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Erev Shel Shoshanim. " Erev Shel Shoshanim " (English: Evening of Lilies or Evening of Roses; the Hebrew word shoshana has been identified with both flowers [1]) is a poetic Hebrew love song. Its melody is often used as wedding music in Jewish weddings. It is well known within Israeli and Jewish music circles and throughout the Middle East, and ...
American-born actress, daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants Seinfeld: Laurence Harvey: 1928–1973 Lithuanian-born actor, achieved fame in British and American films [252] Steven Hill: 1922–2016 American film and television actor [680] Judy Holliday: 1921–1965 American Academy Award–winning actress and singer [681] [682] Miriam Karlin ...
The Chanukah Song. " The Chanukah Song " is a novelty song written by comedian Adam Sandler with Saturday Night Live writers Lewis Morton and Ian Maxtone-Graham and originally performed by Sandler on Saturday Night Live ' s Weekend Update on December 3, 1994. [1] Sandler subsequently performed the song as part of his stand-up act, later ...
Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), film actress (Jewish mother) [71] [72] Ariana Jollee (born 1982), pornographic actress and pornographic film director [citation needed] Jeremy Jordan (born 1984), stage/musical film/television actor (Jewish mother) [73] Lucian Kahn (born 1982), musician
Sheva Brachot ( Hebrew: שבע ברכות; literally, "the seven blessings"), also known as birkot nissuin ( Hebrew: ברכות נישואין; literally, "the wedding blessings") in Halakha, are blessings that have historically been recited during the wedding of a Jewish couple. [1] There are two stages to a Jewish wedding: betrothal ( erusin ...
The wedding was a huge spectacle with the groom being a grandson of a famous rabbi. Thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the the newlyweds. Orthodox Jews, who are known to be ...
A get, ghet, [ 1][ 2][ 3] or gett ( / ɡɛt /; Imperial Aramaic: גט, plural gittin גטין) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple. The term is also used to refer to the divorce itself. [ 4][ 5] The get is a 12-line document written in Aramaic. [ 6] The requirements for a get include that ...
Nigun refers to religious songs and tunes that are sung by groups. It is a form of voice instrumental music, often without any lyrics or words, although sounds like “bim-bim-bam” or “Ai-ai-ai!” are often used. Sometimes, Bible verses or quotes from other classical Jewish texts are sung repetitively in the form of a nigun.