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Keter
The qeddushah for the Mussaf (Additional) Service of the Sabbath is, like its…
Ben adam mah lekha nirdam
This is the opening of the selihot service (early morning Penitential Prayers starting…
Ahot qetannah
In the Sephardi rite this piyyut attributed to Abraham Hazan Gerondi (13th century) is…
Shema' qoli
A famous baqqashah composed by R. Hai Gaon (d. 1038), one of the undisputed leaders of…
'Et sha'are ratzon
These are the first and last strophes of one of the most remarkable medieval Hebrew…
Hallelu et adonay kol goyim (1)
One of the many melodies from the rich repertoire for the Hallel, the festive psalms (…
Mi hakham ve-yishmor eleh, Qaddish and Barekhu
This piece opens with the second half of the last verse of the special Psalm for Succoth…
Eikha yashvah badad (Lamentations 1:1-4 and 5:21)
During the services of the Ninth of Av, the Scroll of Ekha (Book of Lamentations) is…
A Recovered Voice from the Past
Preface
The history of the Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German…
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
This document, in the form of a synoptic table, incorporates three versions of Idelsohn’…