Welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi Sung by Cantor Jenna Sagan

In the summer of 1976, a small group of Jews banded together to form a Reform congregation in the Fountain Valley – Huntington Beach community in California. 

They were firmly committed to the idea that a synagogue should not only preach justice, but should endeavor to make that principle its guide in every facet of its operation. Congregation B’nai Tzedek is a Reform Synagogue with a love for tradition.

On this Shabbat we join cantor Jenna Sagan of Congregation B'nai Tzedek in the Kabbalat Shabbat service with a Sephardic version of Lecha Dodi.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

Welcoming Shabbat with Ein Keloheinu by Israel's Service Community Choir

Piyyut is poetry that combines a rich musical tradition together with a live language of emotion, which draws from layers of depth of Jewish thought, from the Bible to the Midrash, to the Midrash, to the Mishna and Kabbalah. The unity created by the combination of the words and the melody, gives the piyyut a new expression and here lies the secret of its magic. 

Israel's Service Community Choir performs a unique variety of lyrical piyyutim: Morocco, Algeria, Ashkenazi Hasidic, Cochin, Persia, Tunisia, Yemen and more. The choir performs musical programs full of thought and emotion, combining piyyutim and melodies from a variety of traditions with innovative arrangements for old piyyutim, and composing piyyutim in surprising and inspiring combinations. 

In this video, the choir performs Ein Keloheinu in Ladino.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!