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21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… Rivka Wadekeotam. Recorded by Shirley Isenberg and Edith Gerson-Kiwi, Jerusalem, February 16, 1977; IV-137. Ūņu tanna … we trust, be blessed. We’ve eaten and are satisfied with the extra, as You decree. O Great God Who has fed us, in … news of a birth or pregnancy (Johnson 1995, 66). Here the singer’s repetition may be associated with the festival of …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… The introduction to songs 18–20 is available here . Sarah … Seema Salem, Ruby S. Hallegua. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi, January 1977; II-4. Muyiṃbāyi nikkunna tāṃbirāně … but also after a festive meal. Sarah Cohen, one of the singers, told me that the song was for a special meal for …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… Ruby Daniel and Rahel Kala. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kibbutz Neot Mordecai, July 1997. Mānaccěrila … těy Maṭṭalu věṭṭaņa pěņņaṅṅaḷě—těy těy 1. Oh, the women of Manacheri!—těy těy Oh, women who cut the … as one of many songs heard from itinerant non-Jewish street-singers in Kochi, it was recorded and written down in 1997 …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… hustle bustle, Liveliness, and rivalry are found throughout the street. Stubborn persistence is found in the north … In harmony together, they bow down to pray. This playful song about Jewtown in Kochi was remembered and performed … the vāśippāṭṭtu or competition song genre, in which two singers or groups of singers perform alternate lines or …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… Miriam Daniel. Recorded by Edith Gerson-Kiwi and Shirley Isenberg, Moshav Taoz, December 20, … Nittiyaṃ tanḍe tiruvĕḷḷatt 1. God Who existed from the start, (x2) O … in Ernakulam begins and ends with a prayer that the singers’ hearts be filled with the wisdom and devotion …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… Rabbi David Buzaglo is one of their most iconic twentieth-century Moroccan Jews. The … Haim Attar, one of the most important religious poets and singers of Morocco in the early twentieth century. Under … as well as on Jewish radio programs boosted his public persona. Through his music, Buzaglo was a unifying agent for a …
2. The Song of Evarayi
… Ěvaṟāyi tanikkŏḷḷa ĕvaṟāyi mŏliyāru 1. From Yerushalayim the learned wise man came, Evarayi Moliyar, the … Ernakulam, Chendamangalam, and Parur, the Evarayi song resembles “Oh, Lovely Parrot!” in having two basic … the nercca reference in the songs. In contrast, when women singers from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi were asked about the …
32. Yā! Minṯě (Open Your Gate)
… The opening verses of a Malayalam translation of the Hebrew … sung in the early morning as a prayer of supplication. The singer requests God to accept her prayer in place of the … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …
16. Nalla Karinkallu (Tekkumbhgam-Ernakulam Paḷḷi Song)
… Stanzas 2-4 of a poetic song about the Tekkumbhagam Synagogue in Ernakulam. The entire song is … rather than the larger one built on the site in 1939. The singer from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi. Tune: Elohei 'oz tehilati. …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… El debate de las flores (Debate of the Flowers) is the name provided by scholars to a long Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) song that was performed until recently in Northern Morocco … Library of Israel). … In the first of these recordings the singer recites the text before singing it, attesting that …