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Volekh (LKT)

… Walachian tune found its way into almost every religious service of the yearly cycle. Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov …

Marsh (LKT)

… marching but for singing. Marches are introduced during the services to poetic texts, such as Lekhah dodi and El adon …

Hag Purim – The story behind its melody

… le-shabea h ” prayer at the end of the Sabbath morning services in Ashkenazi synagogues, mainly outside of Israel, …

The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition

… prayer sections, as opposed to other sections in the prayer service with a defined melody usually sung by the … at the synagogue during the Torah portion of the prayer service, as well as outside of the synagogue around the …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections

… by the Hebrew section of the Palestine Broadcasting Service during the British Mandate of Palestine. The issue … culture. He attended Jewish music concerts and synagogue services in Saint Petersburg and himself performed Jewish …

A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions

… of all the Universe’) is a centerpiece of the morning service for Rosh Hashanah in the Sephardic liturgy and … eighteenth century, in the Yemenite rite during the morning services of all the Aseret yemei teshuvah (Ten Days of … day preceding New-Year, and again in those of the morning service for the Day of Atonement. On both occasions it is …

Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment

… fast” prayer) and in the evening and morning services of Yom Kippur. The full text reads: אָב הָרַחֲמָן, … words and the inclusion of this prayer in High Holy Day services has inspired many contemporary composers to write … . This shteyger is often used in the Kabbalat Shabbat service on the eve of the Sabbath, but we cannot ascertain …