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Ashkenazic and Italian Liturgy
… to the Italian minhag. This minhag was followed by several communities in the Peninsula, including Rome, Pitigliano, … also presents a feature that is altogether unique in the Jewish world, since the melodic rendition of the t’amim is … on the system of Ashkenazi liturgical music. Boaz Tarsi, Jewish Theological Seminary of America The primary issues – …
Judeo-Spanish Traditions in Transition
… Program) Chair: Karen Gerson Sarhon Susana Weich-Shahak, Jewish Music Research Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem … visited both the emblematic community of Belmonte, and the communities in the urban areas: Lisbon and Oporto. The … their access to the internet, and there is a state-run Jewish museum in Belmonte. As they interact much more with …
Between Israeli and Jewish in Music
… Between Israeli and Jewish in Music Chair: Jehoash Hirshberg Olivier Tourny, … Over the past two decades, the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) Community has immigrated massively to Israel. It is … of Jewish music which was traditionally written in exiled communities. They failed in creating a desired, unequivocal …
Is Israeli Art Music Jewish?
… The Fifteenth World Congress Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem Session: Between Israeli and Jewish in Music, 5.8.09 Chair: Yehoash Hirshberg Summary: … of Jewish music which was traditionally written in exiled communities. They failed in creating a desired, unequivocal …
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 sung antiphonally between the …
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 …
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
… God and 'talking' to him. [3] This term is not used in all communities. Several alternatives exist. Hassidim from Toldot Aharon and other communities use the Hebrew term 'niggun hit'orerut' … considered the core of musical creativity in all hassidic communities. They are mostly performed at the Hassidic tish …
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 wedding …
Mitsve Tants
… to eastern Europe in the 18th century at the latest. In Jewish musar literature and minhagim books of the 17th and … Today, the Mitsve Tants is customary mainly in Hassidic communities, which, from the time of the first generations, … reaction to this interpretation, the non-Hassidic orthodox communities (today called 'Litaim') totally reject the …
Minhah
… at twilight and is one of the three daily services of the Jewish liturgy. It is commonly thought that the term Min h a … Before Ashrei Yosvhei Beitekha Sephardic and Italian communities, as well as most Yemenite communities, … Lakol Shavi'i.” After the Shmona 'Esre Prayer In many Jewish communities, especially those in Israel, it is …