For Chanukah, Zusha Recorded Yetziv Pisgam?

Move Over, Maccabeats!

From the mailbag...

Rabbi Moshe Friedman writes:

For the Chanukah period, I thought you’d be interested in covering this year’s most exciting new Chanukah music video.  “Light One More” by Rav Mo is a hip-hop/pop breakout song, produced by a Grammy award-winning producer and mastered at the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London.

With a message of increasing light in the darkness, it addresses some of the difficulties of families separated during the Covid lockdown.  For more information please see the attached press release and photograph.

The video can be viewed here: Rav Mo - Light One More feat. Yoni Shine - Hanukkah - YouTube

From the mailbag...

Ari Goldwag writes:

I just put out a new video, and I'd love it if you'd share it on your blog.

I really try to create songs with meaningful lyrics and music, as well as videos with good content - the idea behind the video is that the lyrics speak of our trust in Hashem (Bitachon) and our ecstatic song for all the good He does for us. I tried to express that in the imagery of the caterpillar (our hope for the future) and the butterflies - the beautiful expression of Hashem's kindness that comes when we wait for it.

Thanks so much,

Ari Goldwag

https://youtu.be/m-cwEwFPbMQ

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Classic Groove!

Lord Rabbi Sacks ZT"L on Jewish Music

A worthwhile interview with the late Chief Rabbi in which he shares some thoughts on the importance of Jewish music in several places.
Listen here:  Behind the Bima

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Gmar Chasima Tova!

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Ha Ha Hasidic

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קנא לשמך - זזים עם החזן חיים שטרן

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Such a good song deserves sharing here, even if it's a Yiddish version of it with cheesy video effects. And of course, the original by Amir Dadoun and Shuli Rand is incredible.

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צחי קליין • שלהי שנה

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Oud That

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YouTube:

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An odd venue for an odd piece. It really needed an editor familiar with a wide range of Jewish music, not just the pop/simcha stuff.

What If Green Day Was A Jewish Wedding Band?

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May the family find nechama.

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Funky Purim!

Singing Translations!

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He Cant Sing At His Shul Anymore

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Now That's A Yiddish Twist!

Solomon Schwartz & Sons Orchestra

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TSA Vs. Baal Kora

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2/4

Funny! I once played a Sheva Brachos where most of the guests flew straight in from the previous night's wedding to the Sheva Brachos. As a result, the only people dancing during the short dance set were the bride/groom and the local guests who hadn't been at the wedding. Everyone else stood around clapping. The Jewish guests on 1and 3 and the few Black guests on 2 and 4.



Black Missionary Arrives At White Church To Teach Them How To Clap On Beat

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Motty Steinmetz-Yankele Hakoines