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43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… the women singers would have been the intensity of Sarah’s labor pains—contradictory to the midrash stating that the pregnancy and labor were without pain ( Tanḥuma Buber, Vayera 36). The …
36. O Woman Dwelling in the Field
… in a paddy field of rice, amidst the lowly huts of the laborers who toil there. The garden described in the …
27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… also at a women’s party the night before the wedding. In elaborate musical detail, it portrays a Kerala bride’s … custom of adorning the bride in traditional dress and elaborate jewelry at a community party the night before her …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… to two other manara structures. One was the more elaborate temporary ark constructed in each synagogue to … and silver crowns and hanging chains that ornament the elaborate wooden or metal sefer Torah cases. … the community who carried all the Torah scrolls in their elaborate cases (Isenberg letter, Nov. 23, 1981). They sang …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… in 1997, she explained that it was sung to accompany the elaborately dressed bride in procession at the end of Shabbat …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… to two other manara structures. One was the more elaborate temporary ark constructed in each synagogue to … and silver crowns and hanging chains that ornament the elaborate wooden or metal sefer Torah cases. … the community who carried all the Torah scrolls in their elaborate cases (Isenberg letter, Nov. 23, 1981). They sang …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… in a predominately Muslim part of northern Kerala) as laborers who remove the coir fiber covering coconut shells, …
15. Mutiyayi Ninnu (Tekkumbhagam-Kochi paḷḷi Song)
… the Sefer Torah, Inside the Tekkumbhagam paḷḷi. With elaborate ornaments they installed it. The paḷḷi be blessed, …
5. Tampirān Muyimpu... Anaṅkāra Maṅka (The Elegantly Adorned Bride)
… party the night before the wedding. It describes in elaborate detail the bride's clothing and ornaments. The …
Ezra Barnea
… effort to document extant Jewish musical traditions, collaborating in this endeavor with the Sound Archive of the …