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27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… at a special women’s party on the Shabbat preceding her wedding and also at a women’s party the night before the … household responsibilities. There is nothing identifiably Jewish in this song. In fact, Venus Lane notes two elements … color associated with Muslim weddings. According to Kerala Jewish custom, the bride’s family would often borrow costly …
26. After the Bath
… to the required ritual bath (mikveh) on the morning of her wedding day, and the last lines as a blessing for her … bride, which also pervades song 28, may refer to the Kerala Jewish belief that when a bride emerges from the mikveh, her … the morning. They formed a procession from one end of the Jewish street in Kochi to the other—in effect announcing to …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… and writing of a new scroll was always done by a trained Jewish sofer (scribe), and often it was commissioned and … for community festivities during the week following a wedding. The “ark with four legs” in stanza 3 must be a … of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to …
23. Happiness to the Bridegroom
… The song features four of the different Malayalam Jewish names for God, while blessing the groom with … it would be better to use a tune more appropriate for a wedding, but no one has offered an alternative. … 52 … 7 … …
21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… in Chendamangalam, and Rivka Wadekeotam from that Jewish community performed it from memory in Jerusalem in … melody associated with a particular festive occasion—e.g. a wedding melody to celebrate the news of an engagement or a …
20. The Command Is Proclaimed
… than twenty notebooks, representing almost all the Kerala Jewish communities. Ruby Daniel chose it as a particularly … on Ḥatan Shabbat , the “Bridegroom’s Shabbat,” after the wedding (Daniel & Johnson 1995, 188). She and her aunt, … when he composed song 72, the Zionist song “Hope in the Jewish Heart.” The fourth is from the Hebrew piyyut “ …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… to the house in which she was to stay until the day of the wedding. From Daniel’s fuller description of the evening's … for a special meal for the bride on the Shabbat after the wedding. The song’s text contains many references to … hopes for the future, with no particular reference to the wedding or the bride. When this song was recorded in 1977 by …
17. Blessing Song
… a blessing for the family of the brit milah child (or the wedding couple), whereas the fifth stanza asks blessings for … refrain that “wanders” through the corpus of Malayalam Jewish songs; it refers to the midrash about the young girl, … granted to Jacob's innocent granddaughter Seraḥ. [2] This Jewish song shares the first line and a few other lines and …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… and writing of a new scroll was always done by a trained Jewish sofer (scribe), and often it was commissioned and … for community festivities during the week following a wedding. The “ark with four legs” in stanza 3 must be a … of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… respectively in the southern and northern sections of the Jewish street. First alluding to rivalry between the two … to the paḷḷi, perhaps in celebration of a holiday or wedding. His appreciation of their boisterous procession can … Kerala Jews. While the contents of the song are certainly Jewish, Gamliel (2005, 225) notes that its first two words, …