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Sarah “Shorty” Elias

… New York in the United States. There, she met and married Rabbi David Elias, a member of the leading Rabbinic family of Monastir. Together, they had seven …

Amsterdam Concert (1975)

… was graced by the presence of Hakham Solomon Gaon, Chief Rabbi of the Spanish-Portuguese Congregations of the British …

The Music on Comtat-Venaissin

… xiii): “Au dernier moment nous apprenons de M. Kahn, grand rabbin à Nimes, séjournant pour quelques semaines à Vichy, …

… Rabbi Haim Louk was born in 1942 in Casablanca , Morocco, to … was here that Louk was introduced to the world of piyyut . Rabbi Yitzhak Kedoshim, the choir's conductor at the time, … influenced Louk's musical path. At the age of 10, Louk met Rabbi David Buzaglo, who had recently arrived in Casablanca. …

Shmuel Zalmanov

… for his editing of the Sefer HaNiggunim . At the request of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the Chabad Rebbe, Zalmanov …

A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)

… order. The first Algerian version (Ex. 1), sung by Rabbi Meir Sulam and members of the Jewish community of … take his place at the bimah (podium) to lead the service. Rabbi Sullam opens by singing Aqum leshorer and flows … a rare technique in post-medieval Jewish liturgies … Rabbi Meir Zini (1921-2012), who officiated in Tiaret …