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Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
Introduction
It is November 15, 2016 and I am sitting in a car, driving on a mountain…
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
This is a short extract of the article “Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan…
Moshe Preis
Chazzan Moshe Preis was born in Lodz, Poland on May 15, 1914. His father, Shlomo Aryeh…
54. Yo no entiendo la mi madre (Isachino Pessah)
A humorous dialogue between a mother and her daughter about the future husband (or son-…
Muyimpya Tampirnte (When Moses Received knowledge)
This Kerala "play song" for Shavuot is about Mutaliyār Moses receiving the Torah on…
A Recovered Voice from the Past
Preface
The history of the Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German…
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
This document, in the form of a synoptic table, incorporates three versions of Idelsohn’…
La reina tiene dolores (La mala suegra)
The opening verses of this romance, depicting the pains of a pregnant woman, are the…
22-23. El estudio de la Ley
These are two versions of a very well-known rhyme stressing the importance of learning.…
Ahí, ahí, a los campos (Los campos de la boda + El novio desprendido + El peral de las peras)
The first two strophes belong to a series of parallel stanzas about the bride in the…