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Eli Ziyyon
‘Wail Zion and its cities,’ is the opening line and refrain for an acrostic elegy…
Hallelujah
Liturgical expression meaning “praise the Lord,” which appears exclusively in the Book…
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
The term Niggun Devekut, which probably is a Hebrew translation of the Yiddish…
Lamenations
*See Ekhah
Lekha Dodi
Lit. ‘Come my friend.’ Lekha Dodi is the hymn which welcomes in Shabbat in the Kabbalat…
Maqam
Arabic term often translated as ‘mode’, ‘scale’, or ‘melody.’
Tin Pan Alley
Nickname for the popular songwriting and sheet-music publishing industry centred in New…
Badhan
Hebrew lit. entertainer. A merrymaker, rhymester, and musician who entertains primarily…
Klezmer (pl. Klezmorim)
Eastern-European Jewish folk musician, generally instrumentalist. Also used as modifier…
Meshoyrer
Pl. Meshoyrerim. Apprentice to the Hazzan, or Synagogue choirboy.