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HaAderet v'HaEmunah (Hebrew: האדרת והאמונה, 'The Glory and the Faith'), commonly referred to as LeChai Olamim (Hebrew: לחי עולמים), is a piyyut, or Jewish liturgical poem, sung or recited during Shacharit of Yom Kippur in virtually all Ashkenazic communities, and on Shabbat mornings in Chassidic communities.
According to the Encyclopaedia Judaica, this song is first found in Ashkenazi Haggadot of the 16th century. It is believed to have originated in Germany in the 15th century, possibly based on a German folk song " Guter freund ich frage dich ", which means "Good friend, I ask you".
The term zemirot is one of many that can be used to describe the table hymns of Shabbat, and the term is particularly popular in the parlance of Ashkenazi Jews. When used by Spanish and Portuguese Jews, zemirot refers to the sequence of psalms in the morning service, known to other communities by the Talmudic name p'suqe d'zimra. [2]
In the course of the 1st millennium CE, Jewish scholars [which?] developed an elaborate system of seven heavens, named: [5] [6] [7]. Vilon (Hebrew: וִילוֹן, Tiberian: Wīlōn, Curtain) [8] or Araphel (Hebrew: עֲרָפֶל, Tiberian: ʿĂrāp̄el, Thick Cloud): [9] The first heaven, governed by Archangel Gabriel, is the closest of heavenly realms to the Earth; it is also considered the ...
Ashkenazi Jews in Israel; Total population; 2.8 million (full or partial Ashkenazi Jewish descent) [1] [2] Regions with significant populations; Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and many other places: Languages; Hebrew (Main language for all generations); Older generation: Yiddish, Russian, Polish and other languages of countries that Ashkenazi Jews ...
Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Ukraine (3 C, 10 P) Ashkenazi Jewish culture in the United Kingdom (7 C, 2 P) Ashkenazi Jewish culture in the United States (19 C, 17 P)
Ashkenazi Jews, both in Israel and the Jewish diaspora, recite the prayer on Shabbat and on Jewish holidays. [4] Ashkenazi Jews recite the prayer between the recitation of the haftarah and the returning of the Torah scroll(s) to the Holy Ark. [10] Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, however, usually recite it at the time when the Torah scroll(s) are ...
Ashkenazic Jews named this official cantillation 'neginot' and it is represented in printed Hebrew versions of the Bible by a system of cantillation marks (sometimes referred to as neumes). In practice the cantillation often echoes the tones and rhythms of the countries and ages in which Jews lived, notably as regards the modality in which the ...