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The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… and its Interior The synagogue's architecture is a testament to the community's confidence and wealth during … Ten Commandments engraved in Hebrew letters coated with gold. The bimah stands on the other side of the room, on a … more in the center of the room. Together, four chandeliers hold 1,000 candles; all of the candles are lit during every …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… as they are performed in the present. This is a manifest testament to their early pedigree. As we shall see below, …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… these displaced communities retained some aspects of their older musical traditions, the broad censorship in … choose to include melodies historically unrelated to the older nigunim traditions in their corpus: tunes of local … released in 1916 by Columbia Records (E3105). An additional testament to the popularity of Tolner’s nigunim is their …
צלילי איוב במערב־התיכון של ארצות הברית: איש רציני יהודי לנוכח עץ החיים הנוצרי
… York University Press. Luther, Martin. 1960. Preface to the Old Testament in Luther’s Works , vol. 35. ed. E. Theodore … and other Biblical Studies . New York: Ktav. Zwick, Reinhold. 2016. “The Book of Job in the Movies: On Cinema’s …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… by Portnoy and Wolff (2000 and 2001) are grounded in older notations by Abraham Binder (1959) and Cantor Lawrence … trope, but Lamentations trope replicates this figure four-fold. The sof pasuk of Lamentations trope repeats the <3-2-1> … (1881) 1970. Two Treatises on the Accentuation of the Old Testament . New York: Ktav Publishing House. …