… begin to play a freykekhs , the women burst with joy and hop and dance....then the khasn is taken and they proceed to …

… of man, who is always in the hands of the Lord. Comfort and hope come in the refrain: 'Labrit habet, ve'al tefen layetzer', in which the poet conveys the hope that the Lord will take into consideration his promise …

… setting of “Elohim hashiveinu” may have some relationship to the surviving melody found in the oral tradition of … Israel Sound Archive has much to offer Jewish music scholarship.    Biography of Salamone Rossi  at the JMRC website …

Arvit is the last of the three daily services of the Jewish liturgy, along with Shaharit…

… known under different names in various locales: frejlaxs, hopke,  skočne , karahod, redl, drejdl, kajlexikes, rikudl , … may do grotesque figures. The frejlaxs had various names: hopke, redl  (circle), rikudl (dance), and so on. The … European communities were:... Redl, Frailachs, Karahod, Hopke , vigorous circle dances done by men.” EncyJud 1971, …

… also, inculcated with hegemonic values of Israeli citizenship. Meseret (“Tradition”), the brainchild of Gadi … and, importantly, it disempowered the spiritual leadership of the community (the priests— qessotch in Amharic, … including sentiments of loss and separation, nostalgia, and hopes for the future (full song texts in Appendix 4). …