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Rav Elia Richetti was a valued cantor and held a deep knowledge of the ancient rituals of Italian Jewish communities. In order to collect and catalogue these music and tradition, passed through generations, a project was recently launched by UCEI with the Institut Europ\u00e9en des Musiques Juives. Rav Richetti took up the project with the same passion and enthusiasm that marked his longlife commitment to the Jewish word.<\/em><\/p>\n

An invaluable knowledge is in danger of falling into oblivion due to declining birth rates, the numerous aliyot, the subsequent demographic change and an increasing distancing from Judaism. The various rituals and songs of Italian Jewish Communities are among the many treasures in jeopardy. To this day, community rituals\u2019 preservation has been entrusted to individuals who taught the local rituals\u2019 music, upon request by a few volunteers.
\nThe \u201cChazanut Project\u201d was launched in order to raise interest, to provide a broader public and a comprehensive understanding of the evocative differences found among the rituals of Italian Communities \u2013 even those geographically close.
\nIt is an UCEI \u2013 Union of the Italian Jewish Communities initiative, in collaboration with the Institut Europ\u00e9en des Musiques Juives, a Paris-based institution which catalogues and preserves rituals from Communities all over Europe. In charge of the project was Rav Elia Richetti, the scientific head of the project, with Maestro Riccardo Moretti as coordinator of the UCEI Culture Commission and Ishai Richetti, operative coordinator.
\n\u201cThe project aims to collect and catalogue all Communities\u2019 liturgic traditions, of which we are able to find a trace,\u201d Rav Richetti pointed out recently. \u201cWith their three different rituals (Italian, Spanish and German \u2013 and in some instances Provencal), the Jewish Communities in Italy constitute a unique heritage. Not only are there remarkable differences in the ritual and its chanting from a Community to another, but songs may vary from synagogue to synagogue even in the same Community\u201d.
\n\u201cMelodies have changed and have been used in different contexts than the original, they have either disappeared or have been created by a single officiant – or an author expert in music, because of individual Jews or groups travelling from one place to another due to historical events, or various Communities\u2019 extinction and establishment\u201d, Richetti continued.
\nIt\u2019s essential, he concluded, \u201cto preserve what is still available, be it still in use, a remembrance, or otherwise documented, so that this valuable heritage does not get lost or forgotten.\u201d
\nIn addition to preserving the ritual, the project will bring worldwide knowledge of a poorly-known treasure and the implementation of important side activities. \u201cPlenty of the material is already existing, I pledge to make it better accessible. It is important and urgent to keep the Italian tradition alive\u201d, Maestro Moretti said stressing that it was \u201can honor to collaborate with someone as high-profile and knowledgeable of the Italian ritual as Rav Richetti\u201d.<\/p>\n

Translated by Silvia Bozzo and revised by Antonella Losavio, students at the Advanced School for Interpreters and Translators of Trieste University, interns at the newspaper office of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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