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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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Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2091/4 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 120, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This copla, associated with the ritual of circumcision, tells the story of Abraham's...
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This copla, connected to the circumcision ritual, recounts a Talmudic legend about Abraham’s miraculous birth and early years. Terah’s wife gives birth to him in a cave, and like a...
From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025  This copla, associated with the ritual of circumcision, tells the story of Abraham's birth. Like many coplas, it is rooted in a Talmudic legend. It describes how...
From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 Upon arriving in Israel, there was a meeting between all the  Judeo-Spanish congregations.  The meeting center, called in Hebrew "moadon," serves as a place...
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013.
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018.