According to the Mishnah ​ — a third - century work that put into writing the earlier oral tradition — ​ these songs were sung at the Passover and the three annual festivals of the Jews.
मिशना के मुताबिक, ये गीत यहूदियों के फसह के दिन और तीन सालाना पर्वों के वक्‍त गाए जाते थे ।