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Seliha-Selihot
… The word Seliha (plural- Selihot ) means forgiveness in Hebrew. In the singular form Seliha means a piyut of … the participants ask for forgiveness for their sins, by singing and reciting piyutim (mainly Seliha piyutim) and … … Liturgical music … Liturgy … Cantorate … Congregational singing … Seliha-Selihot …
Admor
… Admor is an acronym in Hebrew for 'Adonenu, Morenu Ve-Rabenu' (our master, our … Rebe (in Yiddish), pronounced Rebi by H abad Hassidim in Hebrew. The Admor's leadership is different from the … suffice themselves with partial or full direction of the singing at the Tish (See: Tish , and Mazor 1989). Lately, …
Hay ram galeh
… tradition of turning secular Arabic songs into sacred Hebrew ones. Halevi is certainly not a trained poet but rather a performer thoroughly involved in the singing of piyyutim . This experience resulted in his comand of a wide range of Hebrew formulae that can be assembled to substitute the …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… pp.) … Jerusalem, Israel … Jewish Music Research Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem … Anthology of Music … … 2006 … Yemen … Diwan … Israel … immgiration … yemenite singing … Yemenite … Communities … Yemenite community … Israeli Music … Singing … Poetry … Diaspora … Yemen Jewery … Rhythm … Groove …
Hayrana Laih
… Leila (or Layla) Mourad (1918-1995). Daoud Hosni (whose Hebrew name was David Khadr Hayyim Halevy or David Hayyim … Joseph Algazi maintains that the composer set music to Hebrew songs but he does not provide evidence, except for … great Umm Kalthoum for the primacy of the female Egyptian singing stage. Layla Mourad, was born in Cairo as Lilyan …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Shofet kol ha’aretz belongs to the medieval poetic Hebrew genre called pizmon that is characterized by a … the present-day availability of medieval manuscripts of Hebrew liturgical orders allows for a fundamental revision … was already in place and could be transferred to the singing of other texts. The thirteen to fourteen century …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… Qaddish in the Yom Kippur Minhah service or as a pizmon for singing between Musaf and Minhah of Yom Kippur. The opening … U'ak is widespread among Sephardi cantors who use it for singing other liturgical texts. The melody consists of two … called Maftirim performed its ancient repertoire of Ottoman Hebrew music on Sabbath mornings and afternoons at the …

Zemirot
… home songs . These are a specific set of religious poems in Hebrew or Aramaic written mostly between the 10th and 17th … which gained popularity in Jewish homes worldwide. The singing at home took place around the table with the …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… The cabbalists of Safed ascribed prime importance to the singing of piyyutim. Their repertoire included poems written by the poets of the so-called ‘Golden Age’ of Hebrew poetry in Spain (10th to 13th centuries), and these … by the individual. The Baqqashah is unique to the religious Hebrew poetry of medieval Spain, it is usually scanned in …
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
… … Jerusalem … Morocco … Jewish Music Research Centre, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem … AMTI CD 0101 … Anthology of … … Ethnography … Field recordings … Ethnomusicology … Women singing … Judeo-Spanish - Ladino … Sephardi … Susana …