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46. Baby Moshe Taken from the Water
… and large (Ginzberg 1969, 2:271–272). Two other Malayalam Jewish songs expounding in greater detail on midrash about …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… name and location in reciting the line. The Malayalam Jewish word āyissōḍĕ (derived from the term for “long life”) … “Joseph the Righteous” was popular as a wedding song in Jewish communities outside Kochi, to be sung on the final … of the others are part of a group of very old Malayalam Jewish songs also associated with the wedding cycle, the …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… of animal sacrifice in biblical times. The Jewish women’s perspective is particularly evident in this … the help of a midwife may relate to the known presence of Jewish midwives in Kerala to help with Jewish births, at least in the early part of the twentieth …
42. Adam the First Person
… it seems to be a modern song with no Malayalam Jewish linguistic markers other than the many Hebrew words. …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… was spread. 10. The tenth to be sung, by God’s command, the Jewish People must sing. Years have passed: five thousand … “The Ten Songs of King Solomon” as an example of Kerala Jewish women’s knowledge when relating a family story about … “How is she such a learned person?” he explained that the Jewish women in Cochin knew many such things from their …
39-40. Golden Manangĕ + My Dear Mamuchi
… one of the songs was composed. Neither song has explicitly Jewish content except that both the romantic couples were known members of the Paradesi Jewish community. Apparently feeling the need to protect … contradictory opinions about their identities. In 1977 one Jewish elder in Kochi attributed the Manangĕ song to Isaac …
38. Song About Love
… a wide range of emotions from liking to passion, its Jewish Malayalam form ābāh or ahabah (a transliteration of … and translation, her more literal adaptation of the 1917 Jewish Publication Society rendering …
36. O Woman Dwelling in the Field
… an allegory of the relationship between God and the exiled Jewish people, it is performed as a wedding song in …
35. A Green Bird
… its shared melody. Its content, which is not specifically Jewish, has no apparent connection to that of the other …
34. Golden Palanquin
… of Muslim and Christian folksongs. As there are no Jewish markers in the contents of the song, it is possible that it originated as a non-Jewish song associated with circle dances and was incorporated into the Jewish repertoire. Though its contents are enigmatic, …