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65. Each and Every Day
… from my emptiness: oh, hear my plea. 2. Please accept my prayers as an offering, reaching out to You. May they … voice of lamentation; oh, hear my cries. Please accept my prayers; oh, accept them please as a sacrifice. 6. Listen to … in the daily Hebrew prayer book used by all the Kerala Jewish communities ( Sefer Tefilat haḤodesh 1931, 13). It is …
64. Open Your Gate
… from my emptiness: oh, hear my plea. 2. Please accept my prayers as an offering, reaching out to You. May they … voice of lamentation; oh, hear my cries. Please accept my prayers; oh, accept them please as a sacrifice. 6. Listen to … in the daily Hebrew prayer book used by all the Kerala Jewish communities ( Sefer Tefilat haḤodesh 1931, 13). It is …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… people—women and children too— Lay flat on the ground in prayer and fasted for three days. Queen Esther arranged her … and song 59 inspired the lively conversation in which the Jewish singers told me about these dramas and how they used …
56. The Song of Ruth
… If parted by death, we two shall be as one. To join the Jewish People my desire is great.” “To join the Jewish People your trouble will be great! Know that Saturday … of which should be observed by Jewish women with special prayers, activities, and restrictions. [4] The two names are …
55. David and the Spider
… King Saul came right to the pit. David seized both of his prayer-shawl fringes. Both of the fringes he seized. … cuts off the edges of King Saul's garment—expressed in Jewish Malayalam as the fringes of his prayer-shawl but … of Goliath’s mother as an example of many Malayalam Jewish songs that feature strong female characters from the …
54. David and the Mosquito
… it “by the grace of God.” Then stanza 2 quotes his fervent prayers to God, drawn from verses in the Psalms, for which …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… giving of the Ten Commandments. It is also sung while the prayer leader stands before the open ark on Shabbat Yitro, … and was said to have been learned in kabbalah, a system of Jewish mysticism (Daniel and Johnson 1995, 52). The …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… According to Joseph Hai Isaac, a lawyer and prominent Jewish leader from Ernakulam, this song was customarily … in the “minyan” of ten adult males required in Orthodox Jewish communities for the recitation of certain prayers. … 52 … 7 … 44318 … Tiberias, Israel … Splendid …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… man, gave birth on New Year’s Day. With nine prayers and the call of the shofar, have mercy on us that … 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 …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… and writing of a new scroll was always done by a trained Jewish sofer (scribe), and often it was commissioned and … be a reference to the manara in the home. After a night of prayer and singing in the home of the sefer Torah donor, the … of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to …