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Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… external evidence of their allegiance to a cult whose rituals of adulation are manifestly unbelievable” (ibid., … al-sūrī. Kligman, Mark L. 2009. Maqam and Liturgy: Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn . …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… the 1910’s. They would gather in synagogues during evening rituals on winter Saturdays to sing from a collection of …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… First Crusade of 1096, and venerated the martyrs as the spiritual successors of Isaac, regarding their sacrifice as … Shmidman 2007; Zunz 1920, i: 83–84). This passage is also ritually read in the synagogue from the Torah scroll on two … German Reform movement, who advanced the new ritual of the Hamburg Temple. His transcription is a purely …

A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… in 'low' human societies at their sacred services and rituals. A new approach concerning the early phases of …

Jewish Liturgical Forms in the Falasha Liturgy? A Comparative Study
… and determining their presence or absence within Falasha rituals, we can better relate the Falasha tradition to …

A Hassidic Ritual Dance: The Mitsve Tants in Jerusalemite Weddings
… The aim of the present paper is to describe the ritual dance (' mitsve tants ' or ' kosher tants ' in … tants … Dance … Wedding music … Jerusalem … A Hassidic Ritual Dance: The Mitsve Tants in Jerusalemite Weddings … …

Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa
… of the Jewish world; its most characteristic feature is the ritualistic study of the book, which is quite rare outside …

The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
… it is quite certain that the choice would fall on the ritual of birkat kohanim , the threefold priestly blessing … stretched out under the cover, swaying right and left, is a ritual that inspires mystery and awe. The feeling of … from Yemen to Lithuania cherish special chants for the ritual and they are all worthy of research. Yet the …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… success of household members. Like other Jewish liturgical rituals, the havdalah ceremony is embellished by piyyutim … and Translation from B’nai Jeshrun: http://www.bj.org/spiritual-life/music-of-bj/invitation-to-piyyut-na/el-eliyahu/ …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… The Passover seder (lit. “order”) is one of the main home rituals. The Haggadah , the order of texts recounting the … the religious and mundane spheres in this domestic Jewish ritual. The music for different sections of the Haggadah … in the development of the Haggadah performance as a home ritual. Two of them relate to the original goal of this …