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Adonai shama'ti shim'akha (Adonai Schamati)
… a genre similar to the muwashshah developed by the Hebrew poets of medieval Spain. The song opens Adonai shama'ti … refrain does. Piyyutim with the same Biblical refrain and poetical structure appear in Sephardi maḥzorim. The most …
78. Golden Aliyah
… and highly precious in value. “The Golden Sickle” is a poetic love song in which the sickle carries a double … written by O.N.V. Kurup (1931–2016), a highly acclaimed poet, lyricist, and university professor of Malayalam; and …
71. Our Ancient Hope
… Jewish soul turning “to the east toward Zion,” the Kerala poet began his song by proclaiming “The soul of the Jewish …
69. So It Is Proclaimed and Declared!
… and declared! 12. Ignorance will vanish then, and poetic knowledge will grow. Science and culture will … Malayalam literature, skillfully making use of the poetic pāna style and metrical system, which inspires … “Herald of the Dawn” by Amshi Narayana Pillai, a Hindu poet and Gandhian freedom fighter (Andalattu1997, 20–22). …
68. Creator Who Gave Discernment
… of Jews leaving Jerusalem, here the “homeland” may refer poetically to the world of virtue and goodness, especially …
67. The Coolness of Shabbat
… observance, this short devotional song is notable for its poetic elaboration of the attributes of God: strength, …
66. Shining in the Darkness
… messianic wish that the Temple be rebuilt. Stanza 6 is a poetic request for help to “gather flowers amidst thorns” …
65. Each and Every Day
… Kerala Hebrew piyyut and follows its melody and its musical poetic structure of repeating the same phrase over and … that Zacharia found to be uncharacteristic of Malayalam poetry (Jerusalem, July 2001) and that Seroussi also refers …
62. Eternal Living God
… articles of faith.” Though Zacharia found it to be the less poetically creative of the two songs, he praised stanza 17 …
61. Lord from the Beginning
… the lyrics of this earlier composition to be freer, more poetic, and more typical of the Malayalam cultural style …