RE: had gadya

[Katie Marcus <kmarcus...>]

Helen,

Thank you so much for the link.

Got a question though:  The history of the had gadya- I had some trouble 
with it.  If it developed in 1590, modeled after Twelve Days of Christmas 
or Alouette- why was aramaic chosen as a/the language for this expression?

Also, the article states that this song was never a part of Yemenite or 
Sephardi (Spanish) tradition?  What about un cavritico (which many 
gracioulsly forwarded to me a while ago.)  Is the article simply wrong?

-Katie Marcus
Program Coordinator, Jewish Life & Learning
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
(248) 661-7631
FAX: (248) 661-7711

-----Original Message-----
From:   Helen Winkler [SMTP:winklerh (at) hotmail(dot)com]
Sent:   Tuesday, April 03, 2001 6:57 PM
To:     World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:        had gadya

This month The Jewsih Heritage Online Mag has a feature all about goats and 
the song Had Gadya.  It's at:

http://www.jhom.com/topics/goats/index.html
Helen


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