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Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the Halakhot that were customary for the Ashkenazi Jews in that period. His version would become the template of practice for all of the Jews of Ashkenaz. There are different traditions regarding … these verses out loud. In the late nineteenth century, in Lithuanian and Latvian synagogues, they were even sung as …
Seliha-Selihot
… The Seliha genre blossomed during the golden age of the Jews in Spain during which many were written and their style … on the passing year. Sephardic and oriental Jews maintain the tradition of reciting Selihot during this … 1979. NSA YC1463. See text in a Seder Selihot of the Lithuanian tradition. … Piyyutim … Piyyut … Liturgical music …
Minhah
… it closes the twelve temporal hours of the day. Since the Jews of 19 th century Ashkenaz were usually under pressure … recited before the Ashrei. Many Ashkenazi and some Yemenite Jews do not add any prayers before Min h a—they rather begin … prayer is recited silently. This custom can be found in the Lithuanian Yeshivas who believe that extended prayers keep …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… known as Ponar ), written in response to the mass murder of Lithuanian Jews in Ponary near Vilna. Full biographies: ' Shmerke …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… Jewish piety. At the age of 12 years, I was sent to Lithuanian jeshivas, where I remained five years. During … Upon Zangwill’s question, how can I return to Russia, where Jews were so maltreated, I answered that I prefer to be with … song; even Lewandowski seemed Germanized. The life of the Jews in Germany, too, was Germanized. This was not only …