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Traditions That Ring a Bell

The goal of this activity is to understand how Jewish music and liturgy can connect us to other communities and their traditions. Students will have the opportunity to hear different songs and parts of prayer and guess where they come from through a guessing game

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Traditions That Ring a Bell

The goal of this activity is to understand how Jewish music and liturgy can connect us to other communities and their traditions. Students will have the opportunity to hear different songs and parts of prayer and guess where they come from through a guessing game

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30 min

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Step 1

Using the worksheet, listen to the 8 tracks from the National Library of Israel’s Music Collection and Sound Archive and try to guess:

What event or holiday is being celebrated or experienced?
What religious tradition or country of origin is the recording from?

Tip: Play the tracks more than once for the students to match the melody to the event. If needed, give them hints or a list of the answers so all they need to do is match the ritual to the recording

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Step 2

Discuss the following questions:

Did the recording sound familiar? Were there parts you recognized and if so, how did that feel?
How did you choose your answers? What hints did you base your guesses on?
What do the recordings tell us about Jewish culture? What is the role and importance of music in Jewish tradition?
What traditional tunes and songs do you know? Where did you learn them and who taught you ?
Would you like to learn more about different traditions? How can you do so ?

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