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 Orit Perlman: voice Yarden Erez : ud, guitar, gumbush; violin, keyboard and arrangements Zeev Yaniv : darbuqa, sonaja, bendir, cajón This copla, associated with the ritual of...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y4552/15 Referenced and notated in: Moroccan Sephardic Romancero, pg. 33, Gaon Books, House, 2018 Susana Weich-Shahak. A circumcision song about the father and mother of the newborn. The father is...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc1215 In this copla, “El Parto Feliz” - The Happy Birth - the birth is portrayed as a communal celebration, filled with prayers and blessings for the entire congregation, honoring...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5433/4 In this copla, which portrays the anguish of a woman in labor (after nine months of strain) emerges as a communal event, accompanied by prayers and blessings for the...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5977b /14,15 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 109, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. In this copla, which portrays the anguish of a woman in...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YcY7940/4 In this copla, El parto feliz - The Happy Birth, emerges as a communal event, accompanied by prayers and blessings for the entire congregation, blessing the newborn and his...
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. In this copla, El parto feliz - The Happy Birth, emerges as a communal event, accompanied by prayers and blessings for the entire congregation, blessing the newborn and his...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5830b/24 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 172, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is the most well known Coplas de Parida, as is evident in...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 2091/2 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 172, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This copla describes a woman who has just given birth and receives...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5457/1 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 34, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. This song precedes the ritual of circumcision, praising...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y6131/34 In this copla, the birth is portrayed as a communal celebration, filled with prayers and blessings for the entire congregation, honoring both the newborn and his mother. Text: Parida...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: NSA Yc 2326/21 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak This beautiful lullaby with Spanish roots, is unusual...
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This beautiful lullaby with Spanish roots, is unusual since very few true lullabies exist in the Judeo-Sephardic repertoire since typically Romansero function as lullabies.