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55. David and the Spider
… of his life David fled. Fleeing, he went to a pit in the earth, and inside that pit he hid. There the spider did him a … “David and the Spider” than “David and the Mosquito,” partly because only two variants are available, each … that story in detail, the narrator jumps in stanza 3 to partially recount a different story about David hiding in a …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sifrei Torah)
… traditional stories about the last day of Moshe’s life on earth, told in Midrash Petirat Moshe (Ginzberg 1968, … Kerala in 1967, is found in the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley, CA. Labeled MS 49, it was listed as …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… that the tablets were made of sapphire stone. There is no particular term for “sapphire” in Malayalam, but the word …
51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… Moshe’s receiving the Torah, its reference to midrash, its particular mixture of Hebrew and Malayalam terms, and its …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… You!” The command was given, given to Moshe: “When you depart from here and leave this holy place, Then you must go … In all His royal splendor, in majesty He came— All the earth and all the sky were a-tremble then, With lightning and … of the everlasting God to the accompaniment of shaking earth, thunder, lightning, shofar blasts, and the sounding of …
48. Hidden God
… 1. O Light behind the screen, Tambiranĕ! You created earth by saying “It is very good.” (x2) For humankind and … discussions of the creation of seven heavens and seven earths. … 52 … 7 … 44314 … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical …
48. Hidden God
… 1. O Light behind the screen, Tambiranĕ! You created earth by saying “It is very good.” (x2) For humankind and … discussions of the creation of seven heavens and seven earths. … 52 … 7 … 44311 … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical …
46. Baby Moshe Taken from the Water
… (x2) He had the greatest power of anyone born on the earth— (x2) 8. Even more strength than the men who dwelled …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… To receive the father, waiting in a line! The bullock cart was sent—was sent there as a sign. Yoseph is alive and … found for the archive. The only other available version of part I (stanzas 1–3) is a fragment sung for me the same year … and remained with her family there. Textual versions of parts II (stanzas 4–20) and III (stanzas 21–26) are found in …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… reference to the potential sacrifice of Isaac in the first part of the song and then the actual sacrifice of the goat at … times. The Jewish women’s perspective is particularly evident in this song. Their intimate concern for … Kerala to help with Jewish births, at least in the early part of the twentieth century. Though the reference in stanza …