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The existence of God. God's unity and indivisibility into elements.

Our Lecture today involves a discussion of two older dances by two well known choreographers (photographs at the left, singer to the right . The dances in question:. Ani Ma’amin ( Maamin ) choreographed by Avner Naim in 1992. Music composed by Yosi Levy, sung by Daklon.

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The existence of God. God's unity and indivisibility into elements.

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  1. Our Lecture today involves a discussion of two older dances by two well known choreographers (photographs at the left, singer to the right . The dances in question: Ani Ma’amin(Maamin) choreographed by AvnerNaim in 1992. Music composed by Yosi Levy, sung by Daklon KolNedaraichoreographed by ShmulikGov Ari in 1988. Music composed by Yair Klinger, lyrics by Leah Lopenfeld. Haim Moshe is the singer Our lecture is being given by Sharon Schanzer. This is the second of these lectures delving into the meaning of the lyrics of dances that we do multiple times a year. Included with this lecture is a handout of the slides that we will be discussing today. This handout will also be available on the disk coordinator website, www.thediskcoordinator.com

  2. Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon, pictured here and more famously known as Maimonides, was a philosopher, physician and Rabbi active in the later part of the 12 century (1100’s) in Spain and Egypt. Spain, at that point, had been invaded by the Moors (of Islamic faith) from Africa and an alliance between the Jews and Moors created a mecca for the advancement of science and philosophy. Maimonides was his most intellectually active while the Moors controlled Spain, but as their control was loosened, and in his later life, Maimonides moved to Egypt where he died in 1204. His influence in southern Spain, especially the city of Cordoba, continues today. He is considered as one of the most influential philosophers of the middle ages. Maimonides fashioned the 13 principles of faith for the Jewish religion. Below we list these: The existence of God. God's unity and indivisibility into elements. God's spirituality and incorporeality. God's eternity. God alone should be the object of worship. Revelation through God's prophets. The preeminence of Moses among the prophets. The Torah that we have today is the one dictated to Moses by God. The Torah given by Moses will not be replaced and that nothing may be added or removed from it. God's awareness of all human actions and thoughts. Reward of good and punishment of evil. The coming of the Jewish Messiah. The resurrection of the dead. The first set of lyrics discussed pertain to the 12th article of faith.

  3. The song’s lyrics are an extension of Maimonides xii article of faith. The extensions are done to create a piece of music.

  4. The words below are a list of the words of interest in these lyrics; the word “believe” is very prominent. Note: Repetition has been added to increase the length of the lyrics. Maimonides’ original words would not have had the length to carry any melody. We assume the repetition was inserted by the original singer, Daklon, as the official attribution of the lyrics is to Maimionides’ 12th article.

  5. Our Second song to be discussed – KolNedarai Our second dance, KolNedarai, is a song whose choreography is done by ShmulikGov Ari, one of the most prolific Israeli dance choreographers. Shown here is the Aussie database listing of Gov Ari’s dances over the last two years. What’s remarkable is that Gov Ari’s choreography goes back to the 70’s so, he has been at this for some 50 years. Note that he choreographed six dances in 2016 and 2017. Shmulik is still active in attending workshops (as indicated in the next slide) and continues teaching weekly classes in the Tarrytown NY area.

  6. The Melbourne, Australia Zooz Israeli dance class used to hold an annual Fall fling. Each of these had a theme and a specific choreographer for that weekend. The theme for 2013 was James Bond Z00Z. Shmulik was the choreographer. The pictures here show Shmulik posing with some of the dancers that weekend as he taught 12 of his own choreographies. One highlight of the weekend was the Saturday evening dinner presentation on the theme of the weekend and everyone, including Shmulik, dressed for the occasion. Shmulik teaches several classes a week in the Tarrytown area. Since he likes to work with kids, at least one of the classes involves Israeli dance with teenagers.

  7. While the common assumption is that the words “ KolNedarai” are related to” KolNidre” (the early evening services of Yom Kippur), the languages are somewhat different. The KolNidre prayer is in Aramaic, while KolNedarai is Hebrew. While some dancers may think that this song is possibly a prayer (in some way related to KolNidre, the Yom Kipper prayer), you can see that the English translation is about a man saddened by the loss of his love (either through break-up, divorce or death, although the cause is not specified). The vows in this case are either marriage, engagement or just of love, but there is no doubt about the hurt that is felt in the loss of the relationship..

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