebrew blessing (2005, 205). “Our Food” is one …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… Parur, she sang from memory and said she had forgotten parts of the song. In contrast to the two folk-style … shared by each version rather than the three very different musical presentations. Focusing on the translated words, we … listening to the recorded performances, we hear three. The musical transcriptions provide a connecting bridge. … 52 … …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… 8, the Kadavumbhagam-Kochi Synagogue song. Its first line partially echoes the first line of that song. … see the commentary following song 22. The shofar is a musical instrument traditionally made of a ram’s horn and …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… (x2) A solid foundation for the paḷḷi they laid. (x2) Music rang out, with booming of drums, (x2) With fireworks … them: (x2) “You must try to build it, try with all your heart. 5. You must try to build it, try with all your heart. You’ll gain from your effort an extra reward.” (x2) …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… the building of the oldest synagogue still at least partially standing in Mattancherry, Kochi. According to … There it was painstakingly restored, reconstructed as part of the museum, and opened to the public in 1995 (Fishof … Lane recorded the song again in 2006 to facilitate its musical transcription. After the interior of this synagogue …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … exposure to the modern Hebrew song, a process that had started in Morocco, is his cover of “Bab el Wad,” a poem by … the entrepreneur Abraham Pinto from Tangier, undertaken as part of a wider ethnography of the Moroccan Jewish liturgy …