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Bella Schaechter-Gottesman
… Ukraine). Her mother sang a wide repertoire of folksongs (and is considered by Bella as a Yiddish folksinger). … and she later began publishing Yiddish poetry. As a songwriter, she has composed Yiddish songs with her own lyrics, which are performed by leading …
Ve-Hi She-’Amda – Piyyut from the Passover Haggadah
This piyyut appears in ancient Haggadot and the author is unknown. It addresses how,…
In Zaltsikn Yam - A Yiddish Workers' Song
… radicalism in late nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, our Song of the Month is “In Zaltsikn Yam” (In the Salty Sea), an early-twentieth-century Yiddish workers' song [See also Song of the Month for May 2010 ]. The poem was written in …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… On the eve of Passover, our Song of the Month for April 2014 is dedicated to H ad Gadya … One only kid [young goat]), one of the most popular songs sung at the Passover seder in some of its contemporary … the very end of the Passover Haggadah. It is a cumulative song, with each verse adding another motif to the story. It …
Had Gadya
… also found at the end of the Haggadah, it is a cumulative song, with each verse adding another motif to the story. It … a kid bought by the “father” (of the singer-subject of the song), which in the next verse is eaten by the cat, which is bitten by the dog, and so forth. An excerpt of the song as printed in a German Haggadah (Hamburg-Altona, 1751). …
Shir HaKavod
… The Piyyut 'Anim Zemirot,' also known as 'Shir HaKavod' (Song of Glory), usually appears in the Ashkenazi Siddur at … the Shir Ye h ud. One ancient manuscript claims that 'the song was created by our rabbi Yehuda He H asid of … He H asid's father. The Piyyut is known as Shir HaKavod (Song of Glory) because it used to be preceded by the …
Anim Zemirot
… The Piyyut 'Anim Zemirot,' also known as 'Shir HaKavod' (Song of Glory), appears in the Ashkenazi Siddur at the end … Shir Ye h ud. . One ancient manuscript claims that 'the song was created by our rabbi Yehuda He H asid of … He H asid's father. The Piyyut is known as Shir HaKavod (Song of Glory) because it used to be proceeded by the …
Atah Ehad
… zemer for the Sabbath, a Hassidic niggun and a Yiddish folksong. In addition, some Ashkenazi tunes were reincarnated as Zionist songs, becoming Israeli folk songs and folk dances in both secular and religious …
The Israeli Mediterranean Style
… … Contemporary Israeli Music … Israeli composers … Folk songs … Zionism … Jewish nationalism … Nationality … Israel …
Arvit
… service Sephardim and Hasidim begin by reciting Psalm 134: “Song of Ascents: Praise the lord...” as well as Psukei … the service: 'Shir lama'a lot esah einei el haharim…' ('A song of ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills…'). The …