… the definite form of this dance. It occurs frequently in Jewish dances, but as a phenomenon of an improvisational … part of the melody is from Meir Noy, as he heard it at Jewish weddings in Kolomeyke ( nign ‘mazl-tov’ )...” …

… Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned narrative describes how the first Jewish family (Abraham, Sarah and Isaac) came close to … of such a musical instruction is found in the book of customs, Minhagei Maharil : “When a circumcision took place …

… and the second with duple.   Hora as a Klezmer Genre The Jewish Klezmers adopted both kinds of genres and terms. The …

… A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal …

… the four days of fast, and thrice on Yom Kippur. All of the Jewish communities in Israel, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, … Blessing in the Ashkenazi Tradition While all of the Jewish communities, from Yemen to Lithuania, developed … performed the ceremony less than all of the other Jewish communities. In the Ashkenazi communities of the …

… wars and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to … poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning Jewish thought (including philosophy and various scientific … (requests) for the success of household members. Like other Jewish liturgical rituals, the havdalah ceremony is …