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Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… Nor did it become the national anthem of the State of Israel until very recently. The truth is that Hatikvah (“The … , inspired by Idelsohn’s table, a medieval Hispano-Arabic ancient pedigree by linking it to the Spanish folksong … speculations in order to find a more genuinely “Jewish” or “ancient” origin for the tune. We shall examine below the …
Karev Yom
… life of those times… Theodore Bikel On October 2, 2014, Israeli anchor Gabi Gazit interviewed Theodore Bikel … birthday. The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli music connoisseur and collector Dudi Patimer. … JTS 9478). When and where was the last stanza of Yannai’s ancient piyyut set to a special melody is for the moment …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… Turkey, the Balkan countries, Syria, Lebanon, the Land of Israel, and Egypt. H azzanim (cantors) and payytanim passed … communities there. The Aleppo community held on to an ancient performance tradition of prayers and piyyutim that … The baqqashot singing tradition of Aleppo is also ancient, likely originating in the 16 th century as well. At …

Tvile
… and even dances, was established not only among the ancient tribes of Israel but in certain times also among Jewish Poland, …

Volekh (LKT)
… is danced (resurrection of the dead).” [Lag B’Omer, Meron, Israel, 1960s-70s]. Hadju 1971, p. 83 . (Musical notation … Moldavia, and Walachia in Romania [ The Music of the Most Ancient Nations (London, 1864, p. 361)]. The character of … almost every religious service of the yearly cycle. Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1700-1760) explains that the reason …

Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… for the dance of the bridegroom and the bride.” [Jerusalem, Israel, 1966-1986]. Mazor and Taube 1994, pp. 164, 175, 195, … custom, which ought and must, just as with other ancient wedding ceremonies, become abolished.” Rivkind 1962, …

Ve-Hi She-’Amda – Piyyut from the Passover Haggadah
… This piyyut appears in ancient Haggadot and the author is unknown. It addresses … history, many enemies have arisen seeking to destroy Israel, but God rescues Israel from their clutches. The piyyut appears in the …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… sung at the Passover seder in some of its contemporary Israeli versions. Written in Aramaic, H ad Gadya appears at … of the songs ‘E h ad mi yode’a’ and ‘ H ad Gadya’ in Israel and among the nations,” Assufot: Annual of Jewish … of the seder , a religious ceremony anchored in the ancient practices of the rabbis, in the nominally secular …
Had Gadya
… of the songs ‘E h ad mi yode’a’ and ‘ H ad Gadya’ in Israel and among the nations,” Assufot: Annual of Jewish … exemplify the modern fate of the song with in contemporary Israeli musical repertoire. H ad Gadya was incorporated to … of the seder , a religious ceremony anchored in the ancient practices of the rabbis, in the nominally secular …

Shir HaKavod
… morning Shabbath prayers, after the Mussaf service. In some Israeli synagogues the prayer is moved to an earlier part of … the prayer on Yom Kippur eve after the Shir Ye h ud. One ancient manuscript claims that 'the song was created by our … began, but it can be assumed that Jews of German decent in Israel and other communities that were influenced by them …