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...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This is a song of good advice to the Bar Mitsvah boy as he grows into manhood: to be hard working and an early...
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. This is a song of good advice to the Bar Mitsvah boy as he grows into manhood: to be hard working and an early riser; he should take care...