Introducing Judaism

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Chanting from Bible and traditional texts

• Chanting from the Torah (Exodus 18-20): bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp?action=displaypage&book=2&chapter=20&verse=2&portion=17
• Chanting the Scroll of Esther (read on Purim):
• Chanting from the Song of Songs, according to Sephardic melody: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songs#Recording
• Mishnah chanted in traditional sing-song:

From the calendar cycle

Sabbath:

• "Eshet Hayil" (woman of valour Proverbs Chapter 31)--sung at Sabbath evening meal:
• "Kiddush" (sanctification blessing) for the Sabbath evening:
• The Amidah--from Sabbath morning service (Conservative egalitarian version):

Passover:

• "Mah Nishntanah": four questions asked by child at Passover seder:
• "Ehad MI Yodea" (Who knows one?), Passover seder song, in Italian:

Tabernacles:

• "Sukka Velulav Le'am Segullah" (a sukkah and a lulav for a precious nation), holiday hymn according to tradition of Bombay, India:

Simhat Torah:

• "Mippi El" (from God's mouth) - Moroccan tune:

High Holy Days:

• "Adon Ha-Selihot" (Master of compassion), sung during New Year penitential season, according to the Jerusalem Sephardic tradition:
• Sounding of the Shofar according to Yemenite rite:
• "Kol Nidrei" recited at the onset of the Day of Atonement, in the traditoinal Ashkenazic melody:
• "E-l Nora Alilah" (God of mighty deeds), sung at Ne'ilah service on Day of Atonement according Sephardic custom:

Modern Jewish teachers:

• Rabbi J. D. Soloveitchik speaking about Messianism: real21mt.audiovideoweb.com/ramgen/avwebmt1283/music/j.nelson.6.mi.chamocha.rm
• Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach speaking about Purim and bus drivers:
• Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi on Jewish Renewal:

Hasidic and contemporary Jewish music:

• Modzitz Hasidim: "Menucha V'Simcha" (rest and joy) Sabbath hymn: real21mt.audiovideoweb.com/ramgen/avwebmt1283/music/j.nelson.6.mi.chamocha.rm
• "Meheirah Yishomah Be'orei Yehuda", from the wedding liturgy; Chabad Hasidic wedding song led by Rabbi Menahem-Mendel Schneersohn: real21mt.audiovideoweb.com/ramgen/avwebmt1283/music/j.nelson.6.mi.chamocha.rm
• Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach singing Mizmor Shir (Psalm to the Sabbath):
• Hayyim Mosheh, popular Israeli Sephardic singer: "Shabbehi et Yerushalyim" (praise Jerusalem; Psalm 147):
• Matisyahu, Hasidic reggae artist: "King without a Crown": www.matismusic.com/video/Matisyahu_KingWithoutACrown_studio_VidFull.mov