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Udi Spielman

Kabbalah · Contemporary Jewish Liturgy

Israeli hazzan working in contemporary Jewish liturgical music.

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Udi Spielman

Udi Spielman is an Israeli hazzan whose work sits in contemporary Jewish liturgical music — the prayers are the old ones, the settings are not.

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Music

Unetaneh Tokef

The prayer of the Days of Awe on who shall live and who shall die, sung by Udi and Varda Spielman.

5 min
Music

Uv'shofar Gadol

A passage from the High Holy Day liturgy on the great shofar and the still small voice that follows it.

5 min
Music

Adon Olam

The closing hymn of the synagogue service, on the One who was before anything was formed, sung by cantor Udi Spielman.

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Concealment & the hidden light

Kabbalah

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