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Fal
In Yiddish, in most of the Hasidic dynasties, the word Fal refers to a section of a…
Tish
In Yiddish, Tish means table. In the Hasidic movement, the Tish is the public feast of…
Boris Thomashefsky
Boris Thomashefsky, son of Yiddish actor and playwright Pincas Thomashefsky, was born in…
Nili Belkind
Nili Belkind is a research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She holds a PhD…
Israel Alter
Israel Alter was born in Lvov (then known as Lemberg, today Ukraine) into a Hasidic…
Nahôn libbo is hujire – Whole-heartedly is the fearful believer
נָכוֹן לִבּוֹ אִישׁ הוּא יָרֵא כָּל נְתִיבוֹ מִצְוַת בּוֹרֵא
נֶאֱמַר בּוֹ כָּתוּב…
Kol Nidrei (Gebet am Jom Kipur) – Kol Nidrei (Yom Kippur Prayer)
Mixing liturgical with folk tunes in one album is a modernistic approach that challenged…
Emanuel Zamir
Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was…