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26. Ādhāra Pĕtti (The Document Box)
… song composed in Kochi by Daniel Haim (d. 1935) for the holiday of Purim, recounting a story from Midrash about the humiliation and death of Haman's daughter. When the good deed of Mordecai was recalled, the king ordered …
25. Śĕlomŏ Meleh Pāṭiya Pāṭṭu (Ten Songs of King Solomon)
… The opening verses of a lengthy “play song” which is internally dated 1750. It identifies in turn each of the ten great songs sung by King Solomon, as mentioned in Midrash, commemorating important moments in the Bible. There are ten stanzas to the song. Text Of the …
24. Tampirān Muyimpu... Śāūlameleh (David and the Mosquito)
… The story of how a mosquito helped young David to kill Goliath by biting the giant's forehead, so that he lifted his helmet and was … It begins with King Saul prormising his daughter and half the kingdom to the one who could kill the Philistine. The …
22. Misṟinnu Miṇṭatupolĕ (Redeemed from Egypt)
… divine redemption, this song reviews in dramatic detail how the Jews were saved at the Red Sea while the army of Pharaoh was drowned. Each line is repeated. Text …
21. Maṟavil Ŏḷivāya (Hidden God!)
… attributed to Moshe Sarfati (d. 1838) of Kochi recounts the events of the exodus from Egypt, beginning with the plague and the escape at the Red Sea, through the giving …
20. Mūlamuṭĕyon Ekan (Baby Moses Taken from the Water)
… The opening lines of a song with a lullaby-like tune, telling the Biblical story of how Baby Moses was saved by two women. First his mother hid him in a floating box and then the Pharaoh's …
19. Josepf the Righteous (Yossef HaTzaddiq)
… separate songs about Joseph, sung for weddings and other good occasions. The first exclaims at how Joseph's dreams foretold the future. The second recounts how he was sold into …
18. Song of Sarah-Umma (Mother Sarah)
… recounts several stories from Bible and Midrash about Mother Sarah - her pregnancy, the birth of Isaac, and Sarah's death by falling from a … Isaac had been slaughtered. Umma is a Malayalam word for “mother”, and the Hebrew title Abinu (our father) is commonly …
17. Uṭayavan Aruḷālĕ (Song for the Dedication of a Torah Scroll)
… This song for the dedication of a new Torah scroll prases the Torah which was accepted on Mount Sinai with prayer, singing and dancing, and also the new scroll which is to be installed in the ark. Women …
16. Nalla Karinkallu (Tekkumbhgam-Ernakulam Paḷḷi Song)
… Stanzas 2-4 of a poetic song about the Tekkumbhagam Synagogue in Ernakulam. The entire song is structured as a prayer, with the first verse and chorus requesting God to grant the …