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Indian Jews praying "Shema Yisrael", illustration on a book cover. Shema Yisrael (Shema Israel or Sh'ma Yisrael; Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, romanized: Šəmaʿ Yīsrāʾēl, “Hear, O Israel”) is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services.
The annual Israeli Hasidic Song Festival, first held in 1969, became a stage which saw the premières of pieces like Nurit Hirsh's Oseh Shalom; Tzvika Pik's Sh’ma Yisrael; and Shlomo Carlebach's Od Yishama and V’ha’eir Eineinu.
Am Yisrael Chai (Hebrew: עם ישראל חי; meaning "The people of Israel live") is a slogan of Jewish solidarity, popularized by several different songs which incorporate it. The Forward has placed "Am Yisrael Chai" second only to " Hatikvah ", the current national anthem of Israel , as "an anthem of the Jewish people".
Category: Songs in Hebrew. 17 languages. ... Am Yisrael Chai; Ani Ma'amin; B. The Ballad of Yoel Moshe Salomon; Baqashot; Bar Yochai (song) Beg (song) D. David Melech ...
There are two Hebrew song chart contests - one on the radio channel Reshet Gimmel and the other on the radio channel Galgalatz which is operated by the Israel Defense Forces Radio. The aim of these charts is to summarize all weekly charts aired throughout the last year.
Jewish liturgical music is characterized by a set of musical modes. The prayer modes form part of what is known as the musical nusach (tradition) of a community, and serve both to identify different types of prayer and to link those prayers to the time of year or even time of day in which they are set.
The Sacred Service for the Sabbath Morning is a piece of religious music written by Darius Milhaud on a 1948 commission from the Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue in San Francisco. It is a composition for baritone soloist, narrator (speaking), choir, and orchestra. The choral text is in Hebrew, that of the narrator in Hebrew and English.
There are many songs about Jerusalem from various time periods, especially nationalistically-themed songs from the time of the Six-Day War, when East Jerusalem passed from Jordanian control to Israeli. Additionally many Biblical Psalms, styled as songs, were written specifically about Jerusalem. Jewish liturgy and hymns are rife with references ...