Coplas

Coplas are a unique Jewish genre that developed after the expulsion from Spain, flourishing mainly in the 18th century. Written my men, this genre deals with social and historical and traditional topics from biblical sources, therefor the abundance of Hebrew words. Coplas have complex literary structures, sometimes including acrostics, rhymes, and repeated choruses. Coplas were printed in booklets dedicated to holidays or other themes.

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Ay mi padre ay mi madre 2

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y4588/5 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg.35, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a copla for the Bar mitsva ceremony....

Ay mi padre ay mi madre 3

From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This is a copla for the Bar mitsva ceremony. The boy asks his parents to prepare a room for him to study reading and writing. The recurring refrain repeats: “I...

Buena Semana (Al Dio alto)

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y03979 This is part of the havdala song: Al Dio alto.

Buena Semana mos del Dio 1

Song for Havdala asking for health and joy, life for children as well the performing the rituals of naming of the girl, circumcision of the boy and the laying of the tefilim (allusive to the...

Buena semana mos del Dio 2

From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This North Moroccan havdala song is sung around the table at home asking for blessings for the new week.

Canta, gallico, canta 2

From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2024 A song sung on the morning before the circumcision, awaiting the rooster’s crow to signal the end of the final and perilous night preceding the rite. The baby’s qualities are...

Comimos y bebimos

The first part of this song is a children's melody for the traditional blessing for food, the second melody is part of the Havdala home ritual.

Con grandes dificultades a Palestina entrimos

From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 One of the first songs (composed by Beni Benayora, one of the first promoters of the new settlements) that tells of the difficulties of...

Cuando Aman se emburacho 1

This popular verse, is a stanza taken from the copla about the fall of Haman. Its success is perhaps due to the opportunity to ridicule the wicked Haman, who, due to being drunk, (as is...

Cuando Aman se emburacho 2

This popular verse, is a stanza taken from the copla about the fall of Haman. Its success is perhaps due to the opportunity to ridicule the wicked Haman, who, due to being drunk, (as is...

Cuando el rey Nimrod 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 2919/8 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 121, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This Coplas' text is probabaly influenced by late midrashim (Sefer Hayashar), placing Abraham's...

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Ay mi padre ay mi madre 2

Ay mi padre ay mi madre 3

Buena Semana (Al Dio alto)

Buena Semana mos del Dio 1

Buena semana mos del Dio 2

Canta, gallico, canta 2

Comimos y bebimos

Con grandes dificultades a Palestina entrimos

Cuando Aman se emburacho 1

Cuando Aman se emburacho 2

Cuando el rey Nimrod 1

Cuando el rey Nimrod 2

Cuando Ester la Reina

Cuando la libertad