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Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… of Beta Israel (as the Ethiopian Jews refer to their community) for future generations. Our partner institution … collecting and analyzing the liturgical heritage of this Jewish community would lead to its preservation and to … the period closely following the two large waves of the Jewish Ethiopian immigration to Israel and the complete and …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… the rapid spread of his songs all across the Mediterranean Jewish world, the local singers, unable to figure out what … that Najara meant, began using new melodies of their own community's musical tradition for his piyyutim. This led to …
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 … as an order according to the order and tradition of the community of Niren Burg that they had from times immemorial …
Hanukkah Blessings
… Blessings while lighting the candles is a well-established Jewish family practice that is usually performed by the head … patterns. Yet, when the lighting of the candles occurred in community contexts, special musical settings were arranged. … the first two bars of the Maoz Tzur melody. Scholars of Jewish music from each generation, such as Eduard Birnbaum, …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered by … French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… Rabbi Micha Assis … As the High Holidays approach, the Jewish Music Research Centre dedicates the Song of the Month … 18th ICTM Colloquium “Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas” held at the Corpus Christi College in … was already established in Talmudic times. Each Jewish community developed a specific mode of Selihot and its own …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte. The staff of the Jewish Music Research Centre hopes that the information … University collection and the Adler Collection at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Obadiah the Proselyte was born … settled in Egypt, as a member of the thriving Jewish community situated there, and wrote his memoirs. The …
Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… to serve as hazzan (cantor) of the flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. In this city, he taught the Oriental Sephardi … Turkey and Greece. Through this collection, the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi …
Im nin'alu
… of the four performances (2, 4) the traditional Yemenite Jewish lore is predominant; the other two (1, 3) exemplify … melody, which was popularized by Bracha Zefira among the Jewish community of Palestine. It is sung in a responsorial manner: …
Adon Olam
… that this hymn dates back much further to the Babylonian Jewish community. In the Sephardi tradition, an additional two … of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from Jewish and secular sources. In some communities Adon Olam is …