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12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… in Kochi was remembered and performed orally by women from both the Kadavumbhagam and Paradesi communities, who … to rivalry between the two sides, it imagines a visit from the Hindu ruler of Kochi, whose palace was at the … a characteristic opening for certain Mappilla Muslim songs from northern Kerala. Zacharia (2005, 199) discusses the …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… You are Ruler of the world, You Who gave us the paḷḷi from before. (x2) Tekkumbhagam people—together they came. … try to build it, try with all your heart. You’ll gain from your effort an extra reward.” (x2) Collecting small … Eliyahu. She was living in Israel with her son’s family from Ernakulam, and her daughter-in-law was from Mala, but I …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… in the world—Kochi is the one! The most respected Jews are from Kadavumbhagam. All of Kadavumbhagam united as one, To … Torah ark (heikhal). I have also heard other Jewish elders from Kerala refer to the Shekhinah (Hebrew), the Divine … means of a carpenter’s rod, which might differ in length from region to region. Stanza 5 describes the finishing …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… tanně něnippān kanivu tā—něnippān kanivu tā 1. O God from the beginning, You the highest judge! You the first and … and pray. Another lovely room is also found upstairs, For prominent people to come inside and pray, come inside and … here is found in three Paradesi books, one dated from the nineteenth century. A quite similar version—but …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… niṟmaṇaluṃ Nittiyaṃ tanḍe tiruvĕḷḷatt 1. God Who existed from the start, (x2) … life, Waken our hearts to praise You, Lord. 3. From granite stone the threshold is made. (x2) Crossing the … our life, Waken our hearts to praise You, Lord. 7. Rising from golden purity, (x2) Built as if from the purest of …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… damaged again in the eighteenth century by invading troops from Mysore to the north (Daniel and Johnson 1995, 127) and … Song translated here are found in only one notebook, from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi, with shorter fragments in two …
5. Mala Synagogue Song
… bringing the wood, The ruler of Attangad seized it from them. 15. A temple was built with the wood that he … back here with the wood, The ruler of Attangad seized it from us, 19. A temple was built with the wood that he seized, … in the section I introduction above), but distinct from that regal figure as he is imagined in some old Paradesi …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… of Zawya, southeast of Marrakesh. [2] He was orphaned from his mother and father at an early age and sent to study … of Andalusian Hebrew music in its southern tradition from Marrakesh and Essaouira. He also became an accomplished … final transfer of the center of Andalusian Hebrew music from Morocco to Israel. Since his death, in 1975, his fame …
4. Song of Moshe Mutaliyar
… nikkaveṇaṃ Āya sěvaṟkkattil ěnna nī kūṭṭeņaṃ 1. Great God from the beginning, stand as our help, we pray. Great God from the beginning, what happened by Your command? Shingly, … However, the song is found in eight different notebooks, from Parur, Chendamangalam, and Kochi-Tekkumbhagam, as well …
3. Song of the Second Temple’s Destruction (Leaving Kodungallur)
… the origin story that Kerala Jews arrived in Kodungallur from the land of Israel after the destruction of the Second … appears. Given the song’s conclusion with the departure from Kodungallur and the arrival in Kochi, it is not surprising that all three notebooks are from Kochi—one from the Paradesi community and two from …