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Mitsve Tants
… holds the bride’s hand. The ritual originated with Jews from central Europe and it is first mentioned in the 16th … The controversy of the dance was mainly caused not from the ritual dance itself, since dancing in front of or … Tants is customary mainly in Hassidic communities, which, from the time of the first generations, saw dancing as a way …
Minhah
… liturgy. It is commonly thought that the term Min h a came from Kings 1 18:36 where it is written that Elijah prayed … in the Talmudic text of Masekhet Brakhot, 24, page 2, from the line “ tfilot avot tiknum ” and so on. Traditionally … his afternoon-prayer.” The Talmud refers here to the story from Kings 1 18:26 where Elijah confronts the prophets of …
Kol Nidrei
… the Day of Atonement, declaring an annulment of all vows from the previous year. The worshiper asks that God null all … prayer is found in the responsa of the Babylonian geonim from the beginning of the 8th century C.E. The text and …
Dance tune (Niggun rikud)
… during Festival services to texts such as 'Lo Tevoshi' (from 'Lekha Dodi') and the Kaddish titqabel . See also … tunes of Vishnitz Hassidim, creating the form ABCB. Taken from the JMRC CD: The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim … Transcription … Dance tune of Boyan Hassidim. Taken from the JMRC CD: The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim …
Havdalah
… at the end of Shabbat and festivals to separate the sacred from the ordinary, the holiday from the regular week day. Blessings are said over the wine, …
Kolomeyke (LKT)
… klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from primary and secondary sources that include or refer to … you get the full reference. “Where are you coming from, good-brother? From the kolemeyke.” [Berhamet, Bukovina]. Cahan 1957, p. …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… of gatherings that occur early on Sabbath morning, from 2-3 a.m. until the Shaharit prayer, in which the … in Morocco. The Baqqashot are practiced during the winter, from Sukkoth to Passover, beginning on Shabbat Bereshit and … prayer books even before the final expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Moreover, nocturnal study and prayer, …
Ba'al Keri'ah
… Also called 'Ba'al Koray.' Officiant who reads the Torah from the scroll in the synagogue with proper accentuation and …
Ma'oz Tzur
… praise for God’s deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt, Babylonian exile and Haman’s plot, and for the … of the most commonly sung version of this hymn comes from the Western European Ashkenazi tradition dating back to …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Italy, Roman Tradition, recorded in 1959 … Hungary, Pressburg … branch in Italy had disengaged itself even before 1724 from the transalpine tradition and had embraced the music … and embellished ductus, became completely dissociated from the old-fashioned pentatonics with their reminiscences …