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L'Shana Haba'ah. Lag BaOmer. Bar Yochai. v. t. e. " Jerusalem of Gold " (Hebrew: ירושלים של זהב, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) is an Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer. Often contrasted with the official anthem Hatikva, the original song described the Jewish people's 2,000-year longing to return to Jerusalem.
Hatikvah (Hebrew: הַתִּקְוָה, romanized: hattiqvā, ; lit. ' The Hope ') is the national anthem of the State of Israel.Part of 19th-century Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel in order to reclaim it as a free and sovereign nation-state.
"Am Yisrael Chai" [a] is a Jewish solidarity anthem and a widely used expression of Jewish peoplehood and an affirmation of the continuity of the Jewish people. The phrase gained popularity during the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, when Jewish songwriter Shlomo Carlebach composed the song for the movement's 1965 solidarity rally in New York City.
Einat Betzalel and L' Orchestre Festival version; Cantors – A Faith In Song (Benzion Miller, Alberto Mizrahi & Naftali Herstik) (2003) The song is quoted in the Viola Sonata by Graham Waterhouse, entitled Sonata ebraica (Hebrew Sonata), written in 2012 and 2013, and recorded in 2015 by Hana Gubenko and Timon Altwegg who commissioned and ...
v. t. e. Lekha Dodi (Hebrew: לכה דודי) [a] is a Hebrew -language Jewish liturgical song recited Friday at dusk, usually at sundown, in synagogue to welcome the Sabbath prior to the evening services. It is part of Kabbalat Shabbat. The refrain of Lekha Dodi means "Let us go, my beloved, to greet the bride/the Sabbath presence, let us ...
Naftali Herz Imber was born in Złoczów (now Zolochiv, Ukraine), a city in Galicia, which then was part of the Austrian Empire. [1] His parents were Joshua Heschel Schorr and Hodel Imber, who followed a strictly Orthodox lifestyle. [2] He began writing poetry at the age of 10 and several years later received an award from Emperor Franz Joseph ...
Echad Mi Yodea. " Echad Mi Yodea " (Hebrew: אחד מי יודע?, lit. 'One, Who Knows?') is a traditional cumulative song sung on Passover and found in the haggadah. It enumerates common Jewish motifs and teachings. It is meant to be fun and humorous, while still imparting important lessons to the children present.
HaEmunah. Haemunah (Hebrew: הַאמונה, lit. 'The Faith') is a song written in the late 19th century by Abraham Isaac Kook. It places the Torah as the central component of the Jewish People's return to its land (Eretz Yisrael), and sees this process as a bigger step for the redemption of Israel, and by extension the world.