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59. The Document Box
… The introduction to songs 57-59 is available here . Rahel Kala, Venus Lane, … tanĕ, may our God be blessed. x(2) The basic story in this song echoes events in chapters 2 and 6 of the book of … traditional palm leaf documents of Kerala also mentioned in song 58 . In houses of the wealthy and in government …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here . Sarah Cohen, Rachel … Through a mix of narration and dramatic scenes, this song conveys key events in the biblical book of Esther, … an informal Paradesi gathering, this very popular Malayalam song appears in twenty women’s notebooks, representing all …
57. In the India Kingdom
… The introduction to songs 57-59 is available here . Venus Lane. Recorded by … Driven wild by shame, like maddened bulls they go! This song begins by placing the events of the Purim story in … to the relationship between the powerful Kochi Raja of song 12 (“North Side, South Side”) and the less powerful …
56. The Song of Ruth
… the biblical story of Ruth appears in twelve Jewish song notebooks from communities in Kochi, Ernakulam, … few lines from Zacharia’s text M19, (77–79). The Malayalam “Song of Ruth” is traditionally sung during the seasonal … that Elimelekh and his sons (portrayed in stanza 2 of the song as attaining “honored positions”) were governors in …
55. David and the Spider
… The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here . Sung and recorded by Venus … its story line is less cohesive than that of the Mosquito song. Its running theme is David’s dramatic escape from … the narrator begins to answer the other question asked in song 54 : In addition to the mosquito, “what use is the …
54. David and the Mosquito
… The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here . Venus Lane, Simcha Yosef. … Stanza 3 then presents a dialogue binding together the two songs 54 and 55 . David humbly inquires why the Creator made … not a mosquito (Ginzberg 1968, 4:89–91). [3] Before the song proceeds to the killing of Goliath, stanza 4 portrays …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sifrei Torah)
… us, O Great God, To evermore sing your praise. (x2) This song incorporates elements of two traditional stories about … during his final day. In some women’s notebooks this song is titled, “Song of the Thirteen Sifrei …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… our minds At the time when we heard “Anokhi.” Much of this song is a direct translation of the Hebrew piyyut Yarad ’El … to those of the Sephardic Jews elsewhere. This Malayalam song follows the Hebrew piyyut in its reference to the … An interesting difference between the Hebrew and Malayalam songs is the usage of the Hebrew word ’anokhi, with which …
51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… blessed. May Your Holy Name be forever blessed. This short song is filled with interesting elements—its unusual slant … In either case, the simple dialogue in this song conveys a dramatic portrait of the two brothers, … to try very hard to write down all that had been lost. The song concludes with blessings for both brothers, along with …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… And in Yerushalayim grant that we may be. This song about the giving of the Torah combines several … Sinai was chosen as the site of the revelation, this Kerala song creates a verbal anthropomorphic image of Mount Sinai’s … the Malayalam epithet “hunchback.” The remainder of the song is built on a tradition from midrash that the people of …