… geographical areas where the henna plant grows. Rooted in ancient history, these ceremonies are linked to the unique …

… continually.  Restore to Zion once again  Thy favor and the ancient might  And glory of her sacred fane,  And let the … the liturgical practice of Western Ashkenaz was therefore ancient. Among the earliest printed versions of our poem are … the Shofar. Thus, alike by Ashkenazim and by Sephardim, the ancient melody for this hymn is regarded as one of the most …

… Moldavia, and Walachia in Romania [ The Music of the Most Ancient Nations (London, 1864, p. 361)]. The character of …

… musical traditions considered to have preserved traces of ancient Jewish practices. Thus, the bulk of the present … perceived by scholars such as Idelsohn and Lurie as “ancient.” The rest of the recordings are from Aleppo (5) and …

… Origin of the term The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a circular folk dance. Later, it came …

… not weddings, but rather singing on Sabbaths, when playing instruments was forbidden. Consequently, and although this … the fact that on religious grounds the playing of musical instruments was not permitted on the Sabbath and on … tunes performed vocally on days when playing musical instruments was forbidden. [13]  Others penetrated the …

… the Idelsohnian core idea of a modern revival based on an ancient Jewish national musical past. Not surprisingly for his period, Geshuri found such an ancient repository in the Yemenite Jewish musical … go back to antiquity, i.e., they are remnants of the ancient Hebrew music from before the destruction [of the …

Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…

… JTS 9478). When and where was the last stanza of Yannai’s ancient piyyut set to a special melody is for the moment …