Lectures on Tisha B’Av, Recitation of Kinot and Eicha by Rabbi Joshua Maroof. Rabbi Joshua Maroof received his baccalaureate degree with honors from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and his masters degree in Educational Psychology from the City University of New York (CUNY). He received semicha (ordination) from Rabbi Yisrael Chait, Rosh Yeshiva [...]
Sephardic Roots: Jewish Music from Spain A new generation of singers from Israel, the U.S., and Europe has rediscovered these ancient cantigas and reveals their haunting beauty. Gerard Edery (Morocco) and Yasmin Levy (Israel) play up the Spanish roots, folkies like Judy Frankel (U.S.) explore the poetry, and ensembles such as Sarband and the Sephardic Experience [...]
Meydad Tasa was born in 1993 in Jerusalem. He lives today in Zichron Ya’akov. His love of music and his amazing singing abilities turned into an instant young prodigy. Meydad’s first stage appearance was at the young age of 6. With an overwhelmingly enthusiastic crowd, Medad became an instant musical star. Since, Meydad Tasa is [...]
A wide-ranging collection of contemplative, devotional, meditative and healing songs for spiritual practice and pure enjoyment – songs from Greece, Turkey, Spain, Eastern Europe and Inner Asia. Vocalist and Cantor Richard Kaplan is accompanied by an ensemble of stellar musicians. A twenty-four page booklet is included with song descriptions and lyrics. The Hidden One: Jewish Mystical [...]
Kol Yaakob is the official Sephardic Daily Prayer Book based on the customs from Aleppo*, Syria. Concept by Bert I Dweck and developed by United Holdings Group on behalf of the Sephardic Heritage Foundation. Sephardic Heritage Foundation is a Non-Profit Organization focused on facilitating the religious and cultural observance of the Jewish Syrian-Sephardic Community. By [...]
Life of the Worlds: Journeys In Jewish Sacred Music by Richard Kaplan In an interview promoting Life of the Worlds, cantor and songwriter Richard Kaplan explained that the loose and free feel of his music came from encounters with the recordings of John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, and Elvin Jones. Listening to the album it’s easy to [...]
Kaddish is a traditional prayer that is said daily with a quorum of at least ten Jewish males who are over the age of thirteen. The word Kaddish means sanctification, and the prayer is a sanctification of G-d’s name. The mourner stands and says the Kaddish while the quorum responds in unison with the appropriate phrase . The [...]
Lectures on Tisha B’Av, Recitation of Kinot and Aicha by Rabbi Joshua Maroof. Rabbi Joshua Maroof received his baccalaureate degree with honors from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and his masters degree in Educational Psychology from the City University of New York (CUNY). He received semicha (ordination) from Rabbi Yisrael Chait, Rosh Yeshiva [...]
