Seasoned with Song: Sacred Music of the Ashkenazic Sabbath Meals

With Dr. Eve Jochnowitz

The Sabbath meals and their songs are repeatedly cited as being among the chief pleasures and obligations of the Sabbath, codified with the Talmudic injunction that on the Sabbath Jews should eat, drink, discuss Torah and sing songs. Two traditions connect the Sabbath Zmires with Sabbath foods: the belief that the songs alone are nourishment, and the mystical tradition that food is itself a form of worship. This presentation examines some of the surprising cultural phenomena of the genre of zmires within and outside their traditional setting.











When: Thu., Mar. 31, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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With Dr. Eve Jochnowitz

The Sabbath meals and their songs are repeatedly cited as being among the chief pleasures and obligations of the Sabbath, codified with the Talmudic injunction that on the Sabbath Jews should eat, drink, discuss Torah and sing songs. Two traditions connect the Sabbath Zmires with Sabbath foods: the belief that the songs alone are nourishment, and the mystical tradition that food is itself a form of worship. This presentation examines some of the surprising cultural phenomena of the genre of zmires within and outside their traditional setting.

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