Motse-shabos (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from primary and secondary sources that…
Musaf (pl. Musafim)
Originally the additional sacrifice offered in the Temple, After Temple times it referred to the additional service comprising a supplementary Amidah (q.v.) recited during the morning service on Sabbaths and festivals.
Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews
Aziatskay garmoshka (lit. 'Asian accordion'; also called 'gar-mon' or 'ghumuz' in Juhuri and Qumiq), adopted by musicians from eastern Caucasus (also Azerbaijan and western Caucasus) in the late nineteenth century, is a small portable instrument tuned in the key of B, shaped like a box with metal…
Na Wesolo (LKT)
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Ne’ilah
Nei’la is the fifth and last service of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). In contrast to all Sabbaths and Holy Days, which have four services, Yom Kippur is the only Holy Day that has five. As the last prayer of the day, Ne’ilah starts approximately one hour before sunset, and hence its Hebrew name,…
Niggun
A monophonic folk music composition, vocal or instrumental, with or without text, consisting of one or more sections. Niggunim can sometimes be up to twenty eight or even thirty two sections. see for example the great 'Azkara' niggun of the Modzhitz dynasty (Vinaver, no. 47, pp. 156-163). The term…
Niggun dvekut
See: Cleving tune
Niggun rikud
See: Dance Tune
Nign
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Nokh der khupe
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Nokhshpil
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Nusah
1. The textual version of the liturgy in the various Jewish traditions. Each tradition has it's own Nusah.