The beautiful Dutch synagogue is also known by its Ladino name, Esnoga, and is one of…

… Yom yom odeh la-el asher bakhar banu [Day after day I thank god who has chosen us]. This section leads to a middle part … of a refrain: Al Har Sinai, et Torato [Upon Mt. Sinai, (God gave us) the Torah]. Upon closer listening, one notices … rendition of the opening of Adonai hu ha-Elohim [My Lord is God], a Jewish hymn that Mourad recorded in the 1920s, i.e. …

… stimulating the union of the spheres or emanations of the Godhead. In spite of opinions against its recitation, …

Life Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…

In this article we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the…

This article shows the crystallization of the prayer and singing style known as “…

… Angel of Deliverance / come before this poor seeker O Lord, God of / Abraham call him forth   Transliteration and … “Our Rock...Israel will be raised” - the appeal to God (the Rock ( Tzur ) of Israel) who will mercilessly … continuation of the previous stanza, this is a request to God to show His people a sign of redemption so that they can …

Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…

… the Hasidic ideal of sincerity and simplicity as a path to God, appears to form the foundation of the songs–nigunim … Rechtman 2021, 226–34. [8]  Vinaver 1985, 133; Lukin and Wygoda 2017; Seroussi 2019, 218–19. [9]  On collecting … Encyclopaedia Judaica , edited by Cecil Roth and Geoffrey Wigoder, 12:637–39. Jerusalem: Encyclopaedia Judaica. Avenary, …