Jeff Klepper is an American Jewish Cantor, and one of the pioneers of the singer-…

… the second and third lines there are three common words (Adonay, Panav, Elekha [my lord, his face, towards you]). - The … the Lord's name only as lordship and not his full name (Adonay rather than Yahweh).   The Development of the Practice … this they recite the prayer, ' Yehi ratzon milfanekha, Adonay eloheinu ve'elohei avoteinu, shetehieh habrakha hazot …

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

Kaddish is one of the most important and central parts of the Jewish liturgy. Most of it…

Directed by Baruch Dienar   This French, docudrama explores different places in…

… in the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz saved her, as cello players were difficult to replace. The orchestra played …

The qinnot (dirges) for the Ninth of Av, the Hebrew date marking the destruction of the…

A term used by Hassidim and East European hazzanim; it literally means 'Movement.' An…

Nashid for the Sabbath by Shlomo ben Sa'id, signed Shlomo. It serves as a sort…

Isadore Freed was born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia on March 26, 1900. At the age of three,…