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Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… and Tripoli (16th century)-Netivot and Tel Aviv (Israel, 21st century)” by Edwin Seroussi, read at the 18th … to the mid-20th century. Following their immigration to Israel since the early 1950s, the practice of selihot according to the order …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Yemenite rite where it has been found since at least the early eighteenth century (see, manuscript Berlin - … Manuscripts (hereby: IMHM) at the National Library of Israel, we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy … Tyrnau, an Austrian rabbi active in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century in Vienna and its vicinities who is …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… based on a performance held in the framework of the Israel Festival in 2010. This is the third disc in the … rituals, and in non-liturgical religious songs for the early morning vigils, called Shirat ha-bakkashot. The … as a tribute to R. Haim Louk’s contribution to contemporary Israeli culture. Performers: Rabbi Haim Louk , the New …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… documentary series, “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel.” The discs do not aspire to compete with the … recordings appearing under the label “Jewish music” in Israel and around the world. The main goal of the new series … composed by local poets and sung by the community during yearly and life cycle events. Of the hundreds of piyyutim in …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… has attracted the attention of Jewish scholars from an early stage. Interest in this culture is still alive today, … after the migration of most of the Jews from Yemen to Israel. Their special contribution to the development of Israeli culture, including many variants of Israeli music, …

Responsorial Singing
… The Bible testifies to responsorial practice in Ancient Israel, for example, the refrain led by Miriam during the … from the opening verse as a refrain — more likely reflects early synagogue responsorial forms. Yemenite Jews have …
Seliha-Selihot
… from the time of the pre-classical piyyut in the Land-of-Israel (3rd-5th centuries C.E.). The Seliha genre blossomed … requesting forgiveness for the sins of the Children of Israel. The service is performed on fasts as well as on the … In the Sephardic communities, the Selihot are recited early in the morning, before dawn. In Ashkenazi communities, …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… Sources of the Priestly Blessing- the Holy Temple and the Early Synagogue The Priestly Blessing, recited by the … of Aaron the high priest, was created when the Children of Israel were in the desert, and was developed in the Holy … a few changes in the transition from the Holy Temple to the early synagogue. In the synagogue, the priests raise their …
Kedusha
… our God, shall the heavenly angels above, with Thy people Israel assembled beneath, ascribe a crown; all shall repeat … festive and serious melody in accordance with the text. The early cantors' manuals contain many ornamented musical …
Elohim Eshala
… R 0080. This is a copy of the 1958 Folkways release by the Israeli singer Geula Gill “Yemenite songs and other Israeli … singer, Aharon Amram, a young newcomer from Yemen in the early 1950s who eventually became one of the most important … from the surrounding Muslim majority, as well as on the early arrival of exiled Israelites from Judea to the Arabian …