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Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… played an important role in the dissemination in Western Europe and North Africa of the “new” style of religious …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of Shofet kol ha’arez bears the unmistakable …
Tin Pan Alley
… of song purveyed by the industry both in America and then Europe up until the rise of the singer-songwriter in the …
Badhan
… and at Hanukkah and Purim celebrations. In Eastern European Jewish communities, the badhan worked as a …
Klezmer (pl. Klezmorim)
… Eastern-European Jewish folk musician, generally instrumentalist. …
Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
… A term used by Hassidim and East European hazzanim; it literally means 'Movement.' An …
Mitsve Tants
… bride’s hand. The ritual originated with Jews from central Europe and it is first mentioned in the 16th century, though … use since the 14th century and probably migrated to eastern Europe in the 18th century at the latest. In Jewish musar …
Minhah
… the kaddish, before reciting Psalm 84. Some of the western European Sephardic communities excluded the Pitum HaKtoret … study. In still other communities, such as the western European Sephardim, the cantor chants the last three prayers …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… the Arabic-Andalusian tradition, with some eastern and even European influences. However, there are also unique …
Ma'oz Tzur
… commonly sung version of this hymn comes from the Western European Ashkenazi tradition dating back to the 15th …