It's time to welcome another Shabbat, with Lecha Dodi, the central part of the Kabbalat Shabbat service.
This version was sung by students in the schoolyard of the Efrata School of Jerusalem on Family Day, as their parents and grandparents sang along with them.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
Among the dozens of musicians performing at the festival were the Bustan Avraham band of Arab and Jewish musicians, reunited since 2012 and led by three of the founders, Zohar Fresco, Taiseer Elias, and Am Milstein, now with Haggai Cohen-Milo.
Also appearing at the festival was the Yearot Ensemble. Yearot weaves Jewish sacred poetry (piyutim) with traditional Balkan and Middle Eastern melodies, alongside original compositions inspired by regional folk traditions.
As we welcome another Shabbat, let's listen to a new version of Adon Olam, to which the Yearot Ensemble added a verse from Shir HaShirim, the Song of Songs.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
Just before Sukkot, Malkah Fleisher, wife of Yishai Fleisher, the international spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Hebron, went shopping.
In this video, recorded a few days before Sukkot which starts tonight, Malkah takes us on a tour of the Osher Ad store in Jerusalem, where everything you might want for the holiday and items you didn't know existed are available.
Yishai is a podcast host, pro-Israel advocate and political advisor. Malkah is an Israel-rights activist, host on the Yishai Fleisher Israel podcast, and a marketing communications strategist at JNS. She is a graduate of Cardozo Law School and a wife and mom raising three kids in Judea.
We will be celebrating Sukkot from tonight through Simchat Torah next Wednesday, so Jewish Humor Central is taking the week off and will return on Thursday, October 16.
Enjoy, and have a very happy Yom Tov!
Her focus is on technique and expression, and she is known for her professionalism and ability to adapt to diverse performance environments. She also collaborates with other musicians and artists.
Today we welcome Shabbat with Rivka Arki-Amar playing Uzi Hitman's version of Adon Olam on her harp as filmed in Jerusalem's City of David.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
A classically trained baritone, Halfon was born in England and grew up in London's ancient Spanish and Portuguese community under the tutelage of Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy z"l.
He studied Hazzanut with four of the outstanding cantors of the Western Sephardi tradition: Eliezer Abinun z"l, Abraham Beniso z"l, Abraham Lopes Cardozo z"l and Halfon Benarroch z"l. As a young man he received the call from Congregation Shearith Israel in New York to serve as Hazzan, and over the past 30 years he has been invited to sing in Sephardi synagogues across the world.
In 2006 he was appointed by the President of the State of Israel as Hazzan of the Presidential Synagogue. Daniel studied vocal production with Neil Semer and Kenneth Newbern in New York, and in Jerusalem with Jay Shir.
This spirited melody for Yigdal, which bears a striking, but probably wholly coincidental, resemblance to the Scottish folk song Coming Through The Rye, is a comparative late comer to the London repertoire. In all likelihood it was brought to Bevis Marks from the Netherlands by Hazzan Joseph Gomes de Mesquita (1878-1958). Although much loved, it is sung only occasionally on Shabbatot and Mo’adim. In the Portuguese community of Amsterdam, by contrast, this tune is the standard Erev Shabbat melody. In addition it provides an endearing setting for the table song Yah Ribon.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
In the evening we welcome Shemini Atzeret, a separate holiday which leads into Simchat Torah. In Israel, both holidays are celebrated in a single day.
The search for a nice set of the four species is a big project in Israel, where stands are set up in the street and in front of stores where the etrogim (citrons) are on display for buyers to inspect and purchase.
In this video, singer Aaron Holder visits the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, smelling his way through many etrogim before finding the perfect one.
We will be observing Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah on Thursday and Friday, leading into another Shabbat. So Jewish Humor Central will be taking a break for two days, and we'll be back on Sunday with our usual mix of humor and music.
Enjoy, Chag Sameach, and Shabbat Shalom!
Berry Sakharof is an Israeli rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is popular and critically acclaimed. He is often referred to as "the prince" or "the prince of Israeli rock".
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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Eyal Golan leads us in his popular song Am Yisrael Chai (The Nation of Israel Lives). Eyal is an Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi music pop fusion genre, and is considered one of the most successful singers in Israel.
Enjoy and Chag Sameach!
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Schwebel spearheaded the renaissance of Jewish a cappella music, as well as creating a vocally rich, pop-rock sound that transformed the definition of traditional Jewish music. He launched his solo career with his album, “Hearts Mind”, which has been called "groundbreaking" in its genre.
Eli has performed in Avery Fisher Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, The Jerusalem Theater, Universal Studios in Hollywood, and just came off sold out performances a Joe's Pub and David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center.
He has co-headlined with Mordechai Ben David, Avraham Fried, Matisyahu, Yaakov Shwekey, Yonatan Razel, 8th Day, Lipa Schmeltzer, Benny Friedman, Abie Rotenberg, Rivie Schwebel, Neshama Carlebach, Elly Kranzler and has joined D'veykus and The Rabbi's Sons a substitute member.
Today we welcome Shabbat with Eli Schwebel, accompanied by Daniel Hoffman & Yossi Bronfman singing Adon Olam to the melody of Sharm el Sheikh.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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Last year he performed at Kikar Hamusica, a modern complex in the picturesque Nachalat Shiva neighborhood in central Jerusalem and one of the most enchanting places to visit. Every day there are live performances in the square, the repertoire of performances in the square is wide and comprehensive, including rock n ‘roll, samba, klezmer, reggae, pop and Hasidic music.
Enjoy!
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Such a moment took place this week at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem when a two-year-old child from Chabad stood on a chair in the presence of a group of IDF soldiers and led them in reciting the Sh'ma and an excerpt from the Passover Haggadah.
In this video clip you can see the child leading and the soldiers responding to the Sh'ma and to the first sentence from this paragraph in the Haggadah:
Israel's television station ILTV reported as the marchers streamed through the city on the way to Sacher Park where they enjoyed hours of live musical acts, dance performances, and activities for children.
The march started 68 years ago in 1955, and grows larger every year.
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Tisha B’Av is a fast day that commemorates the destruction of the two Temples. It also happens to be the day that many other calamities have befallen the Jewish people, some of which are listed below:
Acheinu
kol beit yisrael, han'tunim b'tzara uvashivyah, haomdim bein bayam
uvein bayabasha. Hamakom Y'racheim Aleihem v'yotziem mitzra lirvacha
um'afaila l'orah umishiabud lig'ulah, hashta ba'agala uvizman
kariv.V'nomar: Amen
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אַחֵינוּ
כָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, הַנְּתוּנִים בְּצָרָה וּבַשִּׁבְיָה, הָעוֹמְדִים
בֵּין בַּיָּם וּבֵין בַּיַּבָּשָׁה, הַמָּקוֹם יְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם,
וְיוֹצִיאֵם מִצָּרָה לִרְוָחָה, וּמֵאֲפֵלָה לְאוֹרָה, וּמִשִּׁעְבּוּד
לִגְאֻלָּה, הַשְׁתָּא בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב.
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Translation:
As
for our brothers, the whole house of Israel, who are given over to
trouble or captvity, whether they abide on the sea or on the dry land:
May the All-present have mercy upon them, and bring them forth from trouble to enlargement, from darkness to light, and from subjection to redemption, now speedily and at a near time; and let us say, Amen. A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS: THE VIDEO IS NOT VIEWABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE EMAIL THAT YOU GET EACH DAY. YOU MUST CLICK ON THE TITLE AT THE TOP OF THE EMAIL TO REACH THE JEWISH HUMOR CENTRAL WEBSITE, FROM WHICH YOU CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON IN THE VIDEO IMAGE TO START THE VIDEO. | |
Actually the 100th anniversary was in June 2022, but with coronavirus restrictions in place last year, the celebration was held yesterday.
As Linda Gradstein wrote in The Jerusalem Post,
Mahaneh Yehuda was originally registered with the British Mandate authorities in June 1922, meaning the 100th birthday celebrations should have been held a year ago but were delayed because of corona. While the market originally began during the Ottoman Empire, with Arab farmers and villagers bringing their produce to the area, it was only during the Mandate that the British Mandate governor appointed a city planner named Charles Robert Ashby and an architect to draft a plan for the market, including proper sewage and garbage disposal.
His plan was never implemented, as it cost too much money, but the shuk continued to grow. Some of the Arab merchants sold their stalls to Jewish merchants, many of whom continue to operate them today. The Mahaneh Yehuda market association has more than 600 members.
Here is the video of the celebration posted by Israel's i24 News channel.
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Last year on this day, people from all around the world came together to talk about what they love most about the magnificent city of Jerusalem.
Wishing all our readers a happy Jerusalem Day!
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The Boys Town Jerusalem choir has a new Hanukkah video. Ner Li, a popular Chanukah song written by Levin Kipnis, speaks about how the candles spread light. In the music video, the choir boys spread light in small ways.
Boys Town Jerusalem is one of Israel's premier institutions for
educating the country's next generation of leaders in the fields of
technology, commerce, education, the military and public service.
Since
its founding in 1948, BTJ has pursued its mission of turning young boys
from limited backgrounds into young men with limitless futures. From
Junior High through the College level, the three part curriculum at Boys
Town - academic, technological and Torah - is designed to turn
otherwise disadvantaged Israeli youth into productive citizens of
tomorrow.
Boys Town’s 18 acre campus is a home away from home for its
more than 950 students. More than 7,500 graduates hold key positions
throughout Israeli society.
For Chanukah 2022, the Boys Town Jerusalem choir performs Ner Li.
Enjoy! Chag Chanukah Sameach!
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This gathering of tens of thousands became tradition following its initiation by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gafner during the War of Attrition. He thought of the impact and power the priestly blessing holds, even following the destruction of the temples, and decided to offer both kohanim and others to partake in this meaningful experience en masse during a period that was very difficult in the State of Israel.
Birkat Kohanim at the Kotel is something very worth attending at least once. Provided you aren’t bothered by very large crowds, join the tens of thousands of people who attend this event annually and receive the historic blessing from hundreds of Jews of priestly lineage as they face the congregation, hands stretched forward, chanting in one voice.
This was the scene yesterday morning at the Kotel as Jerusalem residents and visitors came together to receive the blessing of the Kohanim on the third day of Sukkot, the first day of Chol Hamoed.
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By using the traditional instruments and dressing in the authentic Mariachi attire, they put on a show that makes the audience feel as if they were actually in Mexico.
Yojanan Peretz, the pioneer of the group, made Aliya in 2018. Inspired by his former Hebrew professor Jacob Shekrel in Valencia, Spain he set out to scout the music scene in Israel. After months of extensive research, his heart was set on the Mexican genre.
In this interview with i24 TV, lead singer Yosef Daniel Villareal and the mariachi band sing and play Avadim Hayinu and Tequila near the walls of Jerusalem.
Enjoy!
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