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69. So It Is Proclaimed and Declared!
… Kerala Jewish piyyutim sung during the holiday of Simḥat Torah, each beginning Kol mevasser, mevasser ve’omer (“The … it was sung by Jews in Kerala on the afternoon of Simḥat Torah before and during their special afternoon hakafot …
66. Shining in the Darkness
… paḷḷi, O Tamburanĕ (x2) [Chorus] 9. We are taking out the Torah with its ornaments. (x2) We are placing it inside … and songs 15 and 16 (celebrating the dedication of a new Torah scroll). The heikhal with four legs probably refers to … the paḷḷi for those special occasions and also for Simḥat Torah. The first stanzas of this song were recorded by the …
62. Eternal Living God
… His love; (x2) In love he gave His People the Torah of truth. (x2) 15. Throughout all of time, this …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sifrei Torah)
… (x2) 7. It was Moshe who wrote in one day Thirteen Sifrei Torah. He gave one so carefully To each of the twelve … The other tells of Moshe miraculously writing thirteen Torah scrolls during his final day. In some women’s … in Kochi concludes with the story of the thirteen Sifrei Torah, Esther Abraham’s version begins with that …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… down to Sinai To speak the word “ Anokhi .” [1] He gave the Torah to everyone At the time it was spoken—“Anokhi.” 2. Up … According to Kerala tradition, it is sung before taking the Torah from the ark on the second day of Shavuot, the holiday … before the open ark on Shabbat Yitro, before the Sefer Torah is carried up to the tebah for the reading of Exodus …
51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… unusual slant on the story of Moshe’s receiving the Torah, its reference to midrash, its particular mixture of … goes up Mount Sinai and brings down the tablets of the Torah, but here he is accompanied by his brother Aaron, who … (literally, “with seeing hands”) while receiving the Torah, Moshe takes it “without seeing hands,” and it falls. …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… toṟāyuṃ 1. O Holy Tamburan, be for us the first help. Torah we received from You, received her with Your help. To … clearest joy we walk along, saying as we go: “Beneath the Torah’s glory is the only way we’ll go!” When the famous … none remaining to wake them up again. 6. Then the divine Torah responded with this plea: “O God most Pure and Holy, I …
48. Hidden God
… sin, Tambiranĕ. (x2) 10. At the very time of giving the Torah, The twice seven worlds were opened then. (x2) That … and also in Zohar Hasmatot 1:253b—that at the giving of the Torah, God opened the seven upper heavens and the seven …
48. Hidden God
… sin, Tambiranĕ. (x2) 10. At the very time of giving the Torah, The twice seven worlds were opened then. (x2) That … and also in Zohar Hasmatot 1:253b—that at the giving of the Torah, God opened the seven upper heavens and the seven …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… His help. Yaakob Abinu and the twelve tribes— In beloved Torah and justice they dwelled. 5. Father Vava’s orders … shall I do? Who’ll be my guide? Oh, to see Vava and study Torah! 9. O Mother, who can bring this about? Oh, wake up, … alive! Menasseh and Ephraim are living there with him. Torah they have mastered to a high degree. Yoseph is alive …