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Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the words ' Yishar koa h .' The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and … on the priest. Some of the priests have received no musical training. In fact, many were not even trained to … or para-liturgical Piyutim, others were adopted from secular Jewish songs, as well as from non-Jewish sources. …
About the Jews of Yemen, A Vanishing Culture
… This film, by renowned ethnomusicologist Johanna Spector, addresses the history and … of the Jews of Yemen, both in Yemen and in Israel. The music and songs of the Yemenite tradition are a main focal … other scenes of music, song and dance, both religious and secular. … 9 … 34249 … … Tradition … 1986 … Yemen … …
Contrafactum
… It refers to a technique of converting either a secular song into a religious song or vice versa by altering … the Hassidim considered it a sacred task to transform secular texts into religious ones. One example of this is … on this song can be found at Song of the Month ). Musical Transcription … Nissim Ben Yithak HaLevi's piyut Hai …
Kabalat Shabat
… has extended beyond the religious communities and into secular circles as well, such as Kibbutzim, schools and … Hay, recorder: Avigdor Hertzog, 18.11.64. NSA Y3623. Musical Transcription … Piyyutim … קבלת שבת … Liturgical music … Piyyutim … Piyyut … Piyyut … Synagogue music … …
Hay ram galeh
… it became major hub for liturgical and paraliturgical music in the modern western section of Jerusalem. It also … in the rooted Middle Eastern Sephardic tradition of turning secular Arabic songs into sacred Hebrew ones. Halevi is … between modern Jews separated by a series binary opposites: secular versus religious, national Egyptian versus national …
Hayrana Laih
… in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana Laih were written by Ahmed … us from Egypt to Israel, from Arabic to Hebrew, from the secular space to the religious one, and from the vast …
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… in documenting and studying the diverse religious and secular musical repertoires of Ethiopian Jews. The present page … Civilisations a Tradition Orale (LACITO) of the CNRS, Ethnomusicology Department, followed now by a new research team, …

Adon Olam
… someone on their deathbed. There is a wide range of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from Jewish and secular sources. In some communities Adon Olam is sung …

Zemirot
… which are sung during and directly after Sabbath meals. The musical versions are numerous and heterogeneous reflecting a … God and his Sabbath and of God's remembrance of his people. Musically, the repertory of Zemirot Sabbath is diverse and … these included German, Bohemian, Hungarian and Polish secular songs and dances. 3. Jewish melodies either newly …

Jewish Musicians in the Secular Domain in Hungary
… … 2002 … Ashkenazi … Anna Szemere … Judit Frigyesi … Jewish Musicians in the Secular Domain in Hungary …