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Heikhal Hanegina (the Hall of Music)
… a heavenly hall in which entrance is permitted only through song or music. There is a common belief that the Heikhal … them with holy texts. Abraham Zvi Idelsohn , in his article 'Hanegina Ha h assidit' [1] , writes, 'Most of the … America, 1931). [2] This ellipsis appears in the original article of Idelsohn, the rest of the ellipses are additions …
Contrafactum
… It refers to a technique of converting either a secular song into a religious song or vice versa by altering the words. This technique was … Selihot for Rosh Hashanah. The recording includes the last part of the Seliha in the tradition of Bresl Modern example …
Seliha-Selihot
… form Selihot stands for a prayer service in which the participants ask for forgiveness for their sins, by singing … days of Selihot before Rosh Hashana. In that case they start it on Saturday eve of the week before. The month of Elul … Lehanim , each of which is adapted to various different songs. For further reading about Siftei Renanot , see here . …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… like lightning… this was the memorable night when Jewish art music was born.” From that moment, Engel dedicated his … and others. They laid much of the foundation of modern art music written in Palestine and later Israel, as well as … ensembles One of the outstanding forms of the group was the song for voice, piano and either violin or viola. The …
Hora
… which had acrobatical dance figures was comprised of two parts, slow and fast. These were accompanied by two melodies, … words were written for these tunes (such as the famous song Hava Nagila and Hora H adera 4 ) 5 . The Zionists settlers also sang Israeli folk songs with the Hora 6 , and indeed, many songs in the …
Tipat Mazal (A Bit of Luck)
… Ben, who plays the grown up Vivi, each sing a variety of songs during the course of the film. Revach sings in both … at a wedding, he sings Abiadi Yana, a popular Moroccan song that is usually sung during Henna ceremonies at … with Revach singing a few songs in Morrocan at a wedding starting with the song Abiadi Yana: … 57 … 57 … 9 … 34257 … …
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
… hardcore punk music, soundtracks, Jewish music, modern art, surf music, and countless other styles and genres of … musical expression. He often fuses these elements into one song creating an idiosyncratic style of polystylistic … his career. While the content of the film is for the most part interesting, as it portrays Zorn discussing his music …
A Free People
… in the Holocaust. The second is of a Passover Seder. The participants sing the Four Questions and then Ve-Hi … the narrator points out the symbolism of Jews singing this song in the State of Israel, since it is about the defeat of …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the Priestly Blessing. Paradoxically, it was, at least in part, because the Ashkenazi Diaspora communities performed … the following prayer, ' Ribono shel olam, a'sinu me shegazarta a'leinu, af ata aseh I'manu kema shehit h tanu. … Piyutim, others were adopted from secular Jewish songs, as well as from non-Jewish sources. Some of these …
Kaddish
… Kaddish is one of the most important and central parts of the Jewish liturgy. Most of it is in Aramaic, and it is used as a passage between various parts of the prayer, and at its end. Originally, the Kaddish … many musical works. Among them are: The famous Yiddish folksong, 'Ha-Kaddish Shel Rabbi Levy Yitzchak Mi-Berdichev' …