… Born in Hungary, Pressburg (Bratislava) Tradition. Self recording, 1960's. NSA Y6814. … Frankfurt tradition. Recorder: … we dedicate the Song of the Month to some rare recordings of the Ashkenazi melodies for this piyyut that were … and updated version that incorporates unanticipated new findings. These findings show to what extent the availability …

… the practice of Jewish Studies and its approach to understanding the links between the lives and ideas of key … is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s … several important arenas of modern Jewish history, including among other things the revival of Hebrew in Ottoman …

… The beautiful Dutch synagogue is also known by its Ladino name, Esnoga, and is one of the Dutch Jewish … in 1672. However, because of wars and local strife, the building was completed in 1675. Evidence of the original … the Ten Commandments engraved in Hebrew letters coated with gold. The bimah stands on the other side of the room, on a …

… important feature of the Karaite heritage.   History According to the Karaite tradition, the community's origins can … Temple period. [1] There is no precise information regarding the development of the Karaite community during its … the 14-16 th centuries are considered to be the 'golden era' of the Karaite community. Later on, families …

… hymns (known as piyyutim and pizmonim ) according to these musical forms and/or combined Hebrew sacred … Your browser does not support the audio element. Recording of the Baidaphon record, as captured on the author's … is rumored to be linked to his passion for music. According to his great niece in New York, Taboush lost his …

… 3), who distinguishes between three types of nigunim “according to their purpose”: “ kavanah (devotional intention), … musical structure and stories” (Malin 2019, 115), providing solid theoretical justification for this methodology. … (Beregovski 2013, #52)—was parodied by Yitskhok Reingold (1873–1903) in his satirical song “A Juhr Noch der …

…  is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac, which was sung to texts in both Hebrew and … in Ashkenaz between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries (Goldschmidt 1965b, 18–19). These poems generally consist of … [8]  and usually with the rhyme scheme aaaa, bbbb, etc. (Goldschmidt 1965b, 190 [no. 74], 209 [no. 83]). Monorhymed …