… table, street tunes (accompanying the march to the xupe [wedding canopy], leading the in-laws, etc.)...” Beregovski … wedding scene. It is peformed by the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian S.S.R. recorded in the … groom to the wedding canopy, ‘mazl tov’ after the wedding ceremony, wedding-meal music, and the dances and the …

… 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 … the songs are connected to life-cycle ceremonies such as weddings, births, and deaths. [2] Jewish women in Yemen were …

… leaving the house to go to the synagogue for her marriage ceremony (Daniel & Johnson 1995, 185). Its meaning has not … the required ritual bath ( mikveh ) on the morning of her wedding day, and the last lines as a blessing for her … which also pervades song 28 , may refer to the Kerala Jewish belief that when a bride emerges from the mikveh, her …

… she goes to the khupe.” AlgeEncy 1944, p. 49 .  “Badekns: Ceremony performed prior to a traditional Jewish wedding in which the bride is veiled by the groom in the …

… mystical significance. It is performed today as the final ceremony of a Hassidic wedding, after the feast. Male members of the two families … to eastern Europe in the 18th century at the latest. In Jewish musar literature and minhagim books of the 17th and …

…   “With what sort of piece did the musicians start a wedding ( mazltov ,  dobranoč )?” Beregovski 1937 [= … the definite form of this dance. It occurs frequently in Jewish dances, but as a phenomenon of an improvisational … Only the klezmorim and the badchon remain for the third ceremony, called ‘mazol-tov-dance’ or ‘kosher dance.’ The …

… Totentanz (death dance) was also part of another strange wedding custom. During the time of the great epidemics … custom of the uniting in marriage of two poor orphans, the ceremony taking place in the cemetery, and the rituals and … performed them during church processions; the Jews at weddings and family festivals, sometimes even as late as the …

… hyperlink at the end of each citation.   “The kale bazetsn ceremony marks the bridal couple’s passage to married life, … formulaic rhymed verses sung by the badkhn or marshalik [wedding poet/master of ceremonies] to a contemplative … most important rituals of a traditional Eastern European Jewish wedding before the Second World War....The non-metric …

… Nashid for Havdala (ceremony for the ending of the Sabbath) by Se'adia, signed L …

… singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, Jewish dance repertoire. He often referred to them as a … [ mitsve dance], alluding to their frequent use at Jewish weddings to accompany the mitsve [ritual commandment/good … tune and the dance niggunim , we find at the mitsve tants ceremony introductory niggunim of various origins, …