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26. After the Bath
… a beautiful lamp may you always shine! This short song was traditionally chanted by women who accompanied a bride as …
25. Song of the Four Crowns
… that we have translated as “good old oil” refers to a traditional Kerala women’s process of preserving oil by …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… 1987, 238, 273n1). [2] The same melody was traditionally used for song 15 , “Sefer Torah Dedication … holiday. In the wedding context, the same melody was used traditionally for the Hebrew song Kikhlot Yeini (’ Areshet …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… _______________________________ [1] The other Kerala Jews traditionally celebrated weddings on Tuesdays, which was …
17. Blessing Song
… blessing song in the repertoire of Knanaya Christians, who traditionally claim to be descended from early Kerala Jews … the Christian song’s similarity to passages from “a long tradition of (wedding songs) in Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… following song 22. The shofar is a musical instrument traditionally made of a ram’s horn and blown on important …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… of Kadavumbhagam. This explanation fits in with a local tradition that there was an old synagogue in Kochi, … paḷḷi. This explanation would fit in with the Kochangadi tradition. Or perhaps, by this time, the petitioners had … Gamliel (2018a, 46) dismisses the local Kochangadi tradition as “hearsay repeated by scholars.” …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… laying of the foundation with embedded gold and jewels— a traditional Kerala practice. Following construction of the … going up to it. Measurements are specified in kols —a traditional Malayalam measure by means of a carpenter’s rod, …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… of other Kerala synagogues (songs 4 and 5 ), along with the tradition of the Kochi Raja’s special relationship with the …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… about twenty-one miles north of Kochi), with references to traditional and/or historical events. Tradition has it that a synagogue was first built in Parur … by a “justice-loving” country boatman as emblematic of traditional Kerala culture in its nurture of religious …