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29. The Noble Bridegroom
… whose synagogues are located at opposite ends of the long Jewish street. For one familiar with the area, it is easy to … Street, accompanied by music and drumming from bands of non-Jewish musicians. Zacharia appreciates the rich poetry of …
27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… household responsibilities. There is nothing identifiably Jewish in this song. In fact, Venus Lane notes two elements … color associated with Muslim weddings. According to Kerala Jewish custom, the bride’s family would often borrow costly …
26. After the Bath
… bride, which also pervades song 28, may refer to the Kerala Jewish belief that when a bride emerges from the mikveh, her … the morning. They formed a procession from one end of the Jewish street in Kochi to the other—in effect announcing to the families of all three Jewish communities that this was to be her wedding day. We …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… and writing of a new scroll was always done by a trained Jewish sofer (scribe), and often it was commissioned and … of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to …
23. Happiness to the Bridegroom
… The song features four of the different Malayalam Jewish names for God, while blessing the groom with …
22. Brit Milah (Circumcision) Song
… “’ El ‘Elyon ” (’ Areshet 1980, 358–359), sung by Kerala Jewish men just before a circumcision. Immediately …
21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… in Chendamangalam, and Rivka Wadekeotam from that Jewish community performed it from memory in Jerusalem in …
20. The Command Is Proclaimed
… than twenty notebooks, representing almost all the Kerala Jewish communities. Ruby Daniel chose it as a particularly … when he composed song 72, the Zionist song “Hope in the Jewish Heart.” The fourth is from the Hebrew piyyut “ …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
The introduction to songs 18–20 is available here.
19a. Sarah Cohen, Seema Salem…
18. Our Food
… as did the table of Father Abraham. Looking for Kerala Jewish touches, in the last line of stanza 4 we translate a … “Our Food” is one of the most widely distributed Kerala Jewish songs, found in at least eighteen notebooks from all …