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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… facto strong emotional and religious feelings among listeners. Surprisingly, this topic has been the subject of … (Elbaum and Turniansky 2008), as well as within various sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Yiddish epics (Dreeßen … northern Italy, [14] and spanning a period from the early sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries (Dreeßen 1971, …
My Life: A Sketch
… and Baal-t'filloh in the district. When I was less than six months old, my parents moved to Libau, where, due to the … The chazan was Abraham Mordecai Rabinovitz. His strong tenor-voice used to chill me; he had no sweetness in his …
Persistence and Transformation of a Sephardi - Penitential Hymn under Changing Environmental Conditions
… melodies. He confined himself to very few, often no more than a pair of specimens, but, nevertheless, … influenced by different music cultures. Idelsohn did not content himself with the statement that the same tune persisted … developing methods for gathering information from sixty divergent versions of the same song. … 9433 … Sephardi …
Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa
… one of the most important interpretations of the Zohar. Written by an isolated Kabbalist - who unlike the Kabbalists of … North Africa … North African … North African Jews … Zohar … Sixteenth (16th) Century … Kabbalah … Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa … Moshe Idel …
Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern
… Over the past sixty or so years, there has been an increasing awareness of … receptivity to the Eastern lifestyle and culture. The insistence of scholars on reading the earlier evidence about … anti-Persian obsessions has been overcome, to a great extent, by the recent investigation of the αβpoσυvη — the …
Traces of Jewish Musicians in the Writings of Lomazzo
… work of its kind. In studying Lomazzo’s theory of art we often have the feeling that he is relying on sources that are … that characterized so many of the humanistic writers of the sixteenth century but also the oral traditions – stories, …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… la tadre (On the Shabbat day, in the afternoon), was written in the aftermath of the Great Fire of Saloniki, which … community living in Saloniki at the time. The fire left tens of thousands of Jews homeless and consumed most of the … nine kilometers from the city. There they were housed in six hundred tents, where the British Allies gave them food ( …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… after the recitation of the blessings. These piyyutim often contain themes such as the yearning for redemption, … piyyutim soften the transition from the Sabbath to the six days of the week, aiding to extend the special … full and short vowels: five syllables for every unit, and six in the final unit of each stanza (not including the shva …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… healing. [1] The Text The text of “Shema' Koleinu” is the sixteenth paragraph of the central prayer of Judaism, the … תְּפִלַּת כָּל פֶּה. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה'. שׁומֵעַ תפילה. Listen to our voice, Lord our God. Spare us and have compassion … in compassion and favor accept our prayer, for You, God, listen to prayers and pleas. Do not turn us away, O our King, …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… the morning services of all the Aseret yemei teshuvah (Ten Days of Repentance). While its prominence in the … stanza of the poem. The poem consists of five stanzas. A sixth stanza was added later, apparently in Yemen, and is … kol ha’aretz appeared in printed prayers books of the sixteenth century, its pedigree in the liturgical practice …