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Oyfn Pripetshik" (Yiddish: אויפן פריפעטשיק, also spelled "Oyfn Pripetchik", "Oyfn Pripetchek", etc.; [note 1] English: "On the Hearth") [1] is a Yiddish song by M.M. Warshawsky (1848–1907). The song is about a melamed teaching his young students the Hebrew alphabet.
Anim Zemirot (Hebrew: אנעים זמירות, lit."I shall sweeten songs" [citation needed]) IPA: [ʔanˈʕiːm zǝmiːˈroːθ] is a Jewish liturgical poem recited in most Ashkenazic synagogues during Shabbat and holiday morning services; in most communities, it is said at the end of services, and in a small number of communities it is recited at the beginning of services or before the Torah ...
Most piyyutim are in Hebrew or Aramaic, and most follow some poetic scheme, such as an acrostic following the order of the Hebrew alphabet or spelling out the name of the author. Many are in the quantitative metres used for Arabic poetry. Many piyyutim are familiar to regular attenders of synagogue services.
Lyrics can be in several languages, including Hebrew for religious songs, and Ladino. These song traditions spread from Spain to Morocco (the Western Tradition ) and several parts of the Ottoman Empire (the Eastern Tradition ) including Greece, Jerusalem, the Balkans and Egypt .
The full song has nine verses recounting the courageous and saintly deeds of Elijah, each beginning with אִישׁ (ish) – "The man (who)". followed by a word in an alphabetic acrostic; then the quotation of Malachi 3:23–24, and then concluding with "Happy is he who has seen his [Elijah's] face in a dream". [1]
Children's songs in Hebrew (2 P) I. Israeli songs (10 C, 22 P) L. Jewish liturgical poems (4 C, 47 P) P. Passover songs (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Songs in Hebrew"
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"Shalom chaverim" is a Hebrew folk song which can be sung as a round in four parts. It is traditional, with unknown origin, [1] possibly going back to the Habonim Labor Zionist Youth movement. [2]