Questions tagged [trop-cantillation]
The traditional musical tunes that are used to chant the various books of Tanakh.
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What is the pronunciation of these nikkud?
I am trying to learn Hebrew pronunciation by reading Rashi's commentary on the Torah. However, the Torah’s text in this version of the book has a lot of Nikkud which I cannot find an explanation. ...
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Must Teamim be followed while reciting Tehilim?
The Tehillim in my Tanakh is of course full of cantillation marks, or ta'amim. But is it necessary to follow these Ta'amim, or could the recitation of Tehillim be made with “free spirit”, so to speak. ...
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Genesis 35:22 read twice with different trop?
Page 40 in my eish matzleach tikun shows Genesis 35:22 read two times with different trop according to the note at the bottom of the page.
Eight words in this passuck have 2 trop signals.
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Is there a glottal stop when pronouncing ?וְלָראוּבֵנִי [duplicate]
In the word וְלָראוּבֵנִי (Devarim 3:16):
Is the Aleph totally silent, or does it go with the vowel to produce a glottal stop after the Reish?
Rabbi Jeremy Wieder's recording doesn't seem to do a ...
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Resources to learn Germanic (Yekke) Haftarah trope
What are some useful resources to learn Germanic (Yekke) Haftarah trope?
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Guide to the Hebrew Cantillation Marks, what patterns are allowed, and how they are organized?
I am doing work on a Hebrew dictionary (amongst other language dictionaries), and I spent quite a bit of time working on a Hebrew transliterator to help in natural language processing (beside the ...
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Does Birkat kohanim have to be read with the trop
According to Halacha, is it required for a Kohen reciting Birkat kohanim to recite it in the trop/cantillation notes, or no? Are there different opinions on this by custom (Ashkenazi, Sephardi, ...
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Differences in and appropriateness (for Ashkenaim) of the Sephardic Tikkun Korim Simanim
I work for a day school (85% Ashkenazi population)and we're looking to gift a copy of the Tikkun Korim Simanim to our oldest grade of students. The Sephardi edition costs $5 less - a significant ...
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How to Lein Tehillim קלז
In Pereq קלז, the words יום ירושלים have an Oleh Veyored, but preceded by a normal Mehupach instead of the expected Galgal.
I understand that the above may be difficult to follow, so I’ll put some ...
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Re-articulate a sound repeated after a maqaf?
When the same sound is called for on both sides of a maqaf, does this call for a single, prolonged version of that sound, or a second articulation of that sound? E.g. אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ׃ in Gen 6:6.
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Is there anywhere I can learn the Yerushalmi cantillation online?
Basically the title, I can’t find anything, maybe y'all know.
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Looking for online Yerushalmi Trope trainer
Need a slow speed audio with large Hebrew font to learn to lead Shabbat Shacharit and The Musaf Amidah for Shabbat in the Yerushalmi trope.
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I heard that some Moroccan Taamim and/or Piyoutim originate from the zemirot/songs of the Leviim in the Beit Hamikdash. Are there Torah Sources?
I heard that some Moroccan Taamim and/or Piyoutim originate from the zemirot/songs of the Leviim in the Beit Hamikdash. Are there Torah Sources? I heard that the Hida wrote that there is a link ...
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Is there anyplace online where I can find the te'amim for Iyov, Mishlei, and Tehillim?
Is there anyplace online where I can find a reliable recording for the te'amim for Iyov, Mishlei, and Tehillim?
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Is there a siddur that has Ta'amei Mikra (trup) in it
I'm looking to buy a siddur that has the Ta'amim (trup) printed in all parts of davening.
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Pocket-size Tehillim with trop
Is there a clear, pocket-sized safer Tehillim, printed with trop ? Ideally, the girsah is corrected against the Keter Aram Soba. Everything I've seen is either fairly large or lacks trop, but I live ...
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Are there online sources for learning Te’amim of Tehillim?
Are there any online sources for learning how to read the Sephardi Te’amim of Tehillim? While I can find recordings, I can’t find any list or descriptions of the exceptions and such—for example, when ...
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Help learning Yemenite teamim for Yom Kippur morning Haftorah [duplicate]
How can I best learn the Yemenite teamim so I can chant the Yom Kippur morning Haftorah? I am already fluent with Ashkenazi teamim.
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How are *kri uksivs* marked in a Megillah/klaf that has vowels?
Chayei Adam brings down (155:14) that technically yes, one could take a handwritten Megillas Esther, add in the vowels and cantillation marks, and it would still be kosher:
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Exceptions to pausal form [duplicate]
The pasuq reads, (Vayiqra 3:14)
ג,יד וְהִקְרִ֤יב מִמֶּ֨נּוּ֙ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָ֑ה אֶת־הַחֵ֨לֶב֙ הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה אֶת־הַקֶּ֔רֶב וְאֵת֙ כָּל־הַחֵ֔לֶב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב׃
Why does the segol of ...
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Lo Tirtzach: Kamatz or Patach?
Minchat Shai at the beginning of Shemot 20 describes a version of the text of the Decalogue where the tzadi in the word תרצח has both a kamatz and a patach under it. He explains that the kamatz ...
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Vayikra 14:19 differences in trope
וְכִפֶּ֕ר עַל־הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר מִטֻּמְאָת֑וֹ I am having trouble truly understanding the difference of meaning using the different trope (zakef gadol, tipcha, etnachtah OR mercha tipcha etnachtah). I ...
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Learning to chant Torah with trope
It takes me at least 3-4 hours (cumulative) to learn 5-10 psukim (sentences) in trope. This is just one Aliyah! And unlike many of you, I know the notes, the grammar, and understand most of the words. ...
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Pausal form with a non-pausal cantillation mark
Someone pointed me to the following unusual verse (Malakhi 1:6):
בֵּ֛ן יְכַבֵּ֥ד אָ֖ב וְעֶ֣בֶד אֲדֹנָ֑יו וְאִם־אָ֣ב אָ֣נִי אַיֵּ֣ה כְבוֹדִ֡י וְאִם־אֲדוֹנִ֣ים אָנִי֩ אַיֵּ֨ה מֽוֹרָאִ֜י אָמַ֣ר ׀ ...
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How many pesukim are there that have two (or more) etnachta clauses?
The Pasuk Bereshit 35:22 carries two entachta clauses and a pasuk break without a sof pasuk Trope. Are there other pesukim with
a) two or more etnachta clauses?
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Is cantillation with Kriyat Shema required?
Is one required to recite Kriyat Shema with the tune of Torah reading? I know it says so in Talmidei Rabbenu Yonah on the Rif Brachoth 8b, however, as someone who learned Hebrew later in life, it is ...
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Why the rarest musical notes (Teamim) are located at the same verse in the Torah?
What is the reason that stand behind the fact that the rarest musical notes (Teamim) in the Torah are located in the same verse? What is so special in this specific verse to be chosen for those ...
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How are the trope / taamim of Sifrei Emeth Sung? [duplicate]
Some books in Tanach have a different kind of trop for the words. (see Psalms, e.g. under בַּעֲצַ֢ת and above רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים)
How is this trop read/sung?
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How many taamim/cantillation/trop marks are there?
I know there are different nusachot, but is there a maximal amount?
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ולא תתורו: kadma veazla or azla-geresh?
In the third parashah of Shema' (maftir from P' Shelach) we have a divergence of cantillation on the words ולא תתורו. In R' Wolf Heidenheim (see Koren for a contempary example) these words are ...
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Learning How to Lein, Chabad-style
I have trouble picking up tunes, and therefore I have never been able to catch how to lein. I have listened to a few Torah reading tutorial tapes, listened to the Chabad cantillation tune many time, ...
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Ambiguity due to lack of punctuation
In Hungarian medieval history there's an interesting episode, when a few high ranking noblemen conspired to kill the queen. They asked the archbishop what to do, but he was hesitant to join either ...
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Penultimate stress of אתה
By default, the world אַתָּה (you) has a final stress. If I am correct (and the concordance as well), out of 172 occurrences 159 satisfies this rule in the Torah (92%).* However, if this word is in a ...
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Could the trop of מה-פעל אל be a me'ayla?
כִּ֤י לֹא־נַ֙חַשׁ֙ בְּיַעֲקֹ֔ב וְלֹא־קֶ֖סֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כָּעֵ֗ת יֵאָמֵ֤ר לְיַעֲקֹב֙ וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מַה־פָּ֖עַל אֵֽל׃
Bamidbar 23:23
The word פעל is mile'eil (according to R' Breuer's conclusion ...
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Cantillation of the last chapter of Shema
It just caught my eyes that in the Artscroll siddur I use in the synagogue writes Bemidbar 15:39 the following way:
וְהָיָ֣ה לָכֶם֮ לְצִיצִת֒ וּרְאִיתֶ֣ם אֹת֗וֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺ֣ת ...
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Which passages in Megillat Esther are read with a different trope? [duplicate]
It's common practice to chant certain passages of Megillat Esther with a different trope. For example, 8:6 is read to the trope of Eichah, as are several other passages; in addition, certain passages ...
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Is practicing laining considered learning Torah?
Is practicing laining for a Parsha considered Talmud Torah?
Namely, does this "count" as Torah learning, would one get s'char for this etc OR could it be considered more like memorizing a song?
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Two instances of etnaḥta in Iyov 22:21
My Koren Ma'alot Tanakh (2018, ISBN 978-965-301-894-5) has Iyov 22:21 like this:
הַסְכֶּן־נָ֣א עִמּ֑וֹ וּשְׁלָ֑ם בָּ֝הֶ֗ם תְּֽבוֹאָֽתְךָ֥ טוֹבָֽה׃
Is this a mistake, or is it trying to indicate an ...
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What is the trope for Ezra/Nehemiah and Daniel
I have been studying these seforim and noticed the text is marked with trope. However, since these seforim are not read publically, what is the proper cantillation? Like neviim?
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Where can I find the music of the trop for Book of Ruth
I need to find out the trop for the book of Ruth fairly soon because our Rabbi has developed a minor illness and I'll have to do the reading on Shavuot. Surely there is something on the web with the ...
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Does the Mishnah have Taamei Mikrah?
In this book (end of #20, in bold), R' Shmaryahu Horowitz quotes the book "Maase Efod" by R' Yitzhak ben Moshe Halevy (1350-1415), that lists the proper ways of Torah learning and mentions ...
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Reading the megillah without the taamim (cantillation)
The Kesser Shem Tov 2:pg.536 writes that the minhag of London and Amsterdam is to read the Megillah without the taamim (cantillation). This minhag is also found in Alger and Ashkanaz. The reason that ...
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Is there an algorithmic way to determine whether a munakh is a munakh legarmei?
In general, a munakh before psik munakh revii is a munakh legarmei. That’s the easy part.
But this question makes it clear that there are others. Specifically, they occasionally occur
Before mapakh
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Is there a way to lein Taamei Emes that includes mesharsim?
I learned to lein Taamei Emes a few years ago using this link, which I found in a comment here on MY.
However, the tradition recorded there only takes the mafsikim into account, and all the mesharsim,...
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Determining Accented Syllable from Ta'amei Emet
I don't know the Ta'amei Emet, the system of markings used in Job, Proverbs, and Psalms, but I'd like to be able to know what syllable to accent when I read words from those books. So, I'm looking for ...
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What is Tarha Acharona?
Found this picture in this latin book. It seems to distinguish between a tarha and a tarha aharona. Any ideas what it is?
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When was music attached to trope?
My shul's chazzan and I have a good relationship, B"H. I ask him nusach questions; he asks me (A Torah reader) Torah questions. So, I'm passing this on from him...
We both understand that the main ...
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Is there a Targum Onkelos with Te'amim?
Is there a Targum Onkelos available online with Te'amim? I witnessed several versions of this in Yemenite and certain Sefardic books.
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Neḥemia 8:7 - Six pazers?
Neḥemia 8:7
וְיֵשׁ֡וּעַ וּבָנִ֡י וְשֵׁרֵ֥בְיָ֣ה ׀ יָמִ֡ין עַקּ֡וּב שַׁבְּתַ֣י ׀ הֽוֹדִיָּ֡֡ה מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡ה קְלִיטָ֣א עֲזַרְיָה֩ יוֹזָבָ֨ד חָנָ֤ן פְּלָאיָה֙ וְהַלְוִיִּ֔֔ם מְבִינִ֥ים אֶת־הָעָ֖ם ...
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What is special in "2000 ama" that it have the unique note [duplicate]
What is special in the words "2000 ama" in the verce numbers 35.5 that is has a conitasinal note that is unique in thw chumash (only found once)
Onther places in the bible that it is found
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