Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…

… Tov (Besht) is performed by the Rebbe of Boston, R. Levy Itzhak Horwitz ben Pinchas David in the recording NSA 2890 …

Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…

… which in his view signified the despair of the diaspora. Yitzhak Edel ([1966] 1980), who was sympathetic to Jewish … Inventor of Musical Tradition”,  Min-ad  13: 124–40. Edel, Yitzhak. [1966] 1980. “Hatoda’a hayehudit baḥinukh hamusikali”, in  Yitzhak Edel: Mishnato ba ḥ inukh uvamusika  (Yitzhak Edel: …

  [1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…

… funeral melody was chosen for ‘By the rivers of Babylon’ by Itzhak Epstein. To the truth of this claim, I cannot be held …

This article shows the crystallization of the prayer and singing style known as “…