… the room, the musicians strike up a gay tune and the badkhn calls out: ‘ Vivat !...’' [A. B. Gotlober: … .  “A particularly serious moment was the ‘ badekns.’ The badkhn showed off and dazzled with his full talent... Later … ‘badekns.’  The band began and Yenkl Krakovski, the town badkhn did an introduction. Standing on a bench he began …

Hebrew lit. entertainer. A merrymaker, rhymester, and musician who entertains primarily…

… features improvised but formulaic rhymed verses sung by the badkhn or marshalik [wedding poet/master of ceremonies] to a … sad melodies so as to summon up tears from the women...The badkhn stands up and at that moment becomes a preacher and … The women begin to raise even more of a racket. Then the badkhn begins to rhyme...[soon] forgets that he began in …

Feature. 87 min. B & W Screenplay by S. Castle Music and Lyrics by Sam Morgenstern…

… in Polish Jewry … … Hassidim … Badkhan … 2003 … Hasidim … Badkhn … Jester … Wedding-structure … Ashkenazi … Yaakov Mazor … Michael C. Steinlauf … Antony Polonsky … The Badkhn in Contemporary Hasidic Society: Social, Historical …

… for Polish-Jewish Studies … … 20th (Twentieth) Century … Badkhn … 16 … 2003 … Israel … Wedding … Folklore … Hasidism … functions … Humor … Eastern Ashkenazi … Yaakov Mazor … The "badkhn" in contemporary hasidic society; social, historical, …

Be-makhelet [sic!] am barkhu El (Shir le-hatunah). In the unity of the nation…

… As soon as they enter, the klezmer play a freylekhs and the badkhn shouts: ‘Vivat!... After the wedding-meal the bride … (in other places they are seated on the same stool) and the badkhn begins to perform his rhymes. With the last rhyme the … 157 . (Musical notation included).  “During the meal, the badkhn or marshalik performs... Sometimes the klezmer band …

… place to the sound of music and song... Soon thereafter the badkhn introduced himself with the klezmorim , who played …

… at the end of each citation.   “'R’ Simkhe Meir the Badkhn entered to sing before the bride ( ‘di kale bazingen’ … ) before the seating... The musicians even assisted the badkhn Simkhe Meyer with their traditional and sad …