B'H Shalom Friends, This Monday evening begins the holiday of Pesach where we remember the back-breaking labor our anscestors were forced to do while enslaved...
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rebseth
Apr 22, 2004 6:52 pm
B'H Shalom Friends, This Monday is Yom HaAtzmaut- Israel Independence Day. There are many musical celebrations commemorating the establishment of the State of...
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rebseth
May 6, 2004 6:22 pm
B'H Shalom Friends, This Sunday is Lag Ba'Omer (literally the 33rd day of the Omer), it commemorates the day that the students of R. Akiva stopped dying and is...
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rebseth
May 14, 2004 3:37 pm
B'H Dear Friends, It is with gratitude to Hashem that I announce the release of my debut cd, "Achas Shoalti- One Thing I ask," a project that I have been...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
May 19, 2004 7:15 pm
Dear Friends, Hello from Yerushalayim!!! My year of learning in the Holy Land is almost over, and I'll be coming back for the summer, but then next year I...
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Seth Nadel
rebseth
Jun 17, 2004 7:20 pm
Shalom Friends, There are so many great Jewish music events this summer! Don't miss the kick off Central Park Summer Kumzits, Sunday, June 27th. Reb Gili...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jun 25, 2004 8:40 pm
Dear Friends, I'm back in NY after a great year of learning in Jerusalem, and after the summer I'm going back again for another year. While I'm here, I'll be...
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Seth Nadel
rebseth
Jul 1, 2004 12:22 am
B"H Shalom Friends, This Tuesday, July 6th is the 17th of Tammuz. It is a day of fasting and mourning that commemorates five national tragedies: the breaking ...
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Seth Nadel
rebseth
Jul 29, 2004 3:44 am
Shalom Friends, This Shabbos is Shabbos Nachamu, literally the Shabbos of comfort. The name comes from the beginning of the haftorah that is read. The ...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Aug 13, 2004 12:11 pm
Dear Friends, I've been traveling all over the US this summer, but now I'm heading back to Israel for another year of learning. I hope you'll join me in...
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Seth Nadel
rebseth
Sep 5, 2004 5:24 am
Shalom Friends! There are a ton of great Jewish music events (indoors and outdoors) to help you ring in the new year. Besides for events celebrating the new...
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Seth Nadel
rebseth
Oct 21, 2004 9:00 pm
Shalom Friends, This coming Sunday, the 16th of Mar Cheshvan, commemorates the 10th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z'l. Reb Shlomo's music and message...
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Seth Nadel
rebseth
Dec 7, 2004 7:57 pm
B"H Shalom Friends, The joyous festival of Chanukah begins this evening. While we celebrate with the mitzvah of lighting candles, eating special foods, and...
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Seth Nadel
rebseth
Jan 24, 2005 7:28 pm
Dear Friends, Tonight begins the holiday of Tu B'Shevat- the 15th of the Jewish month of Shevat. The Talmud(Rosh Hashanah) tells us that the 15th of Shevat is...
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Seth Nadel
rebseth
Mar 23, 2005 2:38 pm
B'H Dear Friends, Tommorow night, begins the joyous festival of Purim! Sing, Dance, and Enjoy these great music events! Tonight, Wednesday, March 23rd @ 7:30pm...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jun 6, 2005 12:53 pm
Dear Friends, Hello from the Holy City of Jerusalem!!! For the past two years I've been studying here as in yeshiva as part of my smicha (ordination) program....
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Aug 12, 2005 9:02 pm
Dear Friends, After two wonderful years studying in Israel, my wife Chaya and I are back on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It's taken a few weeks to get...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Aug 19, 2005 7:43 pm
Dear Friends, I'm slowly getting back into the NYC groove, so please send me any more events to be included in next week's email. This weekend we celebrate Tu...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Aug 25, 2005 9:57 pm
Dear Friends, As much as I'm sad about leaving Israel, especially during this difficult time for the Jewish people, NY is the second-best place to be. There's...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Sep 9, 2005 9:50 pm
Dear Friends, After spending the past two years in Israel, I forgot how much Jewish music is going on in NY! Sorry for such a long list, but I tried not to...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Sep 15, 2005 6:55 pm
Dear Friends, I've gotten off to a great start at my new pulpit, Congregation Ramath Orah, where I'm working as rabbinic intern. The shul has a very warm and...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Sep 22, 2005 7:42 pm
Dear Friends, This weekend Ashkenazim begin the practice (Sephardim have been doing it all month) of saying the special selichos prayers, urging us along the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Oct 14, 2005 9:59 pm
Dear Friends, Sorry I haven't sent out a music update in the past couple of weeks: the High Holidays are the busiest time of year for both rabbis and cantors,...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Oct 20, 2005 7:14 pm
Dear Friends, I was out until 4am last night checking out the simchas beis hasho'eva (Sukkos party) scene in Borough Park. Every Chassidic sect sets up its...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Oct 28, 2005 8:14 pm
Dear Friends, This Shabbos we announce the new Jewish month of Cheshvan, nicknamed marcheshvan (the bitter month) for its lack of holidays, especially...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Nov 3, 2005 9:52 pm
Dear Friends, Announcing: 3 concerts with Yosef Karduner, visiting from Israel for his 5th annual NY concert tour. Raised as a secular Israeli and now a...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Nov 9, 2005 11:00 pm
Dear Friends, Two new concerts have been added to Yosef Karduner's US concert tour before he goes back home to Israel: tonight in Queens and tomorrow night in...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Nov 18, 2005 12:44 am
Dear Friends, Tonight, 16th of Marcheshvan, is the 11th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and his songs, stories and teachings continue to be a profound...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 1, 2005 10:17 pm
Dear Friends, Tonight is Rosh Chodesh Kislev, beginning the month of Chanukah, when we celebrate the role of the Jewish people to bring more light to the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 8, 2005 10:13 pm
Dear Friends, This weekend I'm fleeing the cold NY weather and flying south to Boca Raton to be a guest chazan for Shabbos. But if you're stuck here, you can...
