A remarkable collection of vocal performances of Jewish Sacred Music from the Middle East, Andalusia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia - songs of exultation, longing, love, and Divine immanence - accompanied by an ensemble of masterful musicians.

The 32-page booklet includes song descriptions; all texts are provided in transliteration, English translation, and in Hebrew or Yiddish.

Click the links below to hear sound clips from the album (in MP3 format):

1. Ha'aderet Veha'emunah - LeKhay Olamim (5:09)
2. Le'El Adir Neranenah (3:50)
3. Bati Legani (3:55)
4. Kinah Lekhurban Gan Eden (6:15)
5. Sephardi Yerushalmi Khatsi Kaddish (2:07)
6. Navah Tehilah (3:44)
7. Hayoshevet Baganim (2:32)
8. Eyn Keloheynu (3:02)
9. Modeh Ani / Elohay Neshamah (2:51)
10. Eli Shema Koli (5:19)
11. Reb Nachman's Niggun (5:36)
12. Hishtapkhut Hanefesh (3:03)
13. Niggun of the Alter Rebbe (3:21)
14. Ve'erastikh Li (5:08)
15. El Mistater (7:10)
16. Ashrey (5:44)
17. Yemeni Shema (1:07)
18. Grandfather Sang a Song (6:00)

Vocal performances of a host of under-exposed gems from around the Jewish world - Middle Eastern songs, Andalusian melodies, Chasidic nigguns, and original Hebrew chants accompanied by a full ensemble of instrumentalists.

A 20-page booklet with background on all the songs is included.

Click the links below to hear sound clips from the album (in MP3 format):

1. Bar'chu - Yemen
2. Hallelu Adonai - South Asia
3. Ki Eshmerah Shabbat - Jerusalem
4. Eli Yah Eli - Syria
5. Rav's Niggun - Belarus
6. Yah Ribon - Iraq
7. El Adon - Jerusalem
8. Kinah - Eastern Europe
9. Zochreynu l'Chaim - South Asia
10. Hosha Na - Eastern Europe
11. Niggun of the Besht - Galicia
12. Tiskabeyl - Poland
13. Lecha Dodi - Morocco
14. Hallelu Avdey Adonai - Iraq
15. Psalm 150 - Jerusalem
16. Ana b'Koreynu - Turkey
17. Yigdal - Morocco
18. Bar'chu Reprise

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