
Eliyahoo
Hanabee
Musical
tradition of the Bene Israel of Bombay

Bene Israel family in Bombay, c. 1890
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SHEVA BERAKHOT |
6:27 |
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(“SEVEN BLESSINGS”) |
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| 2 |
YONATI ZIV YIFATEKH |
4:33 |
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(“MY DOVE, YOUR BEAUTY SHINES FORTH”)
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| 3 |
YIGDAL |
5:57 |
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(“EXALTED BE THE LIVING GOD”) |
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| 4 |
ADON OLAM
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2:07 |
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(“LORD OF THE UNIVERSE”) |
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| 5 |
YAH RIBON |
4:52 |
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(“O CREATOR”) |
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| 6 |
YEDID NEFESH |
3:43 |
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(“BELOVED OF THE SOUL”) |
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| 7 |
MAAZHA YOSEF |
3:09 |
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(“MY JOSEPH”) |
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| 8 |
TSUR MISHELO ACHALNU |
4:58 |
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(“ROCK, FROM WHOSE WE HAVE EATEN”)
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| 9 |
YOM HASHABAT |
4:19 |
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THE SABBATH DAY |
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| 10 |
AZ TAPIL |
3:29 |
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(“THEN YOU WILL CAUSE YOUR POSSESSION
TO FALL IN PLEASANT PLACES”) |
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| 11 |
KI ESHMERA SHABAT |
5:05 |
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(“IF I SAFEGUARD THE SABBATH”) |
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| 12 |
ELIYAHOO HANABEE |
5:15 |
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(“ELIJAH, THE PROPHET”) |
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| 13 |
ELI ELIYAHOO & AGIL VE-ESMACH
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4:36 |
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(“MY LORD, GOD OF ELIJAH” AND “I WILL
EXULT AND BE GLAD”) |
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Pinhas Reuben Pezarkar - soloist, harmonium
Pinhas David Bhalkar, Benjamin Simon Dandekar, Levi Jacob - singers
Editor and producer: Yuval Shaked
Recordings: Gidi Boss (Bombay, April 1996)
Cover photos: Jonathan Torgovnik (Bombay, January 1997)
Beth Hatefutsoth
Records are produced in cooperation with the Yoshua Rabinowitz Tel Aviv
Foundation for the Arts.
Beth Hatefutsoth
expresses its gratitude to Stichting Levi Lassen, The Hague, Netherlands,
for the assistance in the production of this CD
Bene Israel /
The
Jews of Cochin
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