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Wed, May 21 2025 23 Iyyar 5785

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 • 5 Elul 5783

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Song and prayer are inextricably linked. During the High Holiday season, we have the opportunity to elevate, underscore, and even complicate our most iconic pieces of liturgy through the lens of song.

In this course, we will explore song as core source material, teasing out the music itself and the ways in which that which the music encompasses—the melodies, sounds, and textures—crack open the texts of our liturgy and infuse new meaning into our prayer. Participants will be guided through exercises in, not only learning in havruta, but listening in havruta—excavating the layers of interpretation within song itself as rich, complex Torah. Get ready to listen to a diverse array of recordings from across the Jewish soundscape, and to reflect, learn, and sing together in havruta! This course will also include two live, online lectures with the course instructor, Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz! These lectures are an exciting opportunity to connect further with the rest of the Project Zug Community.

Opening Lecture: Tuesday, August 22, 7:00 PM 

Closing Lecture: Tuesday, September 12, 7:00 PM 

Click here for the trailer on YouTube.

Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz is Hadar's Director of Tefillah and Music. An educator, practitioner, and facilitator of Jewish communal prayer, Deborah supports individuals and communities—both within Hadar’s beit midrash and beyond—on their journeys into song and tefillah. As a musician, Deborah has partnered creatively with a diverse array of voices in the Jewish soundscape; she has collaborated on over two dozen albums with Rising Song Records and beyond, including her own 2020 debut record The Narrow and the Expanse, and the 2023 Yetzira.  Deborah received rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and holds degrees in vocal performance, religious anthropology, and women and gender studies. Learn more about Deborah's work at www.deborahsacksmintz.com.

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