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63. Singing, Singing
… Presence of God— As we’re singing hymns of praise, so our hearts are filled with joy. 2. O God, when You began to reign, … send Mashiya now. 12. And on that day we’ll sing with joy songs of praise, one by one— Singing, singing praise to God, … World” (’ Areshet 1980, 222). This Hebrew hymn, which is part of daily and Sabbath services for Ashkenazi and …
62. Eternal Living God
… You without beginning, You without end. (x2) 4. Not in earthly species, nowhere in humankind— (x2) No one can … are the Holy One. (x2) 7. Before there was one thing on earth, before the heavens too, (x2) Before all of creation, … Elohim Ḥai is sung quietly to the same tune as that of song 38, “Song About Love,” with each line repeated once …
61. Lord from the Beginning
… Tambiran. This is the older of two Malayalam devotional songs that are versions of the rhymed Hebrew liturgical hymn … ( Sefer Tefilat haḤodesh 1931, 17), based on the thirteen “articles of faith” listed by Maimonides. The widely-known … verses, with other themes added and some of Maimonides’s “articles of faith” left out. In comparing the two versions …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here . Sarah Cohen, Rachel … aṟiñña aṟivāḷan Āśuvěṟoś tanda nāḷila kāriyaṃ 1. From the start, all this was known by the Wise All-knowing One. … blanket, he smeared himself with ash. And on the earth he fell down, lying there in tears. Then who appeared …
56. The Song of Ruth
… [2] If dying or if going, we two shall be as one. If parted by death, we two shall be as one. To join the Jewish … the biblical story of Ruth appears in twelve Jewish song notebooks from communities in Kochi, Ernakulam, … the Jewish month (Hebrew: Rosh Ḥodesh ), which should be particularly observed by women; and the uniquely Jewish …
55. David and the Spider
… The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here . Sung and recorded by Venus … of his life David fled. Fleeing, he went to a pit in the earth, and inside that pit he hid. There the spider did him a … “David and the Spider” than “David and the Mosquito,” partly because only two variants are available, each …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sefer Torahs)
… us, O Great God, To evermore sing your praise. (x2) This song incorporates elements of two traditional stories about the last day of Moshe’s life on earth, told in Midrash Petirat Moshe (Ginzberg 1968, … Kerala in 1967, is found in the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley, CA. Labeled MS 49, it was listed as …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… our minds At the time when we heard “Anokhi.” Much of this song is a direct translation of the Hebrew piyyut Yarad ’El … the Ten Commandments (Areshet 1980, 262). This Malayalam song follows the Hebrew piyyut in its reference to the … that the tablets were made of sapphire stone. There is no particular term for “sapphire” in Malayalam, but the word …
51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… blessed. May Your Holy Name be forever blessed. This short song is filled with interesting elements—its unusual slant … Moshe’s receiving the Torah, its reference to midrash, its particular mixture of Hebrew and Malayalam terms, and its … In either case, the simple dialogue in this song conveys a dramatic portrait of the two brothers, …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… You!” The command was given, given to Moshe: “When you depart from here and leave this holy place, Then you must go … In all His royal splendor, in majesty He came— All the earth and all the sky were a-tremble then, With lightning and … And in Yerushalayim grant that we may be. This song about the giving of the Torah combines several …