… Āya sěvaṟkkattil ěnna nī kūṭṭeņaṃ 1. Great God from the beginning, stand as our help, we pray.     Great God …  be “Fortress City.” In this song the newcomer acquires land to build a synagogue by boldly going to visit the king … Paḷḷi, as well as conversations in some of the biblical songs. The ruler addresses Moshe by the traditional Kerala …

… tanna stutikkunnu Omanĕ āya ŏlaku paḍiccūtĕ 1. Creator of the world, we are praising You, Who made this world so very … story that Kerala Jews arrived in Kodungallur from the land of Israel after the destruction of the Second Temple, … Distressed people are compared to fluttering birds in songs 1 and 55 ; in several songs, the first act on arrival …

… Ěvaṟāyi tanikkŏḷḷa ĕvaṟāyi mŏliyāru 1. From Yerushalayim the learned wise man came,          Evarayi Moliyar, the … no water in.” Then came a carpenter—the best one in the land. By stacking and assembling, the work was begun. By the … several striking parallels to Syrian Christian Malayalam songs from Kerala. The Christian song “Beautiful Jerusalem” …

… 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7. Text -1- Dwelling in both sides of the world is the national spirit of the Jews. When it … has not faded from our hearts - Our hope to return to the land given us by the One God. -3- Beloved relations in many … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … 1467 … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …

… Sickle), a tune from a popular Malayalam musical drama of the period. It celebrates the renewed possibility of … up a rifle, take a rifle, take a rifle, A rifle for our land, For our very own land. (First stanza is repeated.) … … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … 1467 … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …

… A Zionist song composed in Chendamangalam, probably in 1954. The tune is an adaptation of the hit song Jiya beqaraar hai … (first repeat twice) Oh flag of Israel, Flag of our native land! Rise up to the sky. Quickly rise to the sky. Quickly … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … 1467 … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …

… A Malayalam version of the Hebrew grace after meals (birkat ha-mazon), … us with abundant kindness. *** I praise You for Sion, the land You gave to our ancestors, And for redeeming Egypt, And … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … 1467 … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …

… A blessing for the bridegroom usually sung immediately after Song 28. It is … to be married. Set to the tunes of four popular Hebrew songs, it invokes the divine blessings given to Abraham, … Through God's blessing of Abraham You will inherit the land of your forefathers So that you can dwell in it. The …

… attributed to Moshe Sarfati (d. 1838) of Kochi recounts the events of the exodus from Egypt, beginning with the … the giving of the Torah and concluding with entry into "the land of Jerusalem." Six additional verses are omitted from … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … 1467 … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …

… An origin song of the Kerala Jews, recounting how a learned ancestor named … came from Jerusalem to see Malanad - another name for the land of Kerala. He traveled by way of Egypt, Yemen and then … Israel … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … 1467 … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …

… song sometimes referred to as "Kakicha's Song", after the nickname of its composer Isaac Moshe Roby of Kochi (d. … prophecies, expressing the ancient hope of returning to the land where the Messiah King will rule. This is among the Malayalam songs best remembered in Israel today. For the full text, …

… Yaakov Huri: An Iraqi Cantor in the Edith Gerson Kiwi Archive The recorded collection of the … his past, an unusual stance in the Zionist ideological landscape of that time whose main tenet was the “negation of … the entire liturgical year cycle of the synagogue; songs for the life cycle (circumcision, bat mitzvah and …