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Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… selected verses from the Book of Psalms, other books of the Bible, or the Mishnah (Oral Law). Since all of the Baqqashot …
Ekhah
… The third of the Five Scrolls in the Bible, read on the Ninth of Av. In rabbinic literature its …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… last verse of each stanza is always a quotation from the bible, and there are precedents for the connection of Bible texts with Biblical chant. Furthermore, this topical …
Prayer for the state
… On the other hand, the second section heavily relies on the Bible. From a literary standpoint, the first part is more …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… last verse of each stanza is always a quotation from the Bible, and there are precedents for the connection of Bible texts with Biblical chant. Furthermore, this topical …
Responsorial Singing
… and common to many peoples, cultures, and religions. The Bible testifies to responsorial practice in Ancient Israel, …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… rabbis claimed that one must recite fifteen verses from the bible, each one during or immediately after each word of the …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… Jerusalem. He coined the term B’nei Mikra (Children of the Bible) or the Karaim , thereby unifying the Karaite … parts (volumes 1-3) are mostly a series of verses from the Bible as well as a few piyyutim (a specific genre of …
Falashas No More
… Ge'ez, the liturgical language of Ethiopia into which the bible was translated. The second features a prayer sung in …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… women'.' (Bazant, 48). Despite these interpretations of the Bible and of Judaism, neither the different gender variants …