Welcoming Shabbat with Yedid Nefesh by Cantor Yaki Lauer of La Kehile, the Ashkenazi Community of Mexico City

Yedid Nefesh is the first piyyut sung in the Kabbalat Shabbat service every Friday night. It's a moment when we arrive at the synagogue, pause from the rhythm of the week, enter the Shabbat atmosphere, stand together, and pray from the heart. 

This music video was filmed in the first Ashkenazi synagogue in Mexico City, Justo Sierra, built approximately 85 years ago by the Ashkenazi community. The video showcases the impressive murals and the ancient and majestic Holy Ark (Aron Hakodesh). In this historic synagogue, some of the great cantors of the golden age prayed and sang, such as Zevulun Kwartin, Moshe and David Koussevitzky, Richard Tucker, Shmuel Vigoda, among many others.

In this video Yedid Nefesh is sung by international Chazzan & Singer Yaki Lauer, the Chief Chazzan of the community Ashkenazi in Mexico City (La Kehile).

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!