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Adon Olam

… of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from Jewish and secular sources. In some communities Adon …

Akdamut millin

… to the Aramaic translation of the section read from the book of Exodus. This poem consists of ninety …

Akedah

… An angel of God holds Abraham’s hand, preventing him from completing the act, and replaces Isaac with a ram for …

… in all communities. Several alternatives exist. Hassidim from Toldot Aharon and other communities use the Hebrew term … 'niggun rigshi' ('an emotional tune'). Other Hassidim from Jerusalem employ the Yiddish terms 'beyt nign' ('a begging tune'), 'harts nign' ('a tune from the heart') and moralishe niggunim. The last term is …

Tin Pan Alley

… and sheet-music publishing industry centred in New York from the 1890s to the 1950s. By association it came to be … Barry and Ellie Greenwich at Trio Music. Definition taken from: H. Wiley Hitchcockr, 'Tin Pan Alley' , Grove Music …

Fal

… Chabbad movement, R. Shneur Zalman of Lyady (1745-1813). From the name of this niggun and from written sources as well, it can be incurred that from the first generations of the Hasidic movement, musically …

Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)

… Generally, but not always, it is to be distinguished from terms such as Kneytch, Fal , Niggun , and Nusah . [1] …

Diwan

… of medieval Spain. This collection was gradually expanded from the sixteenth century onward by the addition of poems by … at this stage it began to be copied and bound separately from the Tikhlal. Thus, the Tikhlal came to be devoted solely … Respond . Go to the CD Webpage to listen to recordings from the Yemen Jews Diwan.) … Diwan …

Mitsve Tants

… holds the bride’s hand. The ritual originated with Jews from central Europe and it is first mentioned in the 16th … The controversy of the dance was mainly caused not from the ritual dance itself, since dancing in front of or … Tants is customary mainly in Hassidic communities, which, from the time of the first generations, saw dancing as a way …

Minhah

… liturgy. It is commonly thought that the term Min h a came from Kings 1 18:36 where it is written that Elijah prayed … in the Talmudic text of Masekhet Brakhot, 24, page 2, from the line “ tfilot avot tiknum ” and so on. Traditionally … his afternoon-prayer.” The Talmud refers here to the story from Kings 1 18:26 where Elijah confronts the prophets of …