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MiSinai Tunes
- From: Sam Weiss <SamWeiss...>
- Subject: MiSinai Tunes
- Date: Mon 27 Oct 2003 16.45 (GMT)
At 10:19 AM 10/27/03, Fred Blumenthal wrote:
According to
tradition, not only did Moses receive the written Torah on Mt. Sinai, he
also received all of Oral Torah, and he also received the MiSinai Tunes -
the motives that are the direct ancestors of Torah trope, Haftarah trope
and the Prayer Modes.
There is no "tradition" of Moses receiving MiSinai Tunes, other
than tongue-in-cheek. The appelation is equivalent to the
_expression_ "as old as the hills" (Sinai is an old hill, after
all). Also, MiSinai Tunes are complete Festival tunes and/or
developed chants in the Ashkenazic synagogue, they are not motives.
Examples are the High Holdiay Ma'ariv theme, the various Kaddish chants,
Ochilo Lo'Eyl, etc. The youngest of these -- and the most developed
and widespread -- are the various Ashkenazic versions of the Kol Nidre
chant. But even the oldest MiSinai Tunes are much younger than
scriptural cantillation (Trope).
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Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ
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