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8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… dwelled in its Torah ark (heikhal). I have also heard other Jewish elders from Kerala refer to the Shekhinah (Hebrew), … a carpenter’s measure. [2] Tevah (pronounced teybah in Jewish Malayalam) is the Sephardi Jewish term for the raised platform from which the Torah is …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… translated here as “some others,” might come from the Jewish Malayalam saying, “Why don’t you ask four people?”—a … in order to represent the synagogues of as many Kerala Jewish communities as possible. Venus Lane set it to a … [1] Sefer is the Hebrew word for book, used also in Jewish Malayalam, and capitalized here for respect when it …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… there are two synagogues near each other in what was a Jewish residential and commercial center until the … or “by the shining silver lamp.” [2] “Jutapaḷḷi” means Jewish paḷḷi. … 52 … 7 … 44193 … Moshav Taoz, Israel … …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… again after that and served as the center of a vibrant Jewish community until the mass aliyah of the 1950s. … Parur paḷḷi, they may well have been elements of the Jewish building at whatever time the song was composed. The …
5. Mala Synagogue Song
… with the same name as the recipient of the eleventh-century Jewish copper plates (mentioned in the section I … his land. To translate the collective Malayalam noun kulam (Jewish Malayalam gulam)—which can refer to a flock, family, … Karthas (Nair 1975: 493-94). Although no Malayalam Jewish song notebooks from Mala itself have been found, …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… exponentially in the collective memory of the Moroccan Jewish diaspora. [3] After receiving a traditional Jewish religious training, as was customary in the … also faced resistance by conservative elements within the Jewish community of Casablanca. Buzaglo promoted modern …
4. Song of Moshe Mutaliyar
… built is not associated with any one of the eight Kerala Jewish communities known to recent history. Like Evarayi in song 3, Moshe is a Jewish religious teacher ( ribbi ) and traveling merchant … not arrive in Palur. Instead, he arrives in “Shingly,” a Jewish name for ancient Kodungallur, which is praised as a …
3. Song of the Second Temple’s Destruction (Leaving Kodungallur)
… for the number fourteen, as in several other Kerala Jewish songs. A dramatic feature of the origin story in this … Prophet Elijah) to warn of Kodungallur’s destruction. Other Jewish legends about this biblical prophet are found in Kochini oral history, as in the folklore of many other Jewish communities (Daniel and Johnson 1975, 9, 57). As in …
2. The Song of Evarayi
… the same story about an adventurous and learned Jewish teacher named Evarayi (Ephraim). Setting out from Jerusalem, he followed the path of many Jewish, Christian, and Muslim merchants from the … referring to the Portuguese. Throughout the centuries, Jewish traders had engaged in friendly cooperation with …
2. The Song of Evarayi
… [1] Malanāṭu (the land of mountains) refers to Kerala. In Jewish Malayalam, vāvā is the word for father and a moliyar is a Jewish religious teacher. [2] In the Kochi version this line …