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Yaakov Huri
… in the Edith Gerson Kiwi Archive The recorded collection of the Baghdad-born cantor Yaakov Huri is one of the largest … care of bringing all the necessary equipment, the prayer books and even a shofar blower paid by him. Huri stood every … in his children and those around him was the respect for books. He worked hard and chose to invest his money in …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac, which was sung to texts in both Hebrew and … The story’s primary textual rendering in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis XXII:1–19) is somewhat brief, barely referring to … reached us in composite manuscripts [13] or as printed booklets, hailing from the German-speaking territories as …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… . Brooklyn: Ḥevrat Ni h oa h Example 4 Children's parody of Ehad mi yodea from Beregovski's collection 1938 … patriarchs; four – the Jewish matriarchs; five – the five books of Moses; six – the books of the Mishna; seven – the … eleven – stars (from Joseph's dream in the book of Genesis); twelve – the tribes of Israel; thirteen – …
1. El Atán, el Atado y el Ara (Et Sha'arei Ratzon)
… Judeo-Spanish version of a liturgical poem ( piyyut ) of the ‘ akedah type … and its subsequent cancelation by divine intervention (Genesis 22:1-14). The biblical narrative is expanded in the … versions that were eventually printed in prayer books, in Hebrew characters, parallel to the original Hebrew …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… Era This study aims to trace the unique characteristics of a type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern … Hasidic leaders, Yankev-Yoysef of Polonnoye (in his book Ketonet passim 15 col. 3), who distinguishes between … 2002. “Jewish Folklore and Ethnography.” In The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies , edited by Martin Goodman, 956–74. …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… This document, in the form of a synoptic table, incorporates three versions of … the recordings and set down the results of my research in a book. In the winter of 5673-5674 (1913-1914) I travelled to … 30, 1926. [17] A paraphrase of Jacob's summary of his life (Genesis 47:9) “… few and evil have the days of my life …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of factual and fictional information that, in the Internet … trigger for the present essay was the release of a booklet titled Hatikvah: Past, Present, Future: An … the song ‘Hatikvah’. [15] Despite this clear account of the genesis of Hatikvah ’s melody in websites and articles about …