Rappers and Rabbis Release New Sukkot Music Hip Hop Video Featuring Rapper Kosha Dillz

Rappers and Rabbis, the largest Jewish hip hop collective in the nation, has released a new music video just in time for Sukkot, which starts this Friday evening. They reimagine prayers, reinvent holidays, and use music as a means to connect with Jewish youth.

Rappers and Rabbis have developed interactive and hip-hop-inspired prayer books, Havdalah services, and Passover Haggadahs. They've reached more than 2,500 kids through performances and workshops in camps, schools, and youth groups nationwide, inspiring the next generation to embrace their inner MC.

Their latest release, Sukkah MCs, is a music video that pays tribute to the upcoming holiday of Sukkot, also known as the Festival of Booths. This song is already making waves, thanks to its educational yet fun approach. With captivating cinematography by Tolu, a renowned filmmaker from New York (Newark), and direction by Rachel Haymer, aka Kol Isha, the video brings the essence of Sukkot to life.

The Sukkah MCs music video not only showcases Rappers and Rabbis' talent but also features a guest appearance by the viral sensation Kosha Dillz. Kosha starts as himself, the rapper we know, before transforming into one of the Ushpizin. These Ushpizin are biblical figures traditionally invited into our homes during Sukkot, with each night welcoming a different guest. In this music video, we witness these ancient figures navigating the modern-day Sukkah.

Enjoy!

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Here Come the Rosh Hashanah Videos - "Apples and Honey are Good"

Apples and Honey are popular this year in Rosh Hashanah music videos. And a few music videos are using Honey, I'm Good, the song made popular by Andy Grammer, as the basis for a holiday parody.

With only two days until Rosh Hashanah, we picked this video as the best of the bunch. It's by Erez Cohen and features a large cast of characters, including juggler Sam Jacobs and cameo appearances by Hebrew rapper Kosha Dillz and Danielle Jacobs as Rebbetzin Rivka Leah Zelwig, whose hilarious videos we've featured on Jewish Humor Central. 

You'll find the lyrics just below the video.

Enjoy and Shabbat Shalom!

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APPLES & HONEY ARE GOOD LYRICS:
Chorus:
Apples and honey are good
Wanna dip another but I probably should not
I’ve got so many at home
And if I stay I might just eat em ‘all

Apples and honey are good
Wanna dip another but I probably should not
So I’ve gotta bid them adieu
May your year be sweet and new
(Sweet and New)

Verse 1:
It's been a long, long year for Jews everywhere
Now the holiday season's in the air, (I’m singin' like)
I can't wait for the New Year feast tonight
Cuz in 10 more days we won’t eat a bite (Yom Kippur, like)

Oh baby, Oh maybe,
Could start this year right, baby,
my King has already got all of my love

CHORUS

Verse 2:
Oh we eat the head and not the tail
So we’ll be our best and never fail (now check it out)
I've got G-d and He's got me
So I’ll throw my sins to the fish in the sea (Singin’ like)

Oh baby, oh maybe
I’ve got no more wrongs, baby
my King has already got all of my love

CHORUS

Bridge:

Oh the shul is, shul is all dressed up in white
Oh, That Shofar, sound it makes me feel so alive
So Alive!

Kosha Dillz Performs Carlebach Standard at Friday Night Live Service in L.A.

For the last five years, Rabbi David Wolpe and Craig Taubman have been leading a Friday Night Live service at Temple Sinai in Los Angeles, the largest Conservative congregation in the US.

In 2014, before passing the leadership baton for the service to a younger team, they invited Rami Matan Even-Esh, the rapper better known by his stage name Kosha Dillz, to perform on the bimah.

After singing an extended version of Shlomo Carlebach's Ki Ba Mo'ed with words from the service, the congregation joined Kosha Dills in placing Shabbat Shalom into the song.

Shabbat shalom to all!

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