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59. The Document Box
… songs. Stanza 13 names the first and last of Haman’s ten sons, who were executed along with him. Reference to the … to the midrash that the bond of Haman’s slavery was written on Mordecai’s sandal (or on his knee), which he … rhythm to the drama and humor of the performance. Sixteen variants of “The Document Box” are found in …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… bond, then the money I will give.” So the bond was written out, and the money was received. With anger kept inside … kill; those you must humiliate. If you do this, I will pay—ten thousand silver talent coins!” Ahashverosh agreed … song appears in twenty women’s notebooks, representing all six communities in which notebooks have been found. Its …
57. In the India Kingdom
… If asking, you were told: “He’s really, really rich!” Of six hundred copper pots, eighty pots were filled With many … the raja displays his wealth to tributary rulers. The attendance of these “lesser rulers” from the Bible can be …
56. The Song of Ruth
… doing, I also will do.” The two lived together for the next ten years, And together after that, the two of them set … spread it, spread the covering shawl, Then to her was given six measures [of grain]. Again she was given—six measures more. All this she carried and gave to her …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… the dead—and then sent two angels to support each of the listeners so they would not fall dead again while the … the Torah as a disappointed bride. [2] The singers and listeners might well imagine her dressed in the finery of a … boy when he first read the haftarah in the synagogue at age six and again to celebrate his bar mitzvah at age thirteen. …
48. Hidden God
… When to many masters we were then enslaved. (x2) With ten plagues You struck, and then, O Lord, You delivered us … recorded again in 2002 by two others. The song is found in sixteen notebooks, mostly from Kochi but also from … sources. See Ginzberg 1968, 1:8–11 and 5:9–12 for extended discussions of the creation of seven heavens and …
48. Hidden God
… When to many masters we were then enslaved. (x2) With ten plagues You struck, and then, O Lord, You delivered us … recorded again in 2002 by two others. The song is found in sixteen notebooks, mostly from Kochi but also from … sources. See Ginzberg 1968, 1:8–11 and 5:9–12 for extended discussions of the creation of seven heavens and …
42. Adam the First Person
… People of Israel. 3. Then at the age of thirty plus sixty, Sarah gave birth to a son. When at the age of one … they harvested multiplied one hundred times. When he was sixty, then came Yaakob, who lived a holy life. And then … than the many Hebrew words. Its style, melody, and contents (a list of events from the Bible) are patterned …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… pāṭṭukaḷ pāttil, stutipěṭṭa pāṭṭu itŏnnu 1. Of the ten songs sung by Shelomo Melehu, [1] this is most worthy … Yoshua Bin-Nun [4] in the land of Gibeon. For thirty and sixty nāḻika [5] of time, he stopped the moon and the sun. … and they settled there, there in the holy land. 6. The sixth to sing were Deborah and Barak in the Creator’s …
35. A Green Bird
… comes a refreshing chill. [1] This short song appears in six Kochi-Paradesi notebooks. In just one notebook it is … (song 12), probably indicating its shared melody. Its content, which is not specifically Jewish, has no apparent …