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Mitsve Tants
… Today, the Mitsve Tants is customary mainly in Hassidic communities, which, from the time of the first generations, … reaction to this interpretation, the non-Hassidic orthodox communities (today called 'Litaim') totally reject the ritual, while even the Hassidic communities of Chabbad and Bratslav, do not perform the …
Minhah
… Before Ashrei Yosvhei Beitekha Sephardic and Italian communities, as well as most Yemenite communities, customarily recite Psalm 84 before “Ashrei … Korbanot and Pitum HaKtoret sections. Some of the Sephardic communities customarily recite part of the introduction to …
Kol Nidrei
… in the different rites; for example, in most Sephardic communities, Kol Nidrei is recited as a call and response …
Dance tune (Niggun rikud)
… hassidim [1] ); freylekhs ; and kadatshke (used in various communities). Hassidic dance tunes have defined musical …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur early on … in Syria, and subsequently in other Syrian and Palestinian communities; and in Morocco. The Baqqashot are practiced … until Shabbat Zekhor (the one prior to Purim) in Moroccan communities, and until Shabbat Hagadol (the one prior to …
Haggadah
… singing of the Haggadah texts is generally observed in all communities. … Haggadah …
Hasidism
… with a focus on prayer, spirituality and joy. Hasidic communities are built around and in support of a leader, or …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of Sephardic origins that is also sung in various Ashkenazi communities during the High Holy Days. As the High Holy Days … and an “alternative” tune (seven variants) preferred by the communities of the “Polish rite” (East of the Elbe and …
Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… and Greece. Through this collection, the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi Israel …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… the Sephardic and Oriental Jews until the present. In these communities, the selihot services are also called “vigils” … Iberian order of selihot remained in continuous use in the communities of Tripoli (Lybia) and Djerba (Tunisia) … to hegemonic forces operating within the “Oriental” Jewish communities in Israel. By performing the selihot according …