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Hopke (LKT)
… Hopke -- A happy dance, sometimes for men and sometimes for women. Reyzen 1945, p. 3 . “ Hopke — from the Ukrainian …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… place. The dance was performed in alternating pairs men or women or in mixed couples...” [Dubno, Poland, pre-World War … recites, the klezmorim begin to play a freylekhs and the women who are bursting with happiness leap and dance... … to play sad melodies so as to summon up tears from the women... The badkhn stands up and at that moment becomes a …
Fun der khupe (LKT)
… Bik 1964 . ( Musical notation included). “Old women sing this song when they dance opposite the groom with …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… bride sits mutely, like a sheep before her barber, and the women wailed. Then the klezmer began to play sad melodies so as to summon up tears from the women...The badkhn stands up and at that moment becomes a preacher and cries out: Be quiet! The women begin to raise even more of a racket. Then the badkhn …
Badekns (LKT)
… is badekens (covering the bride’s face). A group of women of the bride’s party, preceded by the klezmorim and … a visit to the bridegroom, inviting him to badekens. The women are treated to delicacies, the klezmorim play a tune, … with them the ‘mitsve-tentsl.’ After that came the row of women. They took their hands and made a third circle around …
Dobranotsh (LKT)
… began on Saturday night before the wedding. Young men and women would gather at the bride’s home for a “goodbye party” …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… testify to your heralding/ By the merits of etc. Children, women and blessed herd/ Whom have you here and what have you …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… versions, all performed by the best folksingers, mostly women, from the Sephardic communities of Turkey and the …
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… moisture from congregants' shoes and to dim noise. The women's section is located on a balcony one story higher and …
Abyadi Ana
… the form of complex traditional patterns draw by expert women. Nowadays, grooms’ hands are also painted with henna. … are all held at the home of the bride and conducted by the women of the bride’s family. They differ in their volume and … is part of the musical repertoire sung by Moroccan Jewish women to accompany wedding ceremonies. The lyrics of these …