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60. Hanukkah Song
… with that of the Malayalam word anuṅkāram (decoration)—a variant of the word for elegant adornment. (See song 27, …
59. The Document Box
… rhythm to the drama and humor of the performance. Sixteen variants of “The Document Box” are found in notebooks from …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sefer Torahs)
… land at the end of that day. Not only is the Esther Abraham variant closer to the text of the midrash, but it is also …
49. Redeemed from Egypt
… from Kadavumbhagam Kochi, whereas a slightly different variant was performed in 1977 by women from Tekkumbhagam …
45. Joseph’s Robe
… the first nine of as many as thirty-four verses in eight variants of the song, found mainly in notebooks from Kochi. …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… song about Joseph is a composite of oral and written variants. The entire song was sung from memory without …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… significant differences that Zacharia textualized two variants (2005, 56–57, 58–61). The one translated here is … occurred (Ginzberg 1968, 1:286; 5:254–55). In this song variant, she reacts by tragically falling to her death from … events as simultaneous (Ginzberg 1968, 1:286). In another variant of the Malayalam song, Satan approaches Sarah after …
36. O Woman Dwelling in the Field
… Malayalam, “Come back to the garden—come with me!” Variants of this popular song are found in at least thirteen …
34. Golden Palanquin
… will equal her family in intelligence (or good name, in one variant). Having chosen gold bangles as a gift for her son’s …
32. Prosper, Prosper (Our Bridegroom, Our Bride)
… light on the range of different verses in the Jewish song variants. In terms of content, the reference to a deer hunt … [2] The two parts were textualized by Zacharia as three variants of one song “Prosper, Prosper” (2005, 117–120, …