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Re: Maoz Tzur & Shavuot
- From: SamWeiss <SamWeiss...>
- Subject: Re: Maoz Tzur & Shavuot
- Date: Wed 09 Jan 2002 05.39 (GMT)
At 06:45 PM 1/5/02, I. Oppenheim wrote:
>On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net wrote:
>>Quoting Werner:
>>... At the same time the older Piyut, Sh'ney Zeytim for the Sabbath of
>>Hanukkah was sung to the Germanic tune...
>This is an interesting conjecture, but unfortunately, Werner can't be
>correct. In Amsterdam the piyut 'Shenei Zeitim' is still sung every year,
>to its own peculiar tune...
Your observation is relevant to Dutch practice, but does not bear strongly
on the German minhag which Werner is discussing.
If you could send me the PDF file of the Dutch tune, I would like to see
it. Thanks.
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Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ
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