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The Israeli rock star who will be heard in many synagogues this Yom Kippur—and why it matters
The clip above, part of the longer video below, is a performance of Seder Ha-Avodah, the “Avodah Service,” by Yishai Ribo in Jerusalem a few years ago. In today’s column, we’ll explain a bit about the song, but perhaps more importantly, suggest that this phenomenon of classic liturgy meeting “secular” Israelis is actually much more than a cultural curiosity. Why?
In this hurting and increasingly exhausted country, attachment to tradition may prove to be the source of resilience that our survival demands. More on that below.
The classic Avodah service (you can read through it on Sefaria)…
The skinny
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