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65. Each and Every Day
… of She‘areikha , the first bakashah in the daily Hebrew prayer book used by all the Kerala Jewish communities … ( Sefer Tefilat haḤodesh 1931, 13). It is sung to the Hebrew melody. Recorded in 1977 by Sarah Cohen of … … 52 … 7 … 44380 … Splendid Singing Birds: Devotional songs … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing …
64. Open Your Gate
… of She‘areikha , the first bakashah in the daily Hebrew prayer book used by all the Kerala Jewish communities … ( Sefer Tefilat haḤodesh 1931, 13). It is sung to the Hebrew melody. Recorded in 1977 by Sarah Cohen of … … 52 … 7 … 44377 … Splendid Singing Birds: Devotional songs … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing …
63. Singing, Singing
… send Mashiya now. 12. And on that day we’ll sing with joy songs of praise, one by one— Singing, singing praise to God, … from and elaborates upon one of the most universally known Hebrew piyyutim— Adon Olam —“Lord of the World” (’ Areshet 1980, 222). This Hebrew hymn, which is part of daily and Sabbath services for …
62. Eternal Living God
… be blessed forever Tamburan. This second version of the Hebrew piyyut Yigdal Elohim Ḥai is sung quietly to the same tune as that of song 38, “Song About Love,” with each line repeated once … of song 61, and it is a more complete translation of the Hebrew source, with reference to all of Maimonides’s …
61. Lord from the Beginning
… Tambiran. This is the older of two Malayalam devotional songs that are versions of the rhymed Hebrew liturgical hymn Yigdal Elohim Ḥai —“The Living God be … “articles of faith” listed by Maimonides. The widely-known Hebrew piyyut is incorporated into the daily and Shabbat …
60. Hanukkah Song
… vegattil cěyyuṃbol 1. With blessings proclaimed and songs of praise, To the Temple they quickly came. There was … Michayel, Redeem the remnants of Israel. This is a Hanukkah song in two regards. It is both a narrative of the Hanukkah … in stanza 3, lines 2 and 3, associating the sound of the Hebrew word Hanukkah (dedication) with that of the Malayalam …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here . Sarah Cohen, Rachel … Kerala melody for “ Mi Khamokha ve’En Kamokha ,” a lengthy Hebrew piyyut recounting the Purim story. Composed by the … section are repeated in the same pattern as those in the Hebrew song. Stanza 8, the final section, is sung to a …
57. In the India Kingdom
… The introduction to songs 57-59 is available here . Venus Lane. Recorded by … by placing the events of the Purim story in India ( Hodu in Hebrew), as it is stated in the Bible (Esther 1:1) that … recognized the melody as the tune used in Kerala for the Hebrew Azharot (“Warnings”), a piyyut incorporating the 613 …
56. The Song of Ruth
… the biblical story of Ruth appears in twelve Jewish song notebooks from communities in Kochi, Ernakulam, … sung during the seasonal holiday of Shavuot, when the Hebrew Book of Ruth is also recited, but it is not a simple translation of the Hebrew. In addition to local cultural references, its …
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 … Petirat Moshe (Ginzberg 1968, 3:439–442; 6:150–151)—a Hebrew volume that was available to Jews in Kerala. [2] One … old Malayalam measurement katam is substituted for the old Hebrew measurement parasang (about four Roman miles) used in …