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A New Sound of Kol Nidre
This is a unique musical experience that offers a new way of accessing the sounds of Kol Nidre. The program provides a spiritual exploration of the themes of the High Holy Days through an interweaving of traditional liturgy and contemporary music. This experience is for those who love music but struggle to connect to worship services and are looking for an alternative way of connecting to Jewish liturgy this Yom Kippur. If you are looking for a worship service, this experience is not for you!
What to Expect
We will be focusing on depth over breadth, isolating three of the most significant prayers of the High Holy Days: Hineini, Unetane Tokef, and Kol Nidre.
We will be removing these prayers from the context of a service, and organizing our evening into three sections, each of which will focus exclusively on one of the prayers listed above. In each case, Rabbi Jill Avrin will provide teaching and commentary to frame each section based on the themes of the prayers and then our musicians will perform both a traditional version of the prayer, as well as contemporary selections that serve as modern midrash (interpretation) on the prayers. They will be performing songs by Leonard Cohen, Weyes Blood, and Lucinda Williams, to name just a few. Each of the contemporary selections have been carefully chosen to evoke the themes of the liturgy and to help folks make connections between the old and the new.
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