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Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… and Greece. Through this collection, the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi Israel … Purim, Purim lanu” by the Jews of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The present version, performed by the …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of Sephardic origins that is also sung in various Ashkenazi communities during the High Holy Days. As the High Holy Days … preferred by the communities of the “Polish rite” (East of the Elbe and Moldau river) (see image no.3). A … their reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of Shofet kol ha’arez bears the …
Badhan
… at weddings, and at Hanukkah and Purim celebrations. In Eastern European Jewish communities, the badhan worked as a professional wedding …
Mitsve Tants
… as the final ceremony of a Hassidic wedding, after the feast. Male members of the two families are invited to dance … was in use since the 14th century and probably migrated to eastern Europe in the 18th century at the latest. In Jewish … Today, the Mitsve Tants is customary mainly in Hassidic communities, which, from the time of the first generations, …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur early on … result of developments in the musical culture of the Middle East in general, and in Jerusalem in particular over the … Sephardi Jewish liturgy and piyyut singing in the Middle East, went into decline, and that of Arabic, and …
The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
… [Priestly Blessing] ritual and its music in the Ashkenazi communities in both Central and Eastern Europe and to discuss the later developments in the …
Hazzan and Qahal: Responsive Chant in Minhag Ashkenaz
… the responsive form, in contrast to the practice in Eastern Europe, continued in many German communities. … 3 … Hebrew Union College Annual … Hebrew …
Vocal and Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
… … Greek … Cantor … Polyphony … Corfu … Cantorial music … Eastern Communities … Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi … Vocal and …
Hebraeisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz, [E] 1923-33 [Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies]
… paraliturgical, as well as comparisons to music of other communities or to non-Jewish music), preceded by an … … Music … Song … Liturgy … Babylon … Hebrew cantillation … Eastern Europe … Folk songs … Hasidim … Modes … Music theory …
Hebraeisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz, [G] 1914-32
… paraliturgical, as well as comparisons to music of other communities or to non-Jewish music), preceded by an … … Babylon … Bukhara … Hebrew cantillation … Dagestan … Eastern Europe … Modes … Music theory … Paraliturgy … Persia …