Welcoming Shabbat with Lemaan Ahai Sung by the Maayan Band from Toronto

This evening we welcome Shabbat with the pleasing sounds of Lemaan Ahai as played and sung by the Maayan Band - a group of musicians and friends from Toronto, Canada.  

On their website they describe themselves as different characters, tastes and backgrounds, but sharing the sense that the ancient sources, writings of the Jewish sages are the highest expression of the art of being human.

They draw inspiration and musical force from the ancient sources. What unites them is the desire to share that harmony that touches the eternal. Their performances are all about interacting with the people who come to spend time with them.

The song Lemaan Ahai, part of the liturgy of Kabbalat Shabbat, has lyrics from Psalms 122 with music by Shlomo Carlebach.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom.

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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: 18 (Chai) Versions of Shlomo Carlebach's "Am Yisroel Chai"

Shlomo Carlebach's music binds Jews of all kinds from all over the world, as seen in this three-minute mixtape of chai (18) kinds of Jews singing it - from Israeli soldiers to Reform cantors to yeshiva boys to Disney performers to Ethiopian Jews to passengers on Jerusalem's light rail. 

Bibi Netanyahu, Menachem Begin, and Reb Shlomo's own daughter Neshama all make appearances. 

The video was compiled for David Benkof's session "How Did Debbie Friedman and Shlomo Carlebach Liberate Jewish Music?" at Limmud Mallorca and Limmud Manchester, summer 2019.

Enjoy! 

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(A tip of the kippah to David Benkof for bringing this video to our attention.)

Kol Esperanza Sings Shlomo Carlebach Medley with Guest Dudu Fisher

Kol Esperanza is a new young operatic pop trio, founded as a power-vocal group to perform classical songs, opera great hits, standards, Broadway hits and music that can bridge different generations and audiences around the world.

Nimrod, Nadav and Omer joined forces under the direction of musical director Tomer, working on a rich concert program.

The group started performing on 2014 and have been touring worldwide. We saw them last February during our winter tour of South Florida. They will be performing again in South Florida next winter.

In this video clip, Kol Esperanza goes onstage with a medley of Shlomo Carlebach hits, joined by singer Dudu Fisher on the big screen.

Enjoy and Shabbat shalom!

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Welcoming Shabbat Carlebach-Style With Israeli a Cappella Group Kippalive

Kippalive is an Israeli a cappella group that started out as a group of friends in Raanana who got together every Friday night to sing and were discovered while singing in the streets of Raanana.

We featured them previously in an a cappella song for Chanukah in 2013 and last month for Passover.

On Fridays we try to post Shabbat-related music and this week we found a Shabbat service that Kippalive recorded in the style of the late singer and composer Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.

Carlebach-style services have sprung up in many cities and usually include a great deal of congregational singing, often with all the Friday night prayers sung in unison to melodies composed and made famous by Shlomo Carlebach.

Here's a sampling of a Carlebach-style Friday night service as sung by Kippalive.

Enjoy and Shabbat Shalom.

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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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