… bride, which also pervades song 28 , may refer to the Kerala Jewish belief that when a bride emerges from the … have not found any recorded memory of a horse involved in a Kerala Jewish wedding, though a bridegroom (not a bride) on … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 26. …

… several narratives from midrash with unique and charming Kerala flourishes. The dramatic scene is set in stanza 3 … Mount Sinai was chosen as the site of the revelation, this Kerala song creates a verbal anthropomorphic image of Mount … listeners might well imagine her dressed in the finery of a Kerala bride as she sweetly but firmly questions God—Who …

… pendant ( tāli ) mentioned in stanza 6 is typical of Kerala bridal customs, with a unique design for Jews, … 1987, 102). As noted in relation to song 26 , Kerala Jews believed that when a bride emerged from her … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog … …

… as a wedding song in widespread Sephardic communities. In Kerala it might be sung for any festive occasion but was … in the original Hebrew version as “plundered” and in the Kerala Hebrew version as “secret” [1] becomes in Malayalam a … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 36. O Woman Dwelling in …

… the strength of Moshe, equaled only by God!   (2) A typical Kerala setting is provided here for the biblical story of … up by the Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus 2:3–10). The coast of Kerala is famous for its “backwaters”—a vast network of … Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 46. Baby Moshe Taken from …

… top of Sinai Mountain—angels are standing there. A typical Kerala setting is provided here for the biblical story of … up by the Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus 2:3–10). The coast of Kerala is famous for its “backwaters”—a vast network of … Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 47. …

… Malayalam version follows the original Hebrew, with several Kerala touches. Stanza 3 renders the Hebrew “good and … to a different melody. This is a common practice among Kerala Jews, who may repeat the final stanza of this Hebrew … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 21. Great God Who Has Fed …

… When the late Isaac Joshua (president of the Association of Kerala Jews in India) read a Malayalam text of this song for … wealthy Hindu temples and royal dwellings—were unique among Kerala synagogues, according to Joshua. As in the Parur and … in 1939 at the last synagogue dedication to occur in Kerala. Set to the tune of a popular Hebrew bakashah, …

… Joseph Hai. Kochi, January 9, 1977; III-23. 53c. Kerala women. Recorded by ethnomusicology students from … 6:150–151)—a Hebrew volume that was available to Jews in Kerala. [2] One story expands on God’s decree that Moshe … Apparently, this song was known throughout the Kerala Jewish communities. The version translated here, …

… Jews alike, is included among the morning bakashot sung by Kerala Jewish women.           The Malayalam song “Singing, … melody than that of the Hebrew piyyut as it is sung in Kerala. It includes additional stanzas and content, while … Birds: Devotional songs … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 63. …