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Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
Israeli folksongs
* This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by…
Had Gadya
Written in Aramaic, Had Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah.…
Ve-Hi She-’Amda – Piyyut from the Passover Haggadah
This piyyut appears in ancient Haggadot and the author is unknown. It addresses how,…
Kale bazetsen (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Freylekhs (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Avraham Reyzen
Avraham Reyzen was a Yiddish writer, poet and editor, and the elder brother of the …
Zemerl (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of…