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Dobridzien (LKT)
… This was an allusion to ‘honey and milk under your tongue’ (Song of Songs, 4:11)... Harkavi, in the already cited Verterbukh , defines the dobridzien in English and Hebrew, that this was music that was played to honor the …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… in the same fashion. [4] The Hillula at Mount Meron and the Songs of Rabbi Shim’on Bar Yohai The Hillula in Meron begins … in honor of Rabbi Shim'on Bar Yohai, as well as other songs according to the tradition of each community. The … Ha-Elokai.' The song is mostly constructed according to the Hebrew acrostics of “atbash” (alternating the Hebrew …
Chasidic in America
… The song ‘Chasidic in America’ was originally sung by cantor … credited as director). Oysher and Weiss also recorded the song in 1938 with Dave Tarras, the legendary klezmer … Lexicon of the Yiddish Theater , vol. 3. New York: The Hebrew Actors Union of America, 1959, pp. 2407-2415. 1 …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… The album includes folksongs in Ladino that Sephardic Jews used to sing in events … the JMRC and one of the most prominent scholars of the folksong in Ladino worldwide. These CDs summarize the … by a substantial trilingual booklet (English, Spanish, and Hebrew) that includes detailed commentaries on the contexts …
Shir hama’alot - The umbilical cord between liturgical and domestic soundspheres in Ashkenazi culture
… from synagogue services for settings of Shir hama’alot [The song of ascension, Psalm 126] sung just before the Grace … examples in our possession that are included in this Song of the Month. Since there are discrepancies in these … for Shir hama'alot among the Jews of Frankfurt am Main' [Hebrew] in Duchan 16 (2006): 293-307. … 10621 … Shir …
In Zaltsikn Yam - A Yiddish Workers' Song
… radicalism in late nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, our Song of the Month is “In Zaltsikn Yam” (In the Salty Sea), an early-twentieth-century Yiddish workers' song [See also Song of the Month for May 2010 ]. The poem … Idelsohn in 1932 in the ninth volume of his Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies and was classified by him as a …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… On the eve of Passover, our Song of the Month for April 2014 is dedicated to H ad Gadya … One only kid [young goat]), one of the most popular songs sung at the Passover seder in some of its contemporary … Annual of Jewish Studies 2 (5748[1988]), 201-226 (in Hebrew). This important study recapitulates most of the …
Had Gadya
… also found at the end of the Haggadah, it is a cumulative song, with each verse adding another motif to the story. It … a kid bought by the “father” (of the singer-subject of the song), which in the next verse is eaten by the cat, which is … Annual of Jewish Studies 2 (5748[1988]), 201-226 (in Hebrew). This important study recapitulates most of the …
Shir HaKavod
… The Piyyut 'Anim Zemirot,' also known as 'Shir HaKavod' (Song of Glory), usually appears in the Ashkenazi Siddur at … the Shir Ye h ud. One ancient manuscript claims that 'the song was created by our rabbi Yehuda He H asid of … letter of each line forms an acrostic that spells out the Hebrew alphabet. It is customary to recite the Piyyut when …
Anim Zemirot
… The Piyyut 'Anim Zemirot,' also known as 'Shir HaKavod' (Song of Glory), appears in the Ashkenazi Siddur at the end … Shir Ye h ud. . One ancient manuscript claims that 'the song was created by our rabbi Yehuda He H asid of … letter of each line forms an acrostic that spells out the Hebrew alphabet. It is customary to recite the Piyyut when …