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Chad Gadya (One Kid)

Various Artists
Chad Gadya (One Kid)

The Jewish holiday of Passover (Pesach) commemorates and celebrates the exodus of the Jews from ancient Egypt. During the Passover meal, a traditional closing song is “Chad Gadya” (“One Young Goat,” often translated as “One Kid”), thought to have first appeared in print in 1590. Written in Aramaic (a close relative of ancient Hebrew), it has been sung not only in its original language but in the local vernacular, wherever Jews have lived.

Abraham Schwadron has collected recordings of unaccompanied singers rendering “Chad Gadya.” From his collection, he has selected twenty-five renditions in nine languages for this recording, representing a wide variety of tunes and musical styles.

The liner notes include the song’s history, a translation, and various allegorical explanations.

Track Listing

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Abraham Schwadron
05:00
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102
Leo Rosenblüth, Theodore Katz, Harry Abrams, Florence C. Lewis, Myer Fund, Moshe Moskovits, Ruth Rubin
09:17
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103
Greek singer, Ladino singer from Greece, Greek singers, Maurice Hasson, Morris Mizrahi
07:04
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201
Bluma Jarrick, French singer
03:36
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202
Fernando Belgrado, Colombo Vitaliano, Emanuele Weiss-Levi
04:08
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203
Isaac Behar, Edwin Seroussi
03:22
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204
Solomon Benchetrit, Bracha Zion, Khakham Ezra Mordekhai, Haim Ha Cohen, Raphael Yair Elnadav
10:21