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Sher
… a long time now the folkdance has had been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such … developed dance forms of their own--the Hasidim and the Yemenites. Of the former, only the wedding dance, the sher, … be danced at weddings by two rows facing each other. While singing the rows would come together and then move apart. …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… to wander around the streets of Rishon le-Tziyyon loudly singing the Russian revolutionary song ‘Mi za svobodu … his blond curls, beats his fist on his heart during the singing --- to express his fervor, bravery and courage… To … to a remote area of Southern Yemen where he recorded Yemenite Jews. Among the songs he recorded was the piyyut …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… … Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities … of the bridal h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of Yemenite Jewish women singers. In Yemen, the separation of … the wedding ceremony. It is part of the extensive series of Yemenite Jewish wedding rituals, whose number and length …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… – On to Our Land.” Binder indicates that this is a Yemenite melody and gives no attribution for the text. In … or lyricists, though two of the melodies are indicated as “Yemenite” in origin and one is called “Arabian Love Song.” … following: I learned the song (by ear) as a child from the singing of a woman named Molly Sallen, who taught in the …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… also, since at least the early eighteenth century, in the Yemenite rite during the morning services of all the Aseret … of Repentance). While its prominence in the Sephardic and Yemenite rites is maintained to this day through its … Ashkenazi rite is obscured due to the abandonment of its singing in the liturgy. As the High Holy Days season …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… where it is variously attributed to Sephardic or even Yemenite origins, as we shall see. Kikhlot yeini text, … is the gematria of mayim , water) officers I have left off singing, for the mouths of singers are filled with water, … for the legendary label Folkways (Track 12 on the long-play Yemenite and Other Folk Songs , Folkways Records, FW 8735). …
The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… 23258 … yemenite singing … Yemenite … Hebrew cantillation … Biblilcal cantillation … … of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition … Uri Sharvit …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… 9575 … Yemen … Yemenite … yemenite singing … Yemenite Jews … Qasid … Songs … Diwan … Yemenite Qasīd Songs …
The Music and its Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew)
… 23258 … Yemen … Yemenite … Yemenite Jews … Yemenite community … Poems … Singing … Diwan … The Music and its Function in the Singing …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… a fourteenth century Seliḥot anthology is preceded by the singing instruction Be-niggun ‘Akedah (Reuchlin 7, 63r. Fig … in quatrains with the rhyming scheme aaax, bbbx, etc. Singing this piyyut to the ‘Akedah melody was apparently … confessional prayers of various communities, such as the Yemenite, Persian and Babylonian Jews. It should be added, …