Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5832/a Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Marruecos, pg. 85, Editorial Alpuerto, Pardes Publishing House, 2018 Susana Weich-Shahak. The ballad of Juan Lorenzo refers to an episode in Portuguese...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc0931/22 This copla for Shavuot and Simchat Tora, the holiday for the receiving of the Torah, begins with a verse in Hebrew, the first line of which, Hi Torá lanu...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YCD2979/1 This well-known song is based on a translation of a Turkish original that tells the story of a demanding bride who rejects a series of suitors, each for a...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2772/8 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 67, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. A song of farewell to the wedding guests....
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2931/1 A song of longing for Jerusalem, used to be sung on the night of the "mortaja", when people gathered in a feast to prepare the shrouds for the old...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc1039/7 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 296, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This song of mourning is known as: Romansa la choza del deseperado -...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y4552/16 Referenced and notated in: La Boda Sefardi, Musica, texto y contexto, pg. 113, Editorial Alpuerto, 2007 Susana Weich-Shahak. After the wedding the mother of the bride asks to be...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5982a/44 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 118, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This copla, connected to the circumcision ritual, recounts a Talmudic legend about...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5823b/33 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 119, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This copla, linked to the circumcision ritual, retells a Talmudic legend about Abraham’s...
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...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2261 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 48, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. Often North Moroccan wedding songs are sung consecutively...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2185 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 51, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak.
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y6130/18 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 172, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. A song for the bride's ritual bath, typically filled with images of sensuality...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5740b/12 Based on the liturgical poem composed in the 12th century by Rabbi Judah Ibn Abbas of Fez, is chanted on Rosh Hashanah and in some communities also on Yom...