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36. O Woman Dwelling in the Field
… The medieval Hebrew piyyut is imaginatively located in biblical geography, evoking an image of cultivated fields in …
22. Brit Milah (Circumcision) Song
… a future “messianic age” to be heralded by a return of the biblical prophet Elijah (Eliyahu) together with a descendant …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… [1] This is one of several references in the songs to the biblical David (rather than “ben David”—a descendant of …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… acts as the congregation). This section ends with the biblical verses from Numbers 14, 19-20: “Forgive the sin of …
4. Song of Moshe Mutaliyar
… the Mala Paḷḷi, as well as conversations in some of the biblical songs. The ruler addresses Moshe by the traditional …
3. Song of the Second Temple’s Destruction (Leaving Kodungallur)
… Kodungallur’s destruction. Other Jewish legends about this biblical prophet are found in Kochini oral history, as in … and Johnson 1975, 9, 57). As in song 58 (based on the biblical book of Esther), his appearance in Kodungallur …
35. Ajñānam Astamicciṭum (The Messenger of Good Tidings Proclaims)
… Malayalam in the style of a Bhakti hymn, it combines Biblical and original poetic passages, predicting a future …
20. Mūlamuṭĕyon Ekan (Baby Moses Taken from the Water)
… lines of a song with a lullaby-like tune, telling the Biblical story of how Baby Moses was saved by two women. …
1. Lokam irubhāgaṅṅaḷil (Our Ancient Hope)
… it refers both to the modern Zionist movement and to Biblical prophecies, expressing the ancient hope of …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… last line of the stanza rhymes with the refrain, usually a Biblical verse. In addition the Salonika version ends with a …