Category: Song of the Moment
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Song Obsession of the Moment: “N’kadesh”
The song of the moment for me is called “N’Kadesh,” a holiness prayer out of the Jewish liturgy. I first heard this song in a synagogue service from Central Synagogue in New York when I started paying attention to synagogue services last fall. You don’t need to understand Hebrew to know something is going…
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Y’varekh’kha
A song for this moment comes from a Bat Mitzvah service at Park Avenue Synagogue some years ago. I’ve been listening to it a lot in recent days. The moment is as sweet as the song is. I love the gentle hand of the cantor (Azi Schwartz) on the back of the young girl…
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“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
I suppose Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” from 1973 is what they would call the oldies these days. And since I’m older, this was a chorus I remember well from my childhood. I have no idea how many times I have heard this song over the years, but I feel like I just finally…