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Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of digital resources have enhanced the study of the Jewish liturgy helping us to make more accurate assessments … we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … was already in place and could be transferred to the singing of other texts. The thirteen to fourteen century …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… for the Ninth of Av among the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities. The identity of the author is unknown, … Hebrew], Exile and diaspora: studies in the history of the Jewish people presented to Professor Haim Beinart on the … stanzas he sings. Hocha was blind from childhood, so he was singing from memory. However, his musical renditions of …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… library at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was “Six Songs from the Jewish Homeland, Arranged for Mixed Voices.” [2] This … following: I learned the song (by ear) as a child from the singing of a woman named Molly Sallen, who taught in the …
Shir hama’alot - The umbilical cord between liturgical and domestic soundspheres in Ashkenazi culture
… manginot mibeit Abba", produced by Renanot : Institute for Jewish music. CD1703 in the National Sound Archive. Score … times of happiness and bodily pleasure. [1] The custom of singing Shir hama’alot before the mealtime Grace is … the second half of the twentieth century, when many German Jewish liturgical traditions fell into oblivion, the …
Ya'akov Orland
… construction of foundational national buildings like the Jewish Agency headquarters, the Yeshurun Synagogue, and the …
Abyadi Ana
… to the wedding ceremony (usually on the day before) in Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North … such as Yemen even longer. The ceremony is accompanied by singing and instrumental accompaniment. Some of the most … considered to be among the central events of the Jewish traditional wedding that spans over several days and …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… of intensive study by a distinguished gallery of modern Jewish and non-Jewish scholars since the early nineteenth-century, starting … death, and then goes to an addition of her own: Why are you singing H ad Gadya? Spring isn’t here and Passover hasn’t …
El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy this preview. The Algerian Jewish singer Gabriel Sayag recorded the piyyut El shokhen … interactions characteristic of modern North African Jewish music. The other side of our record contains another … parashat Lekh Lekha , p. 130) a compendium used for the singing of Moroccan baqqashot . Rabbi Atiya attributed the …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish traditions. “E h ad mi yodea” is a cumulative song. … – God; two – the two tablets of the covenant; three – the Jewish patriarchs; four – the Jewish matriarchs; five – the … clarinet, violin and double bass accompanying the singing. They only sing up to the number five and towards …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in Jewish communities on Purim, especially in Germany, is one … is the gematria of mayim , water) officers I have left off singing, for the mouths of singers are filled with water, …