"Jewish Liturgical Music in Turkey from the Ottoman era to the present. The voice of Hazan Aaron Kohen Yaskak is one that should become more familiar to everyone already familiar with, say, Emil Zrihan. Those unfamiliar with the sanctuary offered by the Ottomans to Jews after the expulsion from Spain and prior, after the Almohades conquered Spain and introduced an intolerant strain of Islam that ended the Golden Age and drove Jews north into Christian Spain, or East will be pleasantly surprised to find Jewish compositions in the style of the Ottoman culture--Jews integrated deeply into the surrounding and initially welcoming culture. Those who are familiar with Ottoman music will be pleased and intrigued to hear it in a religious Jewish context, and performed so well. this is the successor to the " Maftirim" CD." (Klezmershack.com)
"Nigun or plural niggunim, meaning "tune" or "melody", is a form of Jewish religious song or tune sung by groups. Some nigunim performed as prayers of lament, while others may be joyous or victorious. Nigunim are largely improvisations, though they can be based on thematic passages and stylized in form, reflecting the teachings and charisma of the spiritual leadership of the congregation or its religious movement. Nigunim are especially central to worship in the Hasidic Judaism, which evolved its own structured, soulful forms to reflect the mystical joy of intense prayer (devekut)The belief is that when you sing a nigun, the soul of the rabbi who created it appears in the room. On festive occasions the nigunim are especially joyful melodies. On the festival of Simchat Torah, the most joyous day in the Jewish calendar, fervent nigunim are sung while dancing with the Torah scrolls in the synagogue." (alaskajewishmuseum)
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