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Tish
In Yiddish, Tish means table. In the Hasidic movement, the Tish is the public feast of…
Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
[1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…
Israeli folksongs
* This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by…
Andalusian Nuba
In this article we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the…
Iyr
The Iyr, also known in Juhuri as Uylov or Uylomish and in the Kabardin dialect as Ghiyr…