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25. Song of the Four Crowns
… It combines translations of two piyyutim that are sung by Kerala Jews in the synagogue on the morning of Simḥat Torah, … have translated as “good old oil” refers to a traditional Kerala women’s process of preserving oil by combining it … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 24. …
23. Happiness to the Bridegroom
… Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 23. Happiness to the …
22. Brit Milah (Circumcision) Song
… piyyut “’ El ‘Elyon ” (’ Areshet 1980, 358–359), sung by Kerala Jewish men just before a circumcision. Immediately … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 22. Brit Milah …
21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… Malayalam version follows the original Hebrew, with several Kerala touches. Stanza 3 renders the Hebrew “good and … to a different melody. This is a common practice among Kerala Jews, who may repeat the final stanza of this Hebrew … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 21. Great God Who Has Fed …
20. The Command Is Proclaimed
… in more than twenty notebooks, representing almost all the Kerala Jewish communities. Ruby Daniel chose it as a … shared with songs 19 and 21, the second tune is from the Kerala Hebrew piyyut “ ‘ Etz Ḥaim Hi’ ” (’ Areshet 1980, … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 20. …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… above. _______________________________ [1] The other Kerala Jews traditionally celebrated weddings on Tuesdays, … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 19. …
18. Our Food
… guests, as did the table of Father Abraham. Looking for Kerala Jewish touches, in the last line of stanza 4 we … 205). “Our Food” is one of the most widely distributed Kerala Jewish songs, found in at least eighteen notebooks … occasion. The 2002 recording transcribed here was sung to a Kerala melody for the popular Hebrew Shabbat piyyut “ Yom …
17. Blessing Song
… despaired of translating it. When she urged me go to Kerala and “find a professor,” it was at least partly in the … who traditionally claim to be descended from early Kerala Jews (Lukose 1910, 1992, 12–13; Swiderski 1988a, … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 17. …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… This song was recorded by women from three different Kerala Jewish communities, each with a different melody and … “Three times without fail to the Great God you must pray.” Kerala Jews use the Malayalam term kuṃbiṭu (bowing down) to … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … …