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Prayer for the state
… of two distinct sections. The first section includes poetic devices that are rare in the traditional Hebrew …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… that the author of the fragment was an 11th-century poet by the name of 'Amr ibn Sahl. They identified the …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… 1038-1089), a halakhic authority, Biblical commentator and poet, this Iberian order of selihot remained in continuous … in Israeli editions. This is therefore a particular poetical and musical tradition of medieval Andalusian … millennium. Why is the performance practice of the majestic poetic edifice of Siftei renanot so zealously maintained …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… assumptions. Shofet kol ha’aretz belongs to the medieval poetic Hebrew genre called pizmon that is characterized by a … phrase is composed of two motifs which subdivide the long poetic verse of thirteen or more syllables. Avenary is able … the Hebrew Melodies in Benedetto Marcello’s Estro Poetico-Armonico ,” The Jewish Quarterly Review 93/1-2 …
Ki Hinneh Kahomer
… are said on Yom Kippur eve in the Ashkenazi nusach. The poet uses a metaphor comparing the people of Israel to clay … maker with clay in his hands to use as he wishes. The poet goes on to count other artisans who use different … as they wish. Thus, through different metaphors, the poet expresses the overwhelming feeling of helplessness of …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… The writer of most of the texts of the medley was the poet Binyamin Avidany, who wrote texts for Abuganim as well … now amended. The text was written by the Polish-born Hebrew poet and author Sh. Shalom (pseudonym of Shalom Joseph … of the candle ( ner ) as a persona in the song whom the poet addresses led to its association with Hannukkah by …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… 57 … 734 … Rabbi Yisrael Najara (1550?-1625), a poet and a composer, was born to a distinguished family of … Safed, and Gaza. He was one of the greatest Hebrew poets in the period after the expulsion from Spain. Najara …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 1)
… is marked as 'Folk,' and only the name of the famous poet is remembered. The song was translated into Hebrew by …
Yechidi Laderech Li Etse'a
… I set out on the road,' wrote Lermontov, the great Russian poet, in 1841. This line has been sung many times, as it …
Eicha Yashva Badad
… arrived to the new State of Israel. In these verses, the poet laments the fall of Zion and the exile which followed, …