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Muyimpya Tampirnte (When Moses Received knowledge)
This Kerala "play song" for Shavuot is about Mutaliyār Moses receiving the Torah on…
Yǝtbārek… wanevāvo
This prayer can be heard around noon or in the afternoon during the service for…
Sheva' Berakhot ("Seven Blessings")
The Sheva' berakhot ("Seven Blessings") are a central component of the Jewish wedding…
Kol beru’e ma’ala umata
The poem depicts "all Creatures" singing and praising the Unity of God. In the Sephardi…
Mizmor le-david (Psalm 29)
This is a rhythmicized example of the Hebrew psalmody used for the Sabbath eve (compare…
Mi hakham ve-yishmor eleh, Qaddish and Barekhu
This piece opens with the second half of the last verse of the special Psalm for Succoth…
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…
Nani quere el hijo (La mujer engañada)
This lullaby is a romance about a deceived wife (Armistead 1978: topic L13). The mother…