It's time to prepare for the High Holidays! Join Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Institute to learn everything you need to know to lead Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur davening!
Joey's comprehensive High Holidays course contains 100+ videos from the opening prayers of Rosh HaShanah to the final notes of Neilah on Yom Kippur.
Gather on Zoom to explore the material in virtual community and get guidance from Joey Weisenberg, Rabbi Deborah Sachs Mintz, and other members of the Hadar faculty.
Follow an extensive syllabus with guiding questions and supplementary resources, or get a beginner's crash course with our High Holiday Highlights study guide.
1. Subscribe for an ongoing all-access pass to Joey Weisenberg's Master Classes in Jewish Song.
($18/month)
2. Study at your own pace the 100+ High Holidays nusach videos.
3. Attend live sessions with Joey and other members of the Hadar staff throughout the summer!
Questions? Contact: [email protected]
"Like providing a glimpse into the private marginalia on a composer’s score, Weisenberg opens up his own machzor to reveal to the student his personal musical markings. There are scribbles, sections bracketed off to denote where to start and stop, and 'notes to self' squeezed into the narrow white space between two lines of black text. It’s all in the service of offering hints to the arc and emotion of a melody. There are times when he loses himself in demonstrating a nigun—head raised up, eyes closed, ancient Jewish chanting pulled along into the present day. "
Yes! Whether you are a davening expert or a newbie to prayer leadership, this program is for anyone who is interested in becoming (more) familiar with the High Holidays liturgy and leading Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services in any setting. Included are videos for advanced practitioners (“Davening Artistry”) as well as for relative beginners (“Ba’al Tfila Basics”). In order to get the most out of these trainings, folks should at least feel comfortable reading the text of the siddur.
In our experience, we've found that our resources are helpful for people from all levels.
If you're a beginner at prayer leading and need to quickly learn the essentials, we've developed a High Holiday Highlights course just for you!
If you're already an experienced prayer leader and you're looking for new ideas to round out your repertoire, then you're ready to jump into the master classes where you'll find detailed studies of every piece of liturgy accompanied by explanations and some additional resources.
For our third annual summer training series in High Holidays nusach and nigun, Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz joins the team to lead several live leadership processing sessions.
In these sessions, participants will engage in conversations about leadership, workshop processes, and explore the identity of serving as communal shelichei tzibbur (prayer leaders) as we make our way through the High Holiday
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer will teach a session on September 21, and an additional live webinar with faculty from the Hadar Institute will be added to the schedule later in the summer.
Finally, Joey and Deborah will lead a final live session together after the High Holidays to provide a space for prayer leaders to reflect on their experiences.
Details for an additional class with Hadar Faculty as well as a post-High Holidays reflection session are TBA.
Through learning the nusach in these videos—and, crucially, by trying them in real life!—you can become a High Holiday prayer leader in your community or in the privacy of your home.
You will learn all of the major liturgy for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, and be able to lead any of these services at a synagogue or prayer gathering of any size. Through Joey's teachings in this series, you will develop the aesthetic and spiritual sensitivity to both lead and step out of the way, empowering diverse groups of people to lift and transform their prayers into powerful, collective song.
Of course! As subscribers you are already eligible for everything. Just let us know and we’ll add you to the list: [email protected]
It's $18 per month to become a subscriber to Joey Weisenberg's Master Classes in Jewish Song, which includes access to Hadar's High Holidays Training. Your subscription of $18 per month will continue after the High Holiday Training, as many people are excited to stay in our learning community on an ongoing basis. You are welcome to cancel at any time.
A subscription for $18 per month grants you access to not only the High Holidays Training but also to all of the hundreds of videos on Joey's master class site as well many live virtual events and subscriber webinars.
The High Holidays Training is one of our marquee events, but many people choose to stay on throughout the year to continue studying music and spiritual expression. You all-access pass subscription will continue beyond the High Holidays unless you choose to cancel.
Yes! Many, if not most people are excited continue learning with us throughout the year and enjoy an ongoing access to our resources and virtual sessions. However, you are welcome to cancel at any time!
"I agreed to be shaliach tsibbur for Erev Yom Kippur this year for a small, lay-led minyan that wanted to observe the High Holidays outdoors and in-person. I have some experience leading Shabbat and weekday services, but High Holiday services were not in my wheelhouse and I was initially overwhelmed by what I had agreed to do. It was an enormous relief when I found your site. It's beautifully organized, the nusach is lovely, and it helped me learn a ton of new stuff. Leading that service was a very meaningful experience for me. I'm truly grateful."
Check out a sample from the videos for Yom Kippur...
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