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28. The Gold-Clad Bride
… the world in stanza 1, as well as the specific Shekhinah reference in stanza 5. This translation is a composite, …
27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… a bundle of keys would not actually be worn by a bride, the reference here may be taken as humorously symbolic of her …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… a wedding. The “ark with four legs” in stanza 3 must be a reference to the manara in the home. After a night of prayer …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… Shabbat after the wedding. The song’s text contains many references to messianic hopes for the future, with no particular reference to the wedding or the bride. When this song was …
17. Blessing Song
… of them (personal communication, May 2000). [1] Judging by references to childbirth in the first two stanzas, this … that all hearing it would have been familiar with the reference. Presumably it is attached to this all-purpose …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… a wedding. The “ark with four legs” in stanza 3 must be a reference to the manara in the home. After a night of prayer …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… ______________________________ [1] This is one of several references in the songs to the biblical David (rather than …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… of the sefer Torah with elegant ornaments—a likely reference to the gold or silver cases, crowns, finials, and …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… but the obscurity of its language and these apparent references to its original appearance and process of …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… version—but without stanzas 5–7 and lacking any particular reference to the Paradesi paḷḷi—was discovered by Ophira … was donated by a prominent or “enlightened” man—a likely reference to the British official Colonel Colin Macaulay, …