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A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… by Mrs. Alice Lucas (in Abrahams 1920) Judge of the earth, who wilt arraign The nations at thy judgment seat, … was wont to be Brought day by day continually. Thou who art clothed with righteousness, Supreme, exalted over all … at the IMHM catalogue. The persistence of our poem in the heart of the German soil and its presence further East, in …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… set the first line of the prayer (divided into two parts) that encapsulates its main theme: Part one: שְׁמַע קולֵנוּ, ה' אֱלהֵינוּ, חוּס וְרַחֵם עָלֵינו … Hear our voice, Adonai our God, have compassion upon us Part two: וְקַבֵּל בְּרַחֲמִים וּבְרָצון אֶת …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… the Hebrew University, and his M.A. and M.Mus degrees and Artist’s Diploma from the Hebrew University and the … dealt with the evaluation of “the gray area between the art, folk, and popular in the Israeli song.” His research … the Hebrew University, is responsible for the musicology department’s preparatory course and entrance examinations, and …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… kits, many of them produced in Israel. The subject of this article is the singing of the section known as the Four … minhag (custom) singles out the Four Questions as a particularly musical moment in the seder . Until the mid-20 … Jews learned many metric Haggadah tunes taught in kindergartens, schools and even in the army. Until immigration to …
Max Lempel
… with Lampel) The Max Lampel Archive at the Music Department of the National Library of Israel, Mus 101 … …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… immigrated to Italy, and from there to France and to other parts of Christian Europe. Toward the end of his life he … Context “Eli Eliyahu” is sung on Saturday night as part of the havdalah (separation) ceremony. Havdalah is a … intensifies with the coming of the Sabbath and with the departure of the additional “soul at rest,” traditionally …
Arba Otiyot
… of the Jews of the Tafilalt (Berb. Tāfīlālt) region, in particular to the lore of the venerated tzaddiq (Heb. …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… Sephardic milieu. The lyrics cover an apparently earthly topic, but do so with concealed and semi-overt … the four stanzas which contain the acrostic and does not start with the refrain. In an important study of this song, … become Drawers of water The Zionist version We shall start from the end of the story with the “Zionist” chapter of …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… fire. Today, the upscale Electra Palace hotel sits in the heart of the city where another Jewish school, the Alliance … of the lyrics within a summary of the fire: “The fire started in a quarter named Agua Muev a and expanded through the city until …
The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer
… clandestine aliyah (immigration) of Ethiopian Jews that started in 1979 became publicized in the wake of Operation … a project of systematic recordings of the Qessoch – which started at Machon Meir in the 1980s – turned into an ambitious …