sephardic religious music

Maftirim: Unutulan Yahudi-Sufi Geleneği

Maftirim is a hymn-singing tradition unique to the Turkish Jewish community, still practiced in Istanbul’s Sisli Synagogue. Most of the religious Jewish music in the Maftirim repertoire has strong connections to Ottoman court (classical) music. Many of the hymns sung in Turkey’s synagogues are precise replications of Ottoman vocal and …