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Tish
In Yiddish, Tish means table. In the Hasidic movement, the Tish is the public feast of…
Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
[1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…
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Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
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Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
The beautiful Dutch synagogue is also known by its Ladino name, Esnoga, and is one of…
Andalusian Nuba
In this article we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the…
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Lezginka
Lezginka is a dance form popular in northern Caucasus played mostly on zurnov (today…
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Romancero
Collection or corpus of romances (romanzas), which are narrative poems with a well…