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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Sacred Soundtrack: The Poetry and Music of Piyut from Jewish Communities Around the World
Description: A virtual event presentation by Rabbi J. Rolando MatalonThe event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJAbout The Event: Composed and sung in different lands from the 3rd or 4th century CE on, piyut is the sung sacred poetry that has accompanied individuals, families, and entire communities in the spiritual journey of life throughout Jewish history and which represents the core of the Jewish people’s spiritual world.Piyutim are the sacred songs that have made the experience of Shabbat and the Jewish holidays beautiful and holy, both at the...