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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), … Lane recorded the song again in 2006 to facilitate its musical transcription. After the interior of this synagogue … a carpenter’s measure. [2] Tevah (pronounced teybah in Jewish Malayalam) is the Sephardi Jewish term for the raised …
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
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … exponentially in the collective memory of the Moroccan Jewish diaspora. [3] After receiving a traditional Jewish religious training, as was customary in the …
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
… communities (not Kadavumbhagam-Kochi). Recorded by ethnomusicology students from Bar-Ilan University, Moshav … 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 …
42. Pŏnnaliya Pṟaśnam Vannu (Golden Aliyah)
… Ponnarival (Golden Sickle), a tune from a popular Malayalam musical drama of the period. It celebrates the renewed … and mentions particular representatives to Kerala from the Jewish Agency: a doctor who was sent to administer and … Israel … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …