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16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… Israel, and the taking of a new sefer Torah scroll into the synagogue. In the fourth stanza of each version, Israel bows …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… the new scroll that was to be installed in the ark of the synagogue. The painstaking preparation and writing of a new … the community, who then presented it as a gift to the synagogue. The custom was to hold an all-night vigil in the … was the more elaborate temporary ark constructed in each synagogue to house all its Torah scrolls for the holiday of …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… immediately following song 8, the Kadavumbhagam-Kochi Synagogue song. Its first line partially echoes the first …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… to the same melody she also used for singing the Mala Synagogue Song. Her sung version, which is transcribed and … sometime between 1489 and 1650. [2] Of the eight Kerala synagogues that were active until the 1950s, it is the only … and Life at the University of California, Berkeley. [3] The synagogue’s name, which means “south-side,” has been …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… People now. This song celebrates the building of the oldest synagogue still at least partially standing in Mattancherry, … in 1544 (Sassoon 1932, 577). It may well have been the “New Synagogue” discussed in contemporary records of the … The Kadavumbhagam Paḷḷi of Kochi (in contrast to the synagogue of the same name in Ernakulam) is aptly named for …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… This is one of two Malayalam songs about the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry Kochi, which was initially … to rituals mentioned in songs about the other two Kochi synagogues 8 and 10). Participation by the king of the land echoes royal patronage in the building of other Kerala synagogues (songs 4 and 5), along with the tradition of the …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… You, Lord. This poetic song of praise for one of the two synagogues in Ernakulam begins and ends with a prayer that … on the benches of the path under the bridge connecting the synagogue itself to an outer building. The song’s image of … Hindu temples and royal dwellings—were unique among Kerala synagogues, according to Joshua. As in the Parur and …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… This song combines an architectural description of the synagogue in Parur (North Paṟavūr, about twenty-one miles … and/or historical events. Tradition has it that a synagogue was first built in Parur in 1164 (Sassoon … Beginning in 2009, an ambitious renovation of the Parur synagogue complex was undertaken as part of the Kerala …
5. Mala Synagogue Song
… Tamburan. This is a ballad about the founding of the Mala synagogue by Joseph Rabban—a folk hero with the same name as … representative governing bodies of all the other Kerala synagogue communities, including an appearance and donation … the re-building or significant renovation of the Mala synagogue in 1909. [6] Mala is a small town located about …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… a musician in various entertainment venues outside of the synagogue and Jewish family celebrations, focusing on … the universal canon of Andalusian Hebrew music for the synagogue. He also introduced it to the schools of … substantial efforts to the education of a new generation of synagogue singers, teaching prayers and piyyutim to children …