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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 …

10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song

… sometime between 1489 and 1650. [2] Of the eight Kerala synagogues that were active until the 1950s, it is the only … published theory that the Kadavumbhagam and Tekkumbhagam synagogues in both Kochi and Ernakulam were named for two synagogues in Kodungallur, without regard for their actual …

8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song

… a second tebah—an architectural feature unique to Kerala synagogues. Ruby Daniel and I could find no one who … platform from which the Torah is read aloud. In Ashkenazi synagogues, it is called the bimah. [3] See Eliyahu-Oron …

9. Paradesi Synagogue Song

… to rituals mentioned in songs about the other two Kochi synagogues 8 and 10). Participation by the king of the land echoes royal patronage in the building of other Kerala synagogues (songs 4 and 5), along with the tradition of the … for this translation project, in order to represent the synagogues of as many Kerala Jewish communities as possible. …

7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song

… You, Lord. This poetic song of praise for one of the two synagogues in Ernakulam begins and ends with a prayer that … Hindu temples and royal dwellings—were unique among Kerala synagogues, according to Joshua. As in the Parur and … city across the harbor from Kochi, where there are two synagogues near each other in what was a Jewish residential …