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Chosen voices: the story of the American cantorate.
… of the American cantorial practces in Conservative synagogues, based on extensive intervies with its …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… today. In spite of the wide distribution and diversity of synagogues throughout the Ottoman Empire, there is a common … to the new tradition undergone by the Jerusalem-Sephardic synagogues in Jerusalem is described by author Yaakov … both in Jerusalem. A large crowd gathers in these synagogues to sing piyyutim called shirat habaqqashot over …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… at the end of the Sabbath morning services in Ashkenazi synagogues, mainly outside of Israel, and some families sing …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… include four customs: the lighting of candles inside synagogues, bonfires under the open skies, the first haircut …
Chasidic in America
… music began to be performed more intensively outside synagogues, especially on Second Avenue in the Lower East … 1937 Oysher became a full time cantor and officiated in two synagogues, the main one being the splendid First …
Shir HaKavod
… Shabbath prayers, after the Mussaf service. In some Israeli synagogues the prayer is moved to an earlier part of the … the congregation reads the entire text together. In synagogues where the Piyyut is sung in a responsorial …
Anim Zemirot
… morning prayers, after the Mussaf service. In some Israeli synagogues the prayer was moved to an earlier part of the … the congregation reads the entire text together. In the synagogues where the Piyyut is sung in a responsorial … are sung at festivals and other events and are not sung at synagogues. … Anim Zemirot … Anim Zemirot …
Atah Ehad
… service [1] (Heb. מנחה ) for the Sabbath sung in Ashkenazi synagogues in Israel: אַתָּה אֶחָד וְשִׁמְךָ אֶחָד וּמִי …
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… became one of the defining aspects of the Sephardic synagogues. [2] The liturgy began to be notated during the … technique of transmitting melodic formulas of the Sephardic synagogues. Notated manuscripts from the Portuguese …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… a Mehitza (a divider between men and women at traditional synagogues): 'I see a sign at the entrance to the sanctuary …