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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 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 …
Dance tune (Niggun rikud)
… hassidim [1] ); freylekhs ; and kadatshke (used in various communities). Hassidic dance tunes have defined musical … of Hassidic music , p. 240; see also Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , 2001, no. 85, 102. [2] …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur early on … which up to then had been predominant in the Sephardi Jewish liturgy and piyyut singing in the Middle East, went …
Hasidism
… grew out the desire to replace the overly academic model of Jewish observance with a focus on prayer, spirituality and joy. Hasidic communities are built around and in support of a leader, or …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of Sephardic origins that is also sung in various Ashkenazi communities during the High Holy Days. As the High Holy Days … language like pentatonics, but uses a strongly profiled Jewish prayer mode whose foremost characteristic is a stock … Hanoch Avenary, “The Aspects of Time and Environment in Jewish Traditional Music,” Israel Studies in Musicology, IV …