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Brakha Tzefira

… (d. 1989). The duo kept expanding their repertoire, adding Egyptian songs (after their return from Egypt in 1932), Ethiopian and Turkish songs, spiritual songs … in Germany. A special event on the tour was the visit of Egyptian poet Dr. Ahmad Zaki at one of her shows in New …

Karaite Jews Musical Tradition

… across Palestine—in Ramleh and Tiberius—as well as in Egypt and Byzantium. In the 12 th century, the spiritual … years, additional Karaite communities were formed in Egypt and Byzantium as well as in Crimeria, Lithuania, and … of the 19 th century and first half of the 20 th century, Egypt flourished as a Karaite center. It is there that an …

Uncle Moses

… rebelled against him, preferring to return to slavery in Egypt. Excerpt of the film with the elderly man's at the …

Arvit

… a prayer which praises God for redeemption from slavery in Egypt. This pattern of three blessings originated in the …

The Israeli Mediterranean Style

… by his studies and teaching in Arab countries, Lebanon and Egypt. Finally, Josef Tal and Mordecai Seter were the two …

Ve-Hi She-’Amda – Piyyut from the Passover Haggadah

… in the Haggadah celebrating the rescue of the slaves from Egypt – the central point of the holiday – which is actually …

The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition

… Balkan countries, Syria, Lebanon, the Land of Israel, and Egypt. H azzanim (cantors) and payytanim passed on these … recording and distributing the music that had developed in Egypt and Syria aided in spreading and implanting the new … Syrian and Eastern Jewish communities, who adopted the new Egyptian arrangements into their piyyut tradition. Like …