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Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… the idea of a number riddle of this sort appears in many communities and it is usually difficult, if not impossible, … 1988: 66) Variations from Sephardic and Eastern Jewish communities “E h ad mi yodea” began to appear in … in Yiddish and in Russian appeared in the Eastern European communities. The non-Ashkenazi versions, on the other hand, …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… as “Jerusalem-Sephardic,” which originated among the Jewish communities scattered throughout the Ottoman Empire during … tradition found among the descendants of the Jewish communities exiled from Spain to the lands of Islam are … of the liturgical and para-liturgical musical tradition of communities that descended from Jews expelled from Spain who …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… I knew, the same one that is sung today in all the Jewish communities. At the beginning, neither the song nor the … found in the liturgical repertory of the Western Sephardic communities. It is the melody of the piyyut Lekh le-shalom … liturgical melodies originated in the Spanish-Portuguese communities of Venice and Livorno and migrated from there …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung at the … the wedding. [4] The h enna ceremony is practiced by Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North Africa and, … h enna ceremony is still common today among the Yemenite communities of Israel, even though its cultural context and …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… in Hebrew and Yiddish, a common practice in American Jewish communities at the time. All in all, this Purim suite is a …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… are authoritative for other reasons, within individual communities and denominations. [26] … tension and aligned with practice. In my experience, some communities aim for uniformity of practice; this is … case when a new group of readers are being trained. Other communities welcome readers with differing melodies. [29] …
Haggai Ben-Shammai
… Bible exegesis and philosophy, history of Jewish communities in Islamic countries, and Islamic theology. He … such as the Ben Zvi Institute for the study of Jewish Communities in the East, the Center for the Study of …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… and an “alternative” tune (seven variants) preferred by the communities of the “Polish rite” (East of the Elbe and …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… performing the answers to the questions. In some Ashkenazi communities, a paraphrase in Yiddish followed the Hebrew …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to Italy, and … only among Sephardic Jews and those from the Middle-Eastern communities. It is possible to distinguish between two … of modern and old Hebrew songs intended for Israeli singing communities. [15] Its inclusion in such a book attests to …