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Edge of the West
… by Arnan Zafrir This hour long film documents the different traditions and day to day life of the Jews of Morocco. The … which features the traditional Henna ceremonies before a wedding. This tradition includes dressing up the bride-to-be … Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema : … 9 … 34236 … … Hina …

Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… the Karaites have maintained the basic principles of their traditions. Over the course of these many centuries, … melody to the same text is performed by Avraham Kanai, a Jewish Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated … niggunim for festive occasions such as circumcisions, weddings, and others. [3] The Eastern European Karaite …
Aharon Amram
… teachers, while also learning Math, History and Hebrew in a Jewish school. In 1950, as part of 'Operation Magic Carpet' … Yemenite singing while out of school and singing at weddings and Bar-Mitzvahs, she advised him to choose between … in Israel to revive, preserve, and continue the Yemenite tradition. Amram began performing at weddings in his town, …
Elohim Eshala
… this period (1958-1959). Elohim Eshala is the only really traditional Yemenite track in this record, the rest being … exoticism” that captivated at the time the American Jewish audience. It is clear that the voices of Shoshana … family celebrations, most especially circumcisions and weddings. The Diwan also includes poems for use at any other …
Hora
… and the second with duple. Hora as a Klezmer Genre The Jewish Klezmers adopted both kinds of genres and terms. The … no.1 ) 2 . The Rumanian Hora was meant for playing at the wedding feast, not during a dance, and sometimes during the … in Israel, who until then danced in a circle, in simple traditional marches, gradually accepted the Hora dance. …

Freylekhs
… It seems that Freylekhs tunes comprised the core of the traditional Klezmer repertoire in Eastern Europe, and were … of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). [1] Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , Vol. III (М.Я.Береговский. … titled by Kostakowsky as H asidl in International Hebrew Wedding Music , p. 88. [8] S ee: Mazor 2000, pp. 33-34. …
Admor
… and his authority is expressed in matters connected to Jewish law (Hallakha). He conducts marriages, signs on … his authority from the place of the Tsadik in the H assidic tradition. One of the fundaments of the H assidism is the … (Tish; see: Tish ) held by him. During festivities, such as weddings in the rabbi's family, all of his H assidim align …
Im nin'alu
… Yemenite Jews. It is sung on many different occasions, at weddings and other celebrations, to many melodies. Alternate … chooses which stanzas of the complete song suit him or his tradition, and the occasion on which it is performed. He … of the four performances (2, 4) the traditional Yemenite Jewish lore is predominant; the other two (1, 3) exemplify …

Adon Olam
… that this hymn dates back much further to the Babylonian Jewish community. In the Sephardi tradition, an additional two verses are added, and the hymn … contexts. In the Moroccan tradition, Adon Olam is sung at wedding celebrations and when visiting someone on their …
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
… serve to emotionally prepare the bride and groom for the wedding ceremony (kiddushin), while other tunes are sung when the groom is lead to the Badekns ceremony, to the wedding canopy (huppa), or awaits the bride under the … 75-77, no. 2 and p. 78, no. 3; Hajdu-Mazor, The Musical Tradition of Hasidism ,pp. 432-3, ex. 6. … Niggun …