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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… and Yiddish. Many of these texts touch directly upon the biblical story, while others refer to the traumatic memory … is a psalmodic chant to which verses from the biblical Book of Lamentations are sung during the Divine … Hashem ) and the ‘Akedaht Yizhak narrative; as such it influenced later similar texts, especially within the genre …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… the old-fashioned pentatonics with their reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of … on the High Holidays. The use of a prominent motif of Biblical chant as the final cadence of most Shofet versions … in detail, betraying respectively a distinct German or Arab influence, with a corresponding modification of structure. …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… the old-fashioned pentatonics with their reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of … on the High Holidays. The use of a prominent motif of Biblical chant as the final cadence of most Shofet versions … in detail, betraying respectively a distinct German or Arab influence, with a corresponding modification of structure. …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… along with technological shifts and internal political influences, led to significant and relatively swift changes … significance of tunes ascribed to Tolner: the mutual influences of male and female traditional creativity; … [In Ukrainian]. Malin, Yonatan. 2016. “Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis.” …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… to help guard against spirits and harmful things. The biblical commandment of the Priestly Blessing does not … bless the Children of Israel. It is usually assumed that in biblical times, the blessings were performed during the … the world of emotions and beyond it. Some of them were influenced by various eastern, non-Jewish sources, some …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… number is given a symbolic meaning that is connected to Biblical figures, concepts, and objects related to Judaism: … if not impossible, to determine the directions of influence.” (Tabory, 1988: 66) Variations from Sephardic and …
Karev Yom
… point of view of poetry, the reliance on verses from the Biblical ‘Song of Songs’ (three songs plus the pseudo-Song … 1958 recording of the duo, Ha-Duda’im, perhaps under the influence of Bikel’s interpretation) Ptsach [!] Bazemer …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… are an assortment of very diverse sources and registers: biblical and oral law passages, post-biblical prayers in poetic prose and poems (piyyutim) … perform it, an indication of the noticeable kabbalistic influences of their liturgical practices. The leader of the …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… content is serious. Important and elevated [content] that influences the course of a person’s spirit as a person! … negini’ (musical play). Modern Hebrew writers embraced the biblical understanding of the poet as a prophet-seer and …