Where does song end and prayer begin? Joey Weisenberg, founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute and author of The Torah of Music and Building Singing Communities joins Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the spiritual role of music in Jewish communal life, what creating has been like in a time of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to share some music that will uplift and inspire you.
Music included in this episode is listed below and at this Spotify playlist.
• Yonati (Song of Songs, 2:14)
• Gam Ki Eilech
• Shokhein Ad
• Ya’aleh Koneinu
• Lincoln’s Nigun / Yamin U’smol (Kabbalat Shabbat)
• L’eila (Kaddish)
It can be purchased through Rising Song Records.
This episode originally aired on April 5th, 2022.
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