Since I was in high school I have spent most of my High Holy Days (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur) leading services in various contexts. I was in my congregational choir and learned how to blow the Shofar and learned the Torah reading for all the services on those days. For many years I served as a “Kol Bo” (chanting all the services and performing all the rituals) in a congregation in Timrat in the lower Galilee. In recent years I’ve served these functions in kibbutzim, mostly in the south of Israel.

Click here to down a CV including my High Holy Day experience.

Following is a sample of my chanting, using traditional “nusach” (chanting/melodies). Please contact me for further samples.

Hatzi Kaddish Pre-Musaf:

 

Kol Nidre (Lewandowski):

 

Maariv – Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur:

 

Shaharit and Musaf Avot:

 

Ya’aleh (Slichot after Maariv of Yom Kippur):