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Tree of Life
… when a boy is three years old) ceremony with dancing and singing, and lighting of Hannuka candles in different traditions such as, Persian, Yemenite, and secular. … 9 … 34138 … … 1971 … Musical …

Sher
… a long time now the folkdance has had been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such … developed dance forms of their own--the Hasidim and the Yemenites. Of the former, only the wedding dance, the sher, … be danced at weddings by two rows facing each other. While singing the rows would come together and then move apart. …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… to wander around the streets of Rishon le-Tziyyon loudly singing the Russian revolutionary song ‘Mi za svobodu … his blond curls, beats his fist on his heart during the singing --- to express his fervor, bravery and courage… To … to a remote area of Southern Yemen where he recorded Yemenite Jews. Among the songs he recorded was the piyyut …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… … Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities … of the bridal h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of Yemenite Jewish women singers. In Yemen, the separation of … the wedding ceremony. It is part of the extensive series of Yemenite Jewish wedding rituals, whose number and length …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… – On to Our Land.” Binder indicates that this is a Yemenite melody and gives no attribution for the text. In … or lyricists, though two of the melodies are indicated as “Yemenite” in origin and one is called “Arabian Love Song.” … following: I learned the song (by ear) as a child from the singing of a woman named Molly Sallen, who taught in the …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… also, since at least the early eighteenth century, in the Yemenite rite during the morning services of all the Aseret … of Repentance). While its prominence in the Sephardic and Yemenite rites is maintained to this day through its … Ashkenazi rite is obscured due to the abandonment of its singing in the liturgy. As the High Holy Days season …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… where it is variously attributed to Sephardic or even Yemenite origins, as we shall see. Kikhlot yeini text, … is the gematria of mayim , water) officers I have left off singing, for the mouths of singers are filled with water, … for the legendary label Folkways (Track 12 on the long-play Yemenite and Other Folk Songs , Folkways Records, FW 8735). …

The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… This study concentrates on the Pentateuch, recited by the Yemenites in three different social and religious contexts: … of biblical texts is the basic educational instrument. The Yemenites declare that although they have a repertory of six … within these three social contexts. … 23258 … yemenite singing … Yemenite … Hebrew cantillation … Biblilcal …

Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… well, could understand them. Those who copied the Yemenite diwans did not attach much importance to the … studying twenty qasid songs which he has collected from Yemenite diwans , making a detailed survey of their … in this volume. … 9575 … Yemen … Yemenite … yemenite singing … Yemenite Jews … Qasid … Songs … Diwan … Yemenite …

The Music and its Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew)
… The Jewish Yemenite collection of poems - the Diwan - includes three … . All three are intended to be sung as a part of the men's singing and dancing during family celebrations. Such a … in Y. Ratshabi's article in this volume. … 23258 … Yemen … Yemenite … Yemenite Jews … Yemenite community … Poems … …