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3. The Little Sister (Aḥot qetanah)
… (according to Ezra Fleischer's terminology) of the Hebrew original. It consists of stanzas, each with a … with its blessings” which does not belong to the original Hebrew poem but rather reflects the wish of the congregants … to end this song with a positive message. As expected, the melody that Rabbi Levy interprets corresponds to that of the …
Hus elohai mime'onkha (Have mercy O Lord, from Thy dwelling)
… Jewish poets to write responsive poems to extant classical Hebrew poems; this craft was thought to honor both the … while the second, fourth and fifth are sung to another melody, quick and rhythmic, and accompanied by a tin pan. … …
"Saperi tama temima" (Tell, pure and innocent)
… ben Amram, signed with the author's full name. Written in Hebrew, apart from the third and fourth stanzas, which are … one stanza in Arabic, and Baruch Yefet sings a selection of Hebrew stanzas. 9. Menahem Arussi and the Kiryat Ono men and … melodies. The soloist chooses the melodies, and one melody is succeeded by another for the sake of variety. The …
"Ayumah be-har hamor" (The Beloved on the mountain of myrrh)
… Shabazi, signed Alsbab[az] , containing six stanzas in Hebrew and Arabic alternately. The structure of each stanza … over the enemies of Israel (Seri-Tobi: 155). Here, the Hebrew stanzas (nos. 1, 3, and 5) are sung and printed … Arussi sing the three stanzas of the song to the same melody accompanied by tin pan and hand clapping, without the …
4. Las Tablas de la Ley (The Tablets of the Law)
… is known in several different versions, in Judeo-Spanish or Hebrew, throughout the Sephardic diaspora. The rich Hebrew substratum of the Judeo-Spanish versions suggests … of the most complete versions of this text. Its Moroccan melody has been widely documented and also appears in the …
"Ahuv mehar hamor natan li morasha" (My beloved from the mountain of Myrrh has given me an inheritance)
… signed alphabetically, as is usual in folk poems. The melody of this song is one of the most popular wedding … ḥasdoʼ at the end of each stanza is sung to the other. This melody is sung in either duple or triple meter. Other poems, … whose verses begin with the first six letters of the Hebrew alphabet. At the time of the wedding celebration more …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… term translates literally as “permission” or “consent” the Hebrew word also resonates with privilege, i.e. the honor … unique. Its compositional principle is somehow similar to Hebrew psalmody, whereas a musical phrase consisting of two … or the notation of arguably integral pitches from the melody as grace notes in the cadence under the word …