Why do the Jews break a glass at the end of the wedding? The breaking of the cup at the end of the Jewish wedding ceremony is known as the “breaking of the glass.” The breaking of a glass at the end of a Jewish wedding ceremony is a symbolic and traditional act that has a deep …
Judaism
The jewish wedding
The jewish wedding. The Jewish wedding has always been very present throughout the history of the Hebrew people. I have searched in the Torah and I have seen that I have not found the word "unmarried ". You can do the same exercise, searching the Torah, in English, on the web and do a …
Salomone Rossi, the Chazan that revolutionized the Jewish liturgical chant
History and origin of the Chazan (professional Jewish singer) - Early times - Part 3 Salomone Rossi was the Chazan that revolutionized the Jewish liturgical chant. As I had commented in the previous publication "History and origin of the Chazan (professional Jewish singer) - Early times - Part …
History and origin of the Chazan (professional Jewish singer) – Part 2
History and origin of the Chazan (professional Jewish singer) – Early days – Part 2 Towards the end of the 16th century, musical taste in most of Christian Europe, underwent profound changes. The cultured Jews observed that in the churches, the polyphonic music, with its rich harmonies …
History and origin of the Chazan (professional Jewish singer) – Part 1
The history and origin of the word CHAZAN comes from the Hebrew language and means "Cantor". The early times of the chazan in the synagogues goes back to the final period of the Renaissance, previous to the Baroque period. During this old times, the professional Chazan …