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26. After the Bath
… to the Kerala Jewish belief that when a bride emerges from the mikveh, her face is shining with the holiness of the … those performed by women who used to accompany the bride from the mikveh early in the morning. They formed a procession from one end of the Jewish street in Kochi to the other—in …
25. Song of the Four Crowns
… first help. With Tambiran’s help, there were four crowns. From heaven above, four crowns came down. The crown of Torah … honor of a bridegroom is found in eight women’s notebooks, from Parur, Ernakulam, and Kochi-Kadavumbhagam. It combines … man. The first two stanzas of the Malayalam song are taken from an Aramaic-language piyyut that is sung before the ḥatan …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… Tambiran, be our foremost help. To Abraham Abinu, a promise You proclaimed: “A very great People from you I shall create. I shall bless you and make … blesses you, those also I shall bless.” Like dew from heaven, may the Lord Tambiran Give food and drink …
23. Happiness to the Bridegroom
… 2. May He always protect you. May He guard you from deceit. May you not be separated nor cut off from your roots, So your greatness will increase and you … This blessing for the bridegroom is found in notebooks from all communities from which notebooks were collected. The …
22. Brit Milah (Circumcision) Song
… like Hanoch. May you find redemption and cleansing from sin; May the holiness of Noah be yours also. Wherever … song. Our English translation of the Malayalam is adapted from Ruby Daniel’s translation (Daniel & Johnson 1995, 176). … This popular Malayalam song is found in sixteen notebooks from Kochi, Ernakulam, Chendamangalam, and Parur. The first …
21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… too. We’ve eaten of your food, O King, and drunk the wine from You. By singing and by praising, we bless Your holy … originating in Chendamangalam, and Rivka Wadekeotam from that Jewish community performed it from memory in Jerusalem in 1977. Born in 1902, she died just …
20. The Command Is Proclaimed
… In Your hands justice is found. Almighty, justice comes from You. We don't need to await the command. You are the One … melody, shared with songs 19 and 21, the second tune is from the Kerala Hebrew piyyut “ ‘ Etz Ḥaim Hi’ ” (’ Areshet … the Zionist song “Hope in the Jewish Heart.” The fourth is from the Hebrew piyyut “ Nefutzoteinu Kanes ” (’Areshet 1980, …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… Hebrew “Blessing after Food” is found mostly in notebooks from the three Kochi communities, plus two from Parur. In some books its heading reads, “Saturday Night … rav ), called by that term because the bride was brought from her house to the house in which she was to stay until …
18. Our Food
… ancestors: those who came before, And for redeeming us from out of Egypt’s land And placing on our bodies the … as a matter of delight, in contrast to the sense of rescue from distress conveyed in some parts of the Hebrew blessing … Kerala Jewish songs, found in at least eighteen notebooks from all the communities with preserved notebooks. Not …
17. Blessing Song
… Lord, Stand in the presence of Tamburan. 5. As Tamburan promised to those who obey, All has come true—all that He … command you went And thus you heard the word proclaimed. From the mouth of the girl, he heard the song: “Without a … catalogued notebooks, representing all six communities from which notebooks were collected. It was widely used as a …