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A Hassidic Ritual Dance: The Mitsve Tants in Jerusalemite Weddings
… The aim of the present paper is to describe the ritual dance (' mitsve tants ' or ' kosher tants ' in … tants … Dance … Wedding music … Jerusalem … A Hassidic Ritual Dance: The Mitsve Tants in Jerusalemite Weddings … …
Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa
… of the Jewish world; its most characteristic feature is the ritualistic study of the book, which is quite rare outside …
The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
… it is quite certain that the choice would fall on the ritual of birkat kohanim , the threefold priestly blessing … stretched out under the cover, swaying right and left, is a ritual that inspires mystery and awe. The feeling of … from Yemen to Lithuania cherish special chants for the ritual and they are all worthy of research. Yet the …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… First Crusade of 1096, and venerated the martyrs as the spiritual successors of Isaac, regarding their sacrifice as … Shmidman 2007; Zunz 1920, i: 83–84). This passage is also ritually read in the synagogue from the Torah scroll on two … German Reform movement, who advanced the new ritual of the Hamburg Temple. His transcription is a purely …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… the 1910’s. They would gather in synagogues during evening rituals on winter Saturdays to sing from a collection of …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… external evidence of their allegiance to a cult whose rituals of adulation are manifestly unbelievable” (ibid., … al-sūrī. Kligman, Mark L. 2009. Maqam and Liturgy: Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn . …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… year 1465, includes the “Tikkun Tefillat Atzirah,” a rare ritual based on Mishnah Ta’anit 2:2-5. This order of prayers …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… includes synagogue liturgy, life cycle songs, domestic rituals, and readings of sacred texts, providing valuable …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… from Spain dated in 1481 ('Poetry as an expression of spiritual reality in the late Sephardic piyyut ,' [In Hebrew], …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… appears to be unique. Its similarity to the American spiritual ‘Glory, Glory Hallelujah’ (and the earlier songs to …