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24. Tampirān Muyimpu... Śāūlameleh (David and the Mosquito)
The story of how a mosquito helped young David to kill Goliath by biting the giant's…
22. Misṟinnu Miṇṭatupolĕ (Redeemed from Egypt)
A plea for divine redemption, this song reviews in dramatic detail how the Jews were…
21. Maṟavil Ŏḷivāya (Hidden God!)
This song attributed to Moshe Sarfati (d. 1838) of Kochi recounts the events of the…
20. Mūlamuṭĕyon Ekan (Baby Moses Taken from the Water)
The opening lines of a song with a lullaby-like tune, telling the Biblical story of how…
19. Josepf the Righteous (Yossef HaTzaddiq)
A performance of three related and sometimes separate songs about Joseph, sung for…
18. Song of Sarah-Umma (Mother Sarah)
A "play song" performed at Hanukkah parties with a complex pattern of clapping, dance…
17. Uṭayavan Aruḷālĕ (Song for the Dedication of a Torah Scroll)
This song for the dedication of a new Torah scroll prases the Torah which was accepted…
16. Nalla Karinkallu (Tekkumbhgam-Ernakulam Paḷḷi Song)
Stanzas 2-4 of a poetic song about the Tekkumbhagam Synagogue in Ernakulam. The entire…
15. Mutiyayi Ninnu (Tekkumbhagam-Kochi paḷḷi Song)
One of several paḷḷi (synagogוe) songs about the building of particular synagogues…
14. Yĕṟuśalāyinnu Vannāno (The Song of Evaray)
An origin song of the Kerala Jews, recounting how a learned ancestor named Evarayi (…