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56. The Song of Ruth
… If parted by death, we two shall be as one. To join the Jewish People my desire is great.” “To join the Jewish People your trouble will be great! Know that Saturday … ways the law can be fulfilled.” “Whatever it is that the Jewish People do, Whatever you are doing, I also will do.” …
55. David and the Spider
… cuts off the edges of King Saul's garment—expressed in Jewish Malayalam as the fringes of his prayer-shawl but … of Goliath’s mother as an example of many Malayalam Jewish songs that feature strong female characters from the … son’s killer. Gamliel goes on to speculate that the Kerala Jewish women singers may be identifying to some extent with …
54. David and the Mosquito
The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here.
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53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sifrei Torah)
… 9, 1977; III-23. 53c. Kerala women. Recorded by ethnomusicology students from Bar-Ilan University, Moshav … Apparently, this song was known throughout the Kerala Jewish communities. The version translated here, mostly … sorrow while viewing the land. As Zacharia wrote, “These Jewish women had the capacity to express in a few words how …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… 2021, pp. 301-321. For an abridged discussion see, https://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/en/content/22939. [3] See Ginzberg 1968 …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… and with thunder and blasts of the shofar; With music ringing out, ringing with the sounds Of violins and … According to Joseph Hai Isaac, a lawyer and prominent Jewish leader from Ernakulam, this song was customarily … in the “minyan” of ten adult males required in Orthodox Jewish communities for the recitation of certain prayers. … …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… name and location in reciting the line. The Malayalam Jewish word āyissōḍĕ (derived from the term for “long life”) … “Joseph the Righteous” was popular as a wedding song in Jewish communities outside Kochi, to be sung on the final … of the others are part of a group of very old Malayalam Jewish songs also associated with the wedding cycle, the …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… from that community living in Moshav Taoz, Israel. [3] This musical narrative of events from biblical stories about the … of animal sacrifice in biblical times. The Jewish women’s perspective is particularly evident in this … the help of a midwife may relate to the known presence of Jewish midwives in Kerala to help with Jewish births, at …
42. Adam the First Person
… it seems to be a modern song with no Malayalam Jewish linguistic markers other than the many Hebrew words. …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… was spread. 10. The tenth to be sung, by God’s command, the Jewish People must sing. Years have passed: five thousand … “The Ten Songs of King Solomon” as an example of Kerala Jewish women’s knowledge when relating a family story about … melody without clapping in a 1994 recording in Nevatim. The musical version used here was performed by the Nirit …