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Adon Olam
… that this hymn dates back much further to the Babylonian Jewish community. In the Sephardi tradition, an additional … of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from Jewish and secular sources. In some communities Adon Olam is …
Akedah
… act, and replaces Isaac with a ram for sacrifice. In the Jewish tradition, Akedat Izthak is used as a symbol for … be found in the religious texts and secular literature of Jewish communities around the world. … Akedah …
Eli Ziyyon
… that commemorates the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, most importantly the destruction of the first …
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
The term Niggun Devekut, which probably is a Hebrew translation of the Yiddish…
Badhan
… musician who entertains primarily at weddings. Professional Jewish singers called badhanim or leizanim ('jesters') are … and at Hanukkah and Purim celebrations. In Eastern European Jewish communities, the badhan worked as a professional …
Klezmer (pl. Klezmorim)
… Eastern-European Jewish folk musician, generally instrumentalist. Also used …
Zemirot
… and leaned heavily on Liturgical modes and formulae. 2. Non-Jewish folk tunes served as the music for the Zemirot texts; … Bohemian, Hungarian and Polish secular songs and dances. 3. Jewish melodies either newly composed or already in use in … the Neo- Hassidic musical genre which gained popularity in Jewish homes worldwide. The singing at home took place …
Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
A term used by Hassidim and East European hazzanim; it literally means 'Movement.' An…
Diwan
… written by Sephardi authors. When the poems of the great Jewish-Yemenite poet Shalem Shabazi began to appear, these …
Mitsve Tants
… to eastern Europe in the 18th century at the latest. In Jewish musar literature and minhagim books of the 17th and …