Good afternoon, and a gutten Chodesh Kislev to each of you. Over the past month and a half, every single one of us have been tasked to navigate a vast array of feelings, emotions and tests of faith, the likes of which most of us have never experienced before. The task...
I write this with tremendous hesitation. To be honest, the fact that you are reading this means that I was able to push aside the little voice inside my head - and perhaps the voice of better judgment - telling me NOT to send this out. For those who may not have...
Released by Mosdos Kever Rachel in honor of the 3,574th Yahrtzeit of Rachel Imeinu- Featuring: Benny Friedman & Baruch Levine- Children's Choir: Shir V’shevach Boys Choir- Composed & Written By: Chayala Neuhaus- Music Produced By: Doni Gross- Video Produced...
In Conjunction with R’ Shai Graucher and Standing Together/Chessed V'Rachamim- Featuring: Benny Friedman- Music Produced By: Doni Gross- Video Produced By: KolRom Ever since the war broke out, the chesed of Klal Yisrael has been nonstop. We’ve all seen and heard clips...
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.
His music moved us, his stories inspired us, and his love for life and for those who lived it obligated all who knew him to live a life worth living – to make a difference in the world with the gifts that we were given.
Ninety years after his passing, Yossele Rosenblatt’s impact on chazzanus, in particular, and Jewish music, in general, continues to be felt.
It is through the kol Torah that the world continues to exist and it will be through the kol Torah that the world will merit the Geulah Shelaima, b’karov bi’yameinu.
The Gemara (Brachos 7a) tells us here that Hashem showed Moshe the knot of His tefillin. The knot of Hashem’s tefillin signifies Klal Yisroel’s eternal attachment to the Almighty, even though we may not realize His Providential involvement and Divine intervention in our lives until much later on.
Through all of life’s distractions – big or small, easy or hard – and of all the ways to receive this important message, I guess it’s somewhat ironic that it’s through music that I am reminded I am never alone.