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Hayrana Laih
… in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana Laih were written by Ahmed … Zaki Mourad was a famous musician in Egypt. He was also a synagogue cantor and composer. [6] After recording her first …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… the identification of texts’ author and an additional musical version, very different from the one we released … children in the choir used to pray at the ‘Yegia’ Kapayyim’ synagogue at the Yegia’ Kapayyim neighborhood close to the … the Nahla’ot neighborhood, and was connected to the ‘Ades’ synagogue , an important center of eastern hazzanut . Among …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… line of the opening stanza, is the refrain (same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … recalls the close association between Temple sacrifices and synagogue prayers. Since the loss of the Temple, prayer has … 29 th of Elul, we rise early before daybreak [go to synagogue], recite the petihah (“opening”) ‘Nora …
Hanukkah Blessings
… of the candles occurred in community contexts, special musical settings were arranged. Our Song of the Month … became musical director of the Consistoire, the union of synagogues in France. He collected materials from the various synagogues of his home city and published a large selection …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… singing other liturgical texts. The melody consists of two musical phrases repeated according to the aaba scheme. … U'ak. … From the upcoming release of JMRC's-Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel: The Historical Recordings of … Hebrew music on Sabbath mornings and afternoons at the synagogue called Portugal. But Haim was not a full-time …

Prayer for the state
… (Israel Radio) on Independence Day of 1950 at the Yeshurun Synagogue in downtown Jerusalem. … 57 … 746 … Yeshurun Synagogue … Liturgical Innovation in a Nation-State: The Music of the “Prayer for the Well-being of the State of …

Hazzan (pl. Hazzanim)
… range of communal officials, but most commonly denotes a synagogue official. The hazzan ha-keneset performed a … geonim that the hazzan became a permanent fixture in the synagogue. With the introduction of piyyutim into the … moments to insert piyyutim and often composed the musical settings themselves. During the Middle Ages, the …

Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
… hard to define. In most cases, the term refers to a short musical unit, fragment, or snippet, with characteristics that are difficult to define by known musical terms. Generally, but not always, it is to be … haggada between the Hallel Psalms. One of the pan-hassidic synagogues in Jerusalem, in the Batei Verner neighborhood, …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… in that the piyyutim are arranged according to the maqamat (musical modes) in use in the court music of the Ottoman … immigrants of Aleppo in Jerusalem established the Ades synagogue , which soon became a center of religious music … Jews in Ottoman lands: the singing of piyyutim in the synagogue on the early Sabbath mornings; and the …

Ma'oz Tzur
… Hymn sung in the synagogue or at home after the lighting of the Hanukkah … tradition dating back to the 15th century. According to musicologists A.Z. Idelsohn and E. Birnbaum the melody of …