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18. Our Food
… The introduction to songs 18–20 is available here . Rahel Kala, Venus Lane, … in the same sense that coolness is a feature of Shabbat in song 66 (“The Coolness of Shabbbat”). Gamliel offers … to the sense of rescue from distress conveyed in some parts of the Hebrew blessing (2005, 205). “Our Food” is one …
17. Blessing Song
… also shalom. May your offspring increase and inhabit the earth— Possess it, divide it, and thereby survive. Be … they are raised up. All they desire, He knows in His heart. For the sake of His servants, all this He gave. Before … word proclaimed. From the mouth of the girl, he heard the song: “Without a doubt Yoseph is alive!” Delightedly hearing …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… This song was recorded by women from three different Kerala … precious paḷḷi, Oh Lord forever we praise! This song for the dedication of a new sefer Torah is performed in … Parur, she sang from memory and said she had forgotten parts of the song. In contrast to the two folk-style …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… and singing, they took the Torah, With joy in their hearts, and also with pride. A treasure you will gain by the … Sung by women from Kochi, Parur, and Chendamangalam, this song for the donation and dedication of a new Torah scroll … from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to two stories from midrash. One tells how the …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… of five or six whiskers of prawn!—těy těy This amusing folk song is included not only as a marker of Kochi identity but … of Manacheri (probably Manjeri, in a predominately Muslim part of northern Kerala) as laborers who remove the coir … lungi ), and finally, the inedible antennae of prawns (no parts of which are kosher food for Jews). Each of the first …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… In harmony together, they bow down to pray. This playful song about Jewtown in Kochi was remembered and performed … patrons of the Kerala Jews. While the contents of the song are certainly Jewish, Gamliel (2005, 225) notes that … is found in only one (Paradesi) notebook, as the second part of a riddle song (song 35, “A Green Bird”), perhaps …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… come. Be the One forever, O Lord Tamburan. This short song celebrates the excellence of Kochi Harbor and its … who came there. The eight hundred people referred to in the song may simply signify a large number, or perhaps the … 8, the Kadavumbhagam-Kochi Synagogue song. Its first line partially echoes the first line of that song. …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… out loudly with sounds of kurava, Lifting their voices in songs of joyous praise. (x2) The assembly elders were … 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
… Please bring Your children; bring Your People now. This song celebrates 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 …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… in unity, to dwell in unity. This is one of two Malayalam songs about the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry 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 …