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Holy songs and poetry are often found in Tanach. Another meaning is that of ordinary Jewish songs.
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If a composer of a nigun is accused of a serious offense should his nigun no longer be sung?
As stated previously, Rav Moshe Feinstein addressed this in Igros Moshe, Even HaEzer Vol. 1, § 96.
If they were written when the fellow was acting properly, they are totally fine. (Rav Moshe talks ab …
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Could you translate this Hebrew poetry to English?
Very roughly:
The tablets are two,
written earnestly,
in them commandments ten,
examined as testimony.
[The Jews] heard [the 1st commandment] "I am ..."
and [the 2nd] "you shall not have ..."
from t …
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Singular and plural in Maoz Tzur
I'd heard it discussed. If I recall correctly, the suggestion was that while the song is generally describing the Jewish people as a collective entity, each person needs to give thanks in their own wa …
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Yom tov kiddush tune
Cantor Goffin refers to it as "Traditional / Corollary MiSinai", and therefore in his opinion, immutable. Not as iron-clad as something recorded by Maharil, "father of Ashkenazic custom", though.
So …
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Source online for the melody of "yetziv pisgom" said in the Haftorah for second day Shavous
http://archive.org/details/Yetziv_Pisgam
Is that the one you've heard?
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What exactly is the story behind the person who wrote the Akdomus (said on Shavous)
I've heard various versions of the larger-than-life tale you're referencing (including one in which the antagonist dies simultaneously of stoning, burning, decapitation, and strangulation). Gershon re …
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Halachic Problems with "Hatikvah"
HaTikva is the Israeli national anthem. Certainly, how one views the State of Israel will have bearing on how one views its national anthem.
HaTikva was written by a secular Jew, and it speaks of a …
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Shabbos Zmiros author
As a broader overview of the other answers given:
The texts of the different Zmiros were written by many different authors.
Some are taken from the Bible and thus thousands of years old.
"Eishes Ch …
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Are you supposed to do the responsive parts of Hallel at the Seder?
The way I heard it, they're done responsively if you have three adults (presumably all male?); that way, one can say, "you (plural), gave praise to Hashem", and the other 2+ can respond.
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Why do we honor Charvona, specifically?
He was a small person with no particular ax to grind, yet he chose to speak up and said the right thing at the right time to get Haman executed (instead of just arrested). The Malbim says that Charvon …