As the holiest days of the year approach us, we decided to do something very different and help your understand the meaning behind the words of davening and the inspiration for some of the most popular niggunim. Lchaim! Check out ALL our episodes on 24Six! Apple:...
He was a gifted songwriter who lived and breathed the awesome days of Elul and the Yomim Nora’im all year round. Beginning Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Elul – and perhaps even before then – his home would be enveloped by the palpable mood of the season. There, you could find him sitting at his table, turning his machzor’s well-worn pages with a trembling hand, humming its hallowed tunes with tears streaming down his cheeks.
The key to returning to Hashem is feeling His love, and that if we were only to experience some of Hashem’s love, we would surely find our way back to Him. For this reason, I felt particularly inspired to feature a song that portrays within its words the warmth and comfort that Hashem’s love provides.
With Elul just around the corner, it's a great time to start focusing on the King, Hakadosh Boruch Hu. I reached out to Zusha to give some insight into their powerful song "King", and was treated to an amazing background story. Thank you to Zusha, Shlomo Gaisin and...
Bein Kach’s swingin’ message is quite clear: no matter how you say it and no matter what language you say it in, Hashem loves His children no matter what.
Season 2, Episode 4. Welcome to the second episode of our "Shishim Ribo" series - taking the deep lyrics and music of Ishay Ribo and unpacking it for the English-speaking audience. In this episode, Tuvia and Moshe tackle one of Ishay's most difficult, most beautiful...
It is impossible for a Jew to forget Yerushalayim. When he eats, when he prays, when he suffers, when he celebrates, when he weds, when he builds a home, and even when he dreams, he thinks of Yerushalayim. A Yid cannot forget Yerushalayim because he simply can’t live without it.
This Shabbos, it is especially fitting that we keep in mind the words of Retzei: “…she’lo te’hei tzarah v’yagon va’anacha b’yom menuchaseinu…,” that there be no distress, no grief, no pain or suffering for ourselves or for any of our fellow Yidden, “v’hareinu Hashem Elokeinu b’nechamas Tzion irecha…,” that we merit to bear witness to the ultimate comfort – the nechamas Tzion – with the immediate rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdash.
Season 2, Episode 3. This episode is generously sponsored by Rabbi E.B. "Bunny" and Shaindy Freedman Welcome back to all those who seek depth in Jewish music! For this episode we were blessed with an in-person interview with virtuoso Jewish violinist Daniel Ahaviel....
Kapittal 137: a prophetic scene that would sadly come to pass many years later. We were chased out of our homes and found ourselves weary, dragged to the very edge of the rivers of Babylonia. There we sat, inconsolable in our pain, feeling utterly bereft. Al Naharos Bavel….