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Meir Shimon Geshuri
… the frontier between Poland and Belarus (formerly Brest-Litovsk,Brisk De-Lita in Yiddish). However, Geshuri’s life, … broadcast of a concert “in memory of the Besht [R. Israel Baal Shem Tov, the initiator of Hassidim],” published in the …
Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
… one is sung before the Passover Seder and before the Leshem Yihud prayer of the Sefirat Ha’omer. It is also sung … has it, by the three leaders of hassidism: its founder, the Baal Shem Tov (“Besht”); his student and heir to the leadership, the …
Hasidism
… A movement within Judaism founded by Rabbi Israel Eliezer Baal Shem Tov in the second half of the 18th century in Poland. The …
Heikhal Hanegina (the Hall of Music)
… mood that they were in. It is told that Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov (1700-1760), the founder of the Hassidic movement, had …
Volekh (LKT)
… used to sing a Wulach , for example, for the verse Ana haShem in the Halel prayer, in contrast to the gay melodies … therewere a number of non-dance genres (such as mazltov far di makhetonim ) which were related to the zhok --the … every religious service of the yearly cycle. Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1700-1760) explains that the reason for …
Karev Yom
… to none other than the initiator of Hassidism Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (Besht) is performed by the Rebbe of Boston, R. Levy …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and of which the Western Sephardic piyyut Lekh le-shalom geshem (see detailed discussion below) is one specimen. … It is the melody of the piyyut Lekh le-shalom geshem (‘Go in peace, Rain, and come in peace, Dew’) included … affinities with melody of Hatikvah . [31] Known as La Mantovana , this melody was set to several texts of which ‘ …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… second layer associated the story with acts of Kiddush Hashem. (lit, the sanctification of God’s Name). It evolved … , 2 nd ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap, 452-453. Assis, Yom Tov (ed.). 2000. Facing the Cross: The Persecution of the … Tel Aviv: Tel-Aviv University Press. Baer, Abraham. 1882. Baal T'fillah oder Der practische Vorbeter . Gothenburg: …
