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22. Brit Milah (Circumcision) Song
… Rivka Hai, Molly Pal, Simcha Yosef, Venus Lane. Nirit Group Singers CD, track 8, 2008; II-13. Oruvenāyi … sādhakan Ěnněkkuṃ kāvěl pěrasa tanikkěnnu 1. May Sadhakan the Ruler—the One Who rules the world— May God watch over this …
21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… we trust, be blessed. We’ve eaten and are satisfied with the extra, as You decree. O Great God Who has fed us, in … we trust, be blessed. We’ve eaten and are satisfied with the extra, as You decree. 2. The One who feeds the whole … news of a birth or pregnancy (Johnson 1995, 66). Here the singer’s repetition may be associated with the festival of …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… The introduction to songs 18–20 is available here . 19a. … Who existed before Israel, O most blessed Tambiraně, all of the time we are blessing You. There is no one like You, … but also after a festive meal. Sarah Cohen, one of the singers, told me that the song was for a special meal for …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… těy Maṭṭalu věṭṭaņa pěņņaṅṅaḷě—těy těy 1. Oh, the women of Manacheri!—těy těy Oh, women who cut the coconut fiber!—těy těy 2. Oh, the women of … as one of many songs heard from itinerant non-Jewish street-singers in Kochi, it was recorded and written down in 1997 …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… hustle bustle, Liveliness, and rivalry are found throughout the street. Stubborn persistence is found in the north side; Surplus strength is found in the south. 2. … the vāśippāṭṭtu or competition song genre, in which two singers or groups of singers perform alternate lines or …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… Nittiyaṃ tanḍe tiruvĕḷḷatt 1. God Who existed from the start, (x2) O … Before Your Majesty, how can we stand? 2. Give us the wisdom in our hearts, (x2) To praise You, O Almighty … in Ernakulam begins and ends with a prayer that the singers’ hearts be filled with the wisdom and devotion …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… Rabbi David Buzaglo is one of their most iconic twentieth-century Moroccan Jews. The publication of an extensive new essay, [1] the first one … Haim Attar, one of the most important religious poets and singers of Morocco in the early twentieth century. Under …
2. The Song of Evarayi
… Ěvaṟāyi tanikkŏḷḷa ĕvaṟāyi mŏliyāru 1. From Yerushalayim the learned wise man came, Evarayi Moliyar, the teacher Evarayi. To his noble father this was his … the nercca reference in the songs. In contrast, when women singers from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi were asked about the …
32. Yā! Minṯě (Open Your Gate)
… The opening verses of a Malayalam translation of the Hebrew baqqashah by the same name, by Salomon Ibn … sung in the early morning as a prayer of supplication. The singer requests God to accept her prayer in place of the …
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 … rather than the larger one built on the site in 1939. The singer from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi. Tune: Elohei 'oz tehilati. …