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58. Ahashverosh Song
… melodies. Stanzas 1 and 2 are sung to the Kerala melody for “ Mi Khamokha ve’En Kamokha ,” a lengthy Hebrew piyyut recounting the Purim story. Composed by the … section are repeated in the same pattern as those in the Hebrew song. Stanza 8, the final section, is sung to a …
57. In the India Kingdom
… by placing the events of the Purim story in India ( Hodu in Hebrew), as it is stated in the Bible (Esther 1:1) that … (Daniel and Johnson 1996, 89). Venus Lane recognized the melody as the tune used in Kerala for the Hebrew Azharot (“Warnings”), a piyyut incorporating the 613 …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sefer Torahs)
… Petirat Moshe (Ginzberg 1968, 3:439–442; 6:150–151)—a Hebrew volume that was available to Jews in Kerala. [2] One … in 1977, sung by three Paradesi women, whose repetitious melody was the same as that recorded the same year by … old Malayalam measurement katam is substituted for the old Hebrew measurement parasang (about four Roman miles) used in …
51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… Torah, its reference to midrash, its particular mixture of Hebrew and Malayalam terms, and its performance in a … original translation (May 1999), Ruby Daniel read it as the Hebrew kaved , heaviness; hence the line translated above … biblical Moshe as the leader of his community. The simple melody holds a steady rhythm, punctuated with handclapping …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… for the Bridegroom” (song 24, stanzas 4–6). This popular melody is also shared with the Hebrew wedding song Kikhlot Yayni (’ Areshet 1980, 322). …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… heartfelt performance of the song. Part I Sung to the same melody as song 1 (“Oh, Lovely Parrot”), these three … Sung much more solemnly to a melody used in Kerala for the Hebrew bakashah “’ Adon ‘Olam ” (’ Areshet 1980, 222), this … ___________________________________ [1] See Gamliel’s Hebrew translation (Zacharia & Gamliel 2005, 62). [2] …
42. Adam the First Person
… no Malayalam Jewish linguistic markers other than the many Hebrew words. Its style, melody, and contents (a list of events from the Bible) are …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… day each year. The final stanza of the song contains the Hebrew date 5521 (1760/61 CE), placing its composition in … oldest). It was performed and recorded with a single melody as part of the 1981 kalippattu dance performance by … honorific for King Solomon (H: Shlomo ha-Melekh) [2] Hebrew honorific: Adam the first person. [3] Hebrew …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… cases (Isenberg letter, Nov. 23, 1981). They sang it to the melody appropriately shared with a popular Simḥat Torah … that this second melody was also used for teaching the Hebrew alphabet to children. … below on song 52, “The Song of ’ Anokhi .” [2] The Hebrew term hakafah (circling around) refers to the custom …
23. Happiness to the Bridegroom
… Daniel and other members of her family, who sang it to the melody for the Hebrew piyyut ’El ‘Elyon , the same as for song 22, The Brit …