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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 …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… songs for youth, and introspective songs meant for spiritual healing. [1] The Text The text of “Shema' Koleinu” … Notre Dame Press, 1992), 187-212; Tanya Sermer, “Jewish Spiritual Healing, Mi Shebeirach , and the Legacy of Debbie …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… given places of honor in both the northern and southern rituals [i.e. Ashkenazi and Sephardic rituals]. With the Ashkenazim, who utilize only the first … service for New-Year. Its melody is chanted in the Spanish rituals, to different passages of solemn importance in the …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… inspiring and expressing a state of religious spirituality” (2000, 14). The present analysis seeks to …