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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 … shared by each version rather than the three very different musical presentations. Focusing on the translated words, we … listening to the recorded performances, we hear three. The musical transcriptions provide a connecting bridge. … 52 … …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… immediately following song 8 , the Kadavumbhagam-Kochi Synagogue song. Its first line partially echoes the first … see the commentary following song 22. The shofar is a musical instrument traditionally made of a ram’s horn and …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… (x2) A solid foundation for the paḷḷi they laid. (x2) Music rang out, with booming of drums, (x2) With fireworks … to the same melody she also used for singing the Mala Synagogue Song. Her sung version, which is transcribed and … sometime between 1489 and 1650. [2] Of the eight Kerala synagogues that were active until the 1950s, it is the only …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… People now. This song celebrates the building of the oldest synagogue still at least partially standing in Mattancherry, … in 1544 (Sassoon 1932, 577). It may well have been the “New Synagogue” discussed in contemporary records of the … Lane recorded the song again in 2006 to facilitate its musical transcription. After the interior of this synagogue …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… This is one of two Malayalam songs about the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry Kochi, which was initially … to rituals mentioned in songs about the other two Kochi synagogues 8 and 10 ). Participation by the king of the land echoes royal patronage in the building of other Kerala synagogues (songs 4 and 5 ), along with the tradition of the …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… You, Lord. This poetic song of praise for one of the two synagogues in Ernakulam begins and ends with a prayer that … on the benches of the path under the bridge connecting the synagogue itself to an outer building. The song’s image of … Hindu temples and royal dwellings—were unique among Kerala synagogues, according to Joshua. As in the Parur and …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… This song combines an architectural description of the synagogue in Parur (North Paṟavūr, about twenty-one miles … and/or historical events. Tradition has it that a synagogue was first built in Parur in 1164 (Sassoon … Beginning in 2009, an ambitious renovation of the Parur synagogue complex was undertaken as part of the Kerala …
5. Mala Synagogue Song
… Tamburan. This is a ballad about the founding of the Mala synagogue by Joseph Rabban—a folk hero with the same name as … representative governing bodies of all the other Kerala synagogue communities, including an appearance and donation … the re-building or significant renovation of the Mala synagogue in 1909. [6] Mala is a small town located about …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … a musician in various entertainment venues outside of the synagogue and Jewish family celebrations, focusing on … the universal canon of Andalusian Hebrew music for the synagogue. He also introduced it to the schools of …