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The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
… come from under the prayer shawls of the kohanim . All Jewish communities from Yemen to Lithuania cherish special chants for the ritual and …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in Jewish communities on Purim, especially in Germany, is one … where it is variously attributed to Sephardic or even Yemenite origins, as we shall see. Kikhlot yeini text, …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… also, since at least the early eighteenth century, in the Yemenite rite during the morning services of all the Aseret … we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … also attested in several medieval manuscripts of the Roman Jewish rite available at the IMHM catalogue. The persistence …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… – On to Our Land.” Binder indicates that this is a Yemenite melody and gives no attribution for the text. In … library at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was “Six Songs from the Jewish … or lyricists, though two of the melodies are indicated as “Yemenite” in origin and one is called “Arabian Love Song.” …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung at the end of the bridal h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of Yemenite Jewish women singers. In Yemen, the separation of men and …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… culture emerged in Palestine and spread throughout the Jewish world with remarkable speed.It also shows how its practice at ceremonies of Jewish institutions, synagogues, schools and youth … Erich von Hornbostel arrived to a remote area of Southern Yemen where he recorded Yemenite Jews. Among the songs he …
Karev Yom
… of the earliest commercial recordings of Israeli and other Jewish folksongs made for the international market after … sound and the packaging of Bikel’s album catered to this Jewish market and its imagination of the new Israel. The … and David Zehavi (two songs each). Two of the songs are by Yemenite-born musicians who were active in the musical scene …
Sher
… “Sher: One of the most common dance forms in the Jewish repertoire, similar to a square dance or a Russian … their weddings and celebrations, to which they invited Jewish musicians. The Ukrainian youth there danced the šer … developed dance forms of their own--the Hasidim and the Yemenites. Of the former, only the wedding dance, the sher, …
The Israeli Mediterranean Style
… versions of European Mediterranean styles in art music that Jewish composers—the founders of Israeli music, among them … the liturgical and para-liturgical musical traditions of Yemenite, Persian, and Moroccan Israeli Jews (i.e., the … rhythmic, and structural elements in his music. Leading Jewish composers of the time, almost all raised and educated …
Tree of Life
… Hannuka candles in different traditions such as, Persian, Yemenite, and secular. … 9 … 34138 … … 1971 … Musical traditions … Jewish cultural groups … Upsherin … Israel … Tree of Life …