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Responsorial Singing

… religions. The Bible testifies to responsorial practice in Ancient Israel, for example, the refrain led by Miriam during the …

… from the time of the pre-classical piyyut in the Land-of-Israel (3rd-5th centuries C.E.). The Seliha genre blossomed … and Moshe Ibn Ezra. [2] A famous example of a Seliha is the ancient piyyut, Adon Haselihot . In the plural form Selihot … the same piyutim for each day. One of the most complete and ancient Sephardic Selihot compilations (Seder) is called …

Hora

… Origin of the term The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a circular folk dance. Later, it came … (in Yiddish: 'Gas Niggunim'), and less for dance. 1 The Israeli Klezme r Moshe (Musa) Berlin (b. 1937), who took his … Meron, next to Yo h anan Hasandlar's grave. The Klezmers in Israel used the term Hora as a title for a fast dance tune …

Ne’ilah

… to the closing of the gates of the Temple in Jerusalem in ancient times, since Ne’ilah was said at the time when the … said by the cantor and repeated by the congregation: 'Shma yisrael' (said once), 'Baruch shem malchuto le'olam va'ed' …

Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim

… of Aaron the high priest, was created when the Children of Israel were in the desert, and was developed in the Holy … and I will bless them.” [2] The priestly blessing is an ancient prayer that is both beautiful and classically … that the Priestly Blessing has acquired much respect from ancient times up until the present day. Many have attributed …

Elohim Eshala

… R 0080. This is a copy of the 1958 Folkways release by the Israeli singer Geula Gill “Yemenite songs and other Israeli … Orientalist European Jews) as far as the tunes of the ancient Levites of the Temple in Jerusalem. This hypothesis … The Zionist nostalgia for idealized Biblical times when the ancient Hebrews worked their land and defended themselves …

Karaite Jews Musical Tradition

… as well, a leadership arose that initiated immigrations to Israel after the state was established. There were two … possible in the chanting can probably be traced back to an ancient tradition of continuous contact between those who … Karaites do not consider these songs to be part of their ancient traditions and for that reason I am not discussing …

Falashas No More

… as Operation Moses, brought thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. This film deals with the concrete absorption process … with the hardships that the immigrants encountered once in Israel, such as racism from other Jews who did not consider their ancient rituals to be Jewish. The film features two scenes …

‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)

… invites the listener to get up and dance a hora (an Israeli folk dance, apparently not a rare occurrence at a … The chorus has this chord change that was influenced by the Israeli songs I used to listen to on family car trips when I … [7] A system of cantorial motifs that are based on ancient musical modes along with secular medieval music. …

Abyadi Ana

… Henna songs developed, including Abyadi Ana . In Israel today, the Henna ceremony remains very popular, and … that did not have a Henna tradition before immigration to Israel. The proliferation of this ceremony nowadays in … geographical areas where the henna plant grows. Rooted in ancient history, these ceremonies are linked to the unique …