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Hayrana Laih
… … Hayrana Laih is an Egyptian song that was and still is popular in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana Laih were written by Ahmed Rami (1892-1981), the popular Egyptian poet who was the main songwriter for Umm …
Hay ram galeh
… it became major hub for liturgical and paraliturgical music in the modern western section of Jerusalem. It also … muwashsha h at and the rising new styles of Egyptian Arabic music developing from the late 19 th century onwards. The … a talent that can be observed in other of his songs set to popular Egyptian tunes such as Yah retzeni ra h em alai Yah …
Admor
… often, while others tried going at least once a year. The popular times to travel to the Tsadik were before … rabbi, the Hassid expects to 'receive a blessing'. In the popular meaning, this is a specific blessing for something … Zemirot with them. He also took the job of renewing the musical tradition of the dynasty, and acted as a musical …

Freylekhs
… Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, and is still … term that, in this case, signifies a musical genre. It seems that Freylekhs tunes comprised … Klezmer repertoire in Eastern Europe, and were the most popular amongst the Dance tunes . Support for this …
Contrafactum
… above the first line of their poem a reference to a certain popular melody to which the lyrics could be sung. A famous … (the text in the red square is the reference to the popular melody in which the piyyut is ought to be sung) This … on this song can be found at Song of the Month ). Musical Transcription … Nissim Ben Yithak HaLevi's piyut Hai …

Society for Jewish Folk Music
… on the eve of the Russian Orthodox Easter, two Russian musicians met in an encounter that was to have impacts on classical and popular music to this day. Vladimir Stasov, music historian … written in Palestine and later Israel, as well as Israeli popular and folk music. Without their work, there would be …
Hora
… r Moshe (Musa) Berlin (b. 1937), who took his tunes from musical scores and records published in the U.S., used the term Rumanian Hora (see musical example below) for a pair of slow Hora and Freylekhs … style of the Israeli Hora, was adopted from one of the popular figures of the Freylekhs . Although, from watching …
Tipat Mazal (A Bit of Luck)
… is directed by and stars Ze'ev Ravach. It is about Zuzu, a popular Jewish Moroccan singer and the hardships that he and … place in Morocco at a wedding, he sings Abiadi Yana, a popular Moroccan song that is usually sung during Henna … Yana: … 57 … 57 … 9 … 34257 … … Moroccan immigrants … Musica mizrakhit … Mizrakhim … Zeev Revach … Zehava Ben … …
Almonds and Raisins
… were made in Yiddish. In Almonds and Raisins (named after a popular Yiddish song), director Russ Karel and narrator … life. Furthermore, many of these hundreds of films were musicals that prominently featured Yiddish music and Almonds … of which star cantor Moyshe Oysher who sings both Yiddish popular songs and Jewish liturgical music. This film is an …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the words ' Yishar koa h .' The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and … on the priest. Some of the priests have received no musical training. In fact, many were not even trained to … the rabbis' reservations, the response verses remained popular, although the variety of responses is diverse and …