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69. So It Is Proclaimed and Declared!
… proclaimed and declared! This twentieth century visionary song is unique in combining utopian Malayalam stanzas, … Iraqi piyyut that is arguably the most popular Hebrew song also among contemporary Kochinim in Israel: Mah Na’vu … other stanzas can be compared to two non-Jewish Malayalam songs or poems. One is a 1932 poem portraying a utopian …
68. Creator Who Gave Discernment
… Eeeyī—āyěyā This devotional “clapping” song is first noteworthy for its memorable images, and then … possible to see and understand important differences. The song then offers a shower of descriptive images of the … I am not aware of references in other Malayalam Jewish songs to “sinners burning in hell.” This song is found …
67. The Coolness of Shabbat
… In Jewish Malayalam, taṇaccilāya —the key word in this song—refers to rest or relief from the sources of weekday … in the hot and humid climate of Kerala. (See stanza 3 of song 18 , “Our Food,” for a similar use of the word: “the … the pleasure of Shabbat observance, this short devotional song is notable for its poetic elaboration of the attributes …
66. Shining in the Darkness
… and sounding of the horn, (x2) While women are singing songs and doing kuruva! (x2) [Chorus] 8. Let us eat, let … on the synagogue, O Tamburanĕ (x2) [Chorus] This song is found in eight notebooks from Kadavumbhagam and … are not consistent. A Hebrew note ’Im Pi Tzedek above the song in one notebook points to a piyyut by that name (’ …
65. Each and Every Day
… Chendamangalam, and Ernakulam, this popular devotional song is a Malayalam version of the Hebrew piyyut Yom Yom … from the Baghdadi tradition, [2] but the rest of the Hebrew song may be unique to Kerala. Though not a direct translation, the Malayalam song includes concepts from the Kerala Hebrew piyyut and …
64. Open Your Gate
… 52 … 7 … 44377 … Kochi … Splendid Singing Birds: Devotional songs … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. …
63. Singing, Singing
… send Mashiya now. 12. And on that day we’ll sing with joy songs of praise, one by one— Singing, singing praise to God, singing praise. Amen, amen! This song incorporates elements from and elaborates upon one of … sung by Kerala Jewish women. The Malayalam song “Singing, Singing” is performed to a livelier melody …
62. Eternal Living God
… Elohim Ḥai is sung quietly to the same tune as that of song 38 , “Song About Love,” with each line repeated once before going … Rivka Hai and the late Molly Pal. The Malayalam of this song is more modern than that of song 61 , and it is a more …
61. Lord from the Beginning
… Tambiran. This is the older of two Malayalam devotional songs that are versions of the rhymed Hebrew liturgical hymn … from Parur. Identified in several notebooks as a “clapping song,” it was performed as such in the 1981 Hanukkah video … Kadavumbhagam-Kochi women in Moshav Taoz. It was the first song they sang in this circle-dance performance. In dramatic …
60. Hanukkah Song
… vegattil cěyyuṃbol 1. With blessings proclaimed and songs of praise, To the Temple they quickly came. There was … Michayel, Redeem the remnants of Israel. This is a Hanukkah song in two regards. It is both a narrative of the Hanukkah … Talmud (Shabbat:21b-23a) and also a kalippattu “play song” for the circle dances traditionally performed during …