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Amen amen shem nora
… Tov, a prominent poet who lived in Saloniki and Turkey. The melody is one of the favorite old tunes of the Western … and Southern France too. Rev. Lopes Cardozo learned this melody in Amsterdam from Mr. Leon Palache ( see no.5 above) …
Qumi ve-sifdi torah
… before the reading of the Torah on the Ninth of Av. The melody is sung here as it is customarily sung in Holland …
Eikha yashvah badad (Lamentations 1:1-4 and 5:21)
… to the masoretic accents. The AAB musical form of the melody reflects the particular division of the Ekha verses … the Bible. The narrow range and repetitive pattern of the melody are similar to some of the qinnot (dirges) included in the liturgy of the Ninth of Av. This melody is used in Amsterdam and New York City. … The Western …
Alekhem 'eda qedoshah
… the day marking the national defeat. Almost the same melody is sung in Amsterdam and New York City. A version of this melody appears in the Aguilar and De Sola anthology ( 1857: …
Divre Yermiyahu (Jeremiah 1:1-9)
… Melody for the haftarah (additional readings from the … to the Ninth of Av. The subdued, mournful style of this melody recalls the musical characteristics of the chanting …
Hallelu et adonay kol goyim (2)
… This is another melody for hallel , used for the Festival of the Tabernacles … with the text Pithu li sh'arei tzedeq . This venerable melody, from the 18th century, appears in Amsterdam …
Mi hakham ve-yishmor eleh, Qaddish and Barekhu
… the leadership of the service from the congregation. The melody used for the Psalm is subsequently adapted by the … public part of the evening service. The first part of the melody derives from the singing of the hallel ( see no. 28 … "seasonal melodies" for the Festivals, the melody of the "Dew and Rain" ( tal va-geshem ) prayer …
Hallelu et adonay kol goyim (1)
… included at the end of the Passover haggadah . The present melody is used only on Passover ( Lopes Cardozo 1987: 101). …
Lekh le-shalom geshem
… passing from the winter to the summer season. This ancient melody from Amsterdam and London bears a similarity with the … to be fortuitous. An almost identical version of this melody with a text from the Hallel for the Three Festivals ( …
Shir hashirim (Song of Songs 1: 1-4)
… in the Spanish-Portuguese synagogues with this special melody. Unlike the Eastern Sephardi communities who read …