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50. Little Sinai Mountain
… to honor a young boy when he first read the haftarah in the synagogue at age six and again to celebrate his bar mitzvah …
48. Hidden God
… Sarfati (d. 1839). He was the scribe of the Kochi-Paradesi Synagogue record book (Sassoon MS #1030), which contains …
48. Hidden God
… Sarfati (d. 1839). He was the scribe of the Kochi-Paradesi Synagogue record book (Sassoon MS #1030), which contains …
29. The Noble Bridegroom
… the Kadavumbhagam and Paradesi communities in Kochi, whose synagogues are located at opposite ends of the long Jewish …
28. The Gold-Clad Bride
… (x2) 7. We are the People of the Jews. [1] In our synagogue let us bow down; Let us bow down in our Jutapaḷḷi. …
26. After the Bath
… a bride as she was leaving the house to go to the synagogue for her marriage ceremony (Daniel & Johnson 1995, …
25. Song of the Four Crowns
… of two piyyutim that are sung by Kerala Jews in the synagogue on the morning of Simḥat Torah, the holiday that … wishing happiness to the bridegroom, which is sung in the synagogue after the Aramaic piyyut . The only available …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… kissing the hands of the elders before leaving for the synagogue to be married (Daniel and Johnson 1995, 184). The … meals, and on Simḥat Torah for the first hakafah around the synagogue. In Kerala it was also sung while dismantling the … called “ paḷḷi-poka ” when the bride and groom went to the synagogue together and returned to the marriage house for …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… Israel, and the taking of a new sefer Torah scroll into the synagogue. In the fourth stanza of each version, Israel bows …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… the new scroll that was to be installed in the ark of the synagogue. The painstaking preparation and writing of a new … the community, who then presented it as a gift to the synagogue. The custom was to hold an all-night vigil in the … was the more elaborate temporary ark constructed in each synagogue to house all its Torah scrolls for the holiday of …