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‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem
… around the mid-sixteenth century from the circles of Jewish mystics of Safed and spready rapidly throughout the Jewish world, especially to Italy. One key figure in these … and Mordecai Dato’s poems, see Moshe Hallamish, Kabbalistic Customs of Shabbat . Jerusalem, Orhot, 2006, esp. pp. …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… 49 … 58 … 710 … Jewish liturgy evolved in a multidirectional process. … of transmission crystallized into several minhagim (“customs” or “traditions”) once the printing press started to … verses from diverse psalms are a widespread phenomenon in Jewish liturgy, the text under discussion is unique in that …

Shir HaKavod
… is in the minor mode and it most likely originated in the Jewish communities of Germany where it is known with some …
Hora
… and the second with duple. Hora as a Klezmer Genre The Jewish Klezmers adopted both kinds of genres and terms. The … no.1 ) 2 . The Rumanian Hora was meant for playing at the wedding feast, not during a dance, and sometimes during the … the Hora dance. Following their example, in some Hassidic weddings the Hora was also danced by the adults. Moshe …
Tish
… invention. Since the Mishna era, rabbis and other leading Jewish figures used to give a Torah sermon during the feast, … and holiness that was absent from the feasts of Jewish sages in previous generations. This dimension stems … of note is the singing of texts taken from Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) prayer during the Tish of Tu-Bishvat, …

Steiger
… A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal …
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 … This prayer book includes an appendix titled ‘Minhagim (“Customs”) written by the Gaon Our Master Rabbi Isaac Tyrna …
Had Gadya
… of intensive study by a distinguished gallery of modern Jewish and non-Jewish scholars since the early nineteenth-century, starting … in Israel and among the nations,” Assufot: Annual of Jewish Studies 2 (5748[1988]), 201-226 (in Hebrew). This …
Admor
… and his authority is expressed in matters connected to Jewish law (Hallakha). He conducts marriages, signs on divorces, and is the address for questions concerning Jewish practices, Kosher problems, and questions pertaining … (Tish; see: Tish ) held by him. During festivities, such as weddings in the rabbi's family, all of his H assidim align …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … also attested in several medieval manuscripts of the Roman Jewish rite available at the IMHM catalogue. The persistence … This prayer book includes an appendix titled ‘Minhagim (“Customs”) written by the Gaon Our Master Rabbi Isaac Tyrna …