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29. The Noble Bridegroom
… the Kadavumbhagam and Paradesi communities in Kochi, whose synagogues are located at opposite ends of the long Jewish …
28. The Gold-Clad Bride
… (x2) 7. We are the People of the Jews. [1] In our synagogue let us bow down; Let us bow down in our Jutapaḷḷi. …
26. After the Bath
… a bride as she was leaving the house to go to the synagogue for her marriage ceremony (Daniel & Johnson 1995, …
25. Song of the Four Crowns
… of two piyyutim that are sung by Kerala Jews in the synagogue on the morning of Simḥat Torah, the holiday that … wishing happiness to the bridegroom, which is sung in the synagogue after the Aramaic piyyut. The only available …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… the new scroll that was to be installed in the ark of the synagogue. The painstaking preparation and writing of a new … the community, who then presented it as a gift to the synagogue. The custom was to hold an all-night vigil in the … was the more elaborate temporary ark constructed in each synagogue to house all its Torah scrolls for the holiday of …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… Israel, and the taking of a new sefer Torah scroll into the synagogue. In the fourth stanza of each version, Israel bows …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… the new scroll that was to be installed in the ark of the synagogue. The painstaking preparation and writing of a new … the community, who then presented it as a gift to the synagogue. The custom was to hold an all-night vigil in the … was the more elaborate temporary ark constructed in each synagogue to house all its Torah scrolls for the holiday of …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… immediately following song 8, the Kadavumbhagam-Kochi Synagogue song. Its first line partially echoes the first …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… to the same melody she also used for singing the Mala Synagogue Song. Her sung version, which is transcribed and … sometime between 1489 and 1650. [2] Of the eight Kerala synagogues that were active until the 1950s, it is the only … and Life at the University of California, Berkeley. [3] The synagogue’s name, which means “south-side,” has been …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… People now. This song celebrates the building of the oldest synagogue still at least partially standing in Mattancherry, … in 1544 (Sassoon 1932, 577). It may well have been the “New Synagogue” discussed in contemporary records of the … The Kadavumbhagam Paḷḷi of Kochi (in contrast to the synagogue of the same name in Ernakulam) is aptly named for …