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Terkish (LKT)

… on our opinion, constitutes a sister-repertoire of the niggun-Meron of Israel.” Hadju, 1971, p. 73 . “Grichesher …

Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies

… song and is quickly joined by the entire audience. As the niggun progresses, it grows in intensity as the tempo …

Vals (LKT)

… 1928, p. 201.“ vals . waltz.” Phillips 1996b, p. 176 . “A niggun in the 3/4 waltz meter, usually joyful. Waltzes were …

… Bratslav Hassidim. However, as with all the ascriptions of niggunim to a specific dynasty or rebbe , there is no … yom’? Considering the Israeli trajectory of this specific niggun for ‘Karev yom’, [5] is it conceivable that one of … to the text of ‘Karev yom.’ The melody is a two-section niggun . Each section alternates between the verses in the …

Yonatan Malin

… Prayer. In the fall of 2013, he presented 'Commentary on a Niggun' in the CU-Boulder Symposium 'Embodied Judaism: The …

Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II

… without a clear beat, which then flows into a dance niggun . This type of performance recalls the patterns of … to what we wrote previously about the popular Hassidic niggun used as a setting for Kipnis' poetry. In addition to … several other possibilities regarding the origin of this niggun and, as it often happens in the world of Hassidic …

Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story

… of the melody, perhaps one sung without text as a dance niggun – more about this later. The text of the song is as … that melody have words, or was it perhaps a wordless dance niggun? While these questions will ultimately remain … the original version of this melody was sung as a dance niggun during the celebration of Lag B’omer on Mt. Meron in …

A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions

… (fol. 15 in the manuscript) appears the superscription “Be-niggun [according to the melody of] Shofet kol ha’aretz.” …

Four Melodies for Four Questions

… wrote that this text should be sung with a pleasant tune ( niggun yafeh ; see, Sefer Maharil , Jerusalem 1978, Hilkhot … 1884, no. 4). Schönfeld’s version , defined as “gemara niggun,” is similar to Baer’s except for the use of … Nathanson qualifies the tune, as Schönfeld does, as “niggun gemara.” The same tune also entered the New Haggadah …