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Hanukah Blessings

… background (Sephardic or Ashkenazi) of its members or their religious leanings. Samuel David’s setting of the Hanukah …

Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews

… intensively engaged in documenting and studying the diverse religious and secular musical repertoires of Ethiopian Jews. …

… from Arabic to Hebrew, from the secular space to the religious one, and from the vast popularity of the song to a … “Layla Murad: Popular Culture and the Politics of Ethnoreligious Identity,” in The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: …

Ahavat ‘Olamim

… in prayer, in life-cycle rituals, and in non-liturgical religious songs for the early morning vigils, called Shirat …

Hay ram galeh

… client for this music that also found a place in Jewish religious contexts. It is important to stress that the … from Arab countries to preserve this musical repertoire in religious contexts. At stake here is the power of Arabic … the soul of the performer and his audience to a heightened religious experience akin to the Arabic tarab . In the case …

The Tedeschian Community

… which bears the attributes of any community, such as: religious belief, common origin, interests, culture, …

Admor

… from the leadership of an ordinary rabbi. The rabbi is the religious leader of the community and his authority is … conduct. The rabbi makes a 'Psak Halakha' (decides on a new religious rule), and his community follows it. Of course, there is not always a consensus in religious matters. A rabbi can forbid, allow, aggravate, or …