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18. Our Food
… to the sense of rescue from distress conveyed in some parts of the Hebrew blessing (2005, 205). “Our Food” is one …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… Parur, she sang from memory and said she had forgotten parts of the song. In contrast to the two folk-style … shared by each version rather than the three very different musical presentations. Focusing on the translated words, we … listening to the recorded performances, we hear three. The musical transcriptions provide a connecting bridge. … 52 … …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… 8 , the Kadavumbhagam-Kochi Synagogue song. Its first line partially echoes the first line of that song. … see the commentary following song 22. The shofar is a musical instrument traditionally made of a ram’s horn and …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… (x2) A solid foundation for the paḷḷi they laid. (x2) Music rang out, with booming of drums, (x2) With fireworks … them: (x2) “You must try to build it, try with all your heart. 5. You must try to build it, try with all your heart. You’ll gain from your effort an extra reward.” (x2) …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… the building of the oldest synagogue still at least partially standing in Mattancherry, Kochi. According to … There it was painstakingly restored, reconstructed as part of the museum, and opened to the public in 1995 (Fishof … Lane recorded the song again in 2006 to facilitate its musical transcription. After the interior of this synagogue …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… Kochi, which was initially constructed in 1568, partially destroyed by the Portuguese in 1662, and rebuilt … similar version—but without stanzas 5–7 and lacking any particular reference to the Paradesi paḷḷi—was discovered by … in songs about the other two Kochi synagogues 8 and 10 ). Participation by the king of the land echoes royal patronage …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… Nittiyaṃ tanḍe tiruvĕḷḷatt 1. God Who existed from the start, (x2) O God to … Majesty, how can we stand? 2. Give us the wisdom in our hearts, (x2) To praise You, O Almighty God. Here in this paḷḷi, the joy of our life, Waken our hearts to praise You, Lord. 3. From granite stone the …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… the things required, And with those things they moved the earth!” They located fine and delicate stones, And after … of the Parur synagogue complex was undertaken as part of the Kerala government’s “Muziris project” … In his article for this book and elsewhere, Zacharia analyzes this …
5. Mala Synagogue Song
… the “common sense” of Kerala culture, as stated in his article for this volume. He and Albrecht Frenz chose the … Of the eight modern Kerala communities, it is the farthest from Kochi and the closest to Palur. Among the … to the Jews by feudal chieftains known as the Kotasseri Karthas (Nair 1975: 493-94). Although no Malayalam Jewish …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … exposure to the modern Hebrew song, a process that had started in Morocco, is his cover of “Bab el Wad,” a poem by … the entrepreneur Abraham Pinto from Tangier, undertaken as part of a wider ethnography of the Moroccan Jewish liturgy …