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16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… This song was recorded by women from three different Kerala Jewish communities, each with a different melody and … Dedication Song”) in the song notebook from which she was singing. On another occasion she recorded song 15 using two … … 7 … 44225 … Moshav Taoz/ Moshav Aviezer/ Kochi … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… the noble People took it in their hands. With dancing and singing, they took the Torah, With joy in their hearts, and … and writing of a new scroll was always done by a trained Jewish sofer (scribe), and often it was commissioned and … of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… he’s the one! This song is not found in any of the Jewish notebooks but was recorded from memory in 1981 by … Rahel told me that its melody was the same as that of a non-Jewish Malayalam folk song titled “In Calicut a Tarakan … Accessed 4/19/2022. … 52 … 7 … 44216 … Jerusalem … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… 2. Oh, the women of Mattancherry!—těy těy Oh, women of the Jewish Street!—těy těy 3. Oh, thief of the utensil for … also as a clear example of “Judaizing” an inherently non-Jewish song. Remembered as one of many songs heard from … … 52 … 7 … 44213 … Kibbutz Neot Mordecai, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… respectively in the southern and northern sections of the Jewish street. First alluding to rivalry between the two … Kerala Jews. While the contents of the song are certainly Jewish, Gamliel (2005, 225) notes that its first two words, … in 2023. … 52 … 7 … 44210 … Tiberias, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… whole world the best harbor is Kochi, Where the honorable Jewish people came. With brightness You are shining, Lord … may simply signify a large number, or perhaps the estimated Jewish population of Kochi at whatever time it was composed. … … 52 … 7 … 44207 … Kibbutz Neot Mordecai, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… without hesitation, to the same melody she also used for singing the Mala Synagogue Song. Her sung version, which is … Torah ark is preserved in the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, … … 52 … 7 … 44204 … Kiryat Motzkin, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …
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 … history. … 52 … 7 … 44201 … Kochi/ Jerusalem … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …
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 … … 52 … 7 … 44197 … Ithaca … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …
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 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …