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Tish
In Yiddish, Tish means table. In the Hasidic movement, the Tish is the public feast of…
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
[1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… hands and made a third circle around the men...The entire shtetl joined this way in an enthusiastic dance to the …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…
Elio Piattelli
Biography by Pasquale Troia
Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in…
Sher
… War II]. Gilernt 1954, p. 386. “A Jewish wedding in the shtetl was a holiday... When Arish the klezmer with his band …