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54. David and the Mosquito
The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here.
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53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sefer Torahs)
… Apparently, this song was known throughout the Kerala Jewish communities. The version translated here, mostly … sorrow while viewing the land. As Zacharia wrote, “These Jewish women had the capacity to express in a few words how … from Kerala in 1967, is found in the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley, CA. Labeled MS 49, it was …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… and was said to have been learned in kabbalah, a system of Jewish mysticism (Daniel and Johnson 1995, 52). The …
51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… “Aaron Hacohen” (Aaron the priest), Moshe is called by the Jewish Malayalam term “Mutaliyar,” a traditional Kerala term … there had immigrated from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi, the only Jewish community that is known to have performed kalippattu …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… According to Joseph Hai Isaac, a lawyer and prominent Jewish leader from Ernakulam, this song was customarily … in the “minyan” of ten adult males required in Orthodox Jewish communities for the recitation of certain prayers. … …
47. In the Egypt Kingdom
… rājya karikaratttu 1. In the Egypt kingdom, among the Jewish people— While they were living there, they were … and large (Ginzberg 1969, 2:271–272). Two other Malayalam Jewish songs expounding in greater detail on midrash about …
46. Baby Moshe Taken from the Water
… and large (Ginzberg 1969, 2:271–272). Two other Malayalam Jewish songs expounding in greater detail on midrash about …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… name and location in reciting the line. The Malayalam Jewish word āyissōḍĕ (derived from the term for “long life”) … “Joseph the Righteous” was popular as a wedding song in Jewish communities outside Kochi, to be sung on the final … of the others are part of a group of very old Malayalam Jewish songs also associated with the wedding cycle, the …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… of animal sacrifice in biblical times. The Jewish women’s perspective is particularly evident in this … the help of a midwife may relate to the known presence of Jewish midwives in Kerala to help with Jewish births, at least in the early part of the twentieth …
42. Adam the First Person
… it seems to be a modern song with no Malayalam Jewish linguistic markers other than the many Hebrew words. …