Nusach & Nigun for Shabbat, Festivals & Weekday Services
Do you want to learn the traditional chants and melodies so that you can lead Shabbat and Festival prayer? In this series, Joey teaches the prayer chant for Shabbat, Festivals and weekday davening, as well as his favorite melodies, and discusses his unique approach to leading each service, including Hallel.
Learn how to lead prayers for Shabbat and Festivals!
Shabbat
Learn traditional prayer chants and moving melodies to lead Shabbat davening, with comprehensive videos for prayer services:
Kabbalat Shabbat & Maariv
Pesukei D'Zimrah & Shacharit
Shabbat Musaf
Havdalah
Festivals & Hallel
Discover the special melodies and liturgy for the Shelosh Regalim — Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot —and learn to lead a song-filled Hallel service for Rosh Chodesh and the major celebratory holidays of the Jewish calendar.
Scales & Modes of Ashkenaz
Learn the fundamentals of music theory as it relates to Jewish prayer in the predominant nusach in America. Explore the aesthetic, spiritual and energetic arc of prayer and understand how to bring everyone into the prayer experience.
Access Everything for $18/Month
Jump into music, prayer, and artistry today! Explore all of the master classes in Jewish song and prayer with Joey Weisenberg, including 18 comprehensive courses (1,000+ videos) in the Jewish spiritual soundscape, from communal song (nigun) and prayer-leading (nusach), to musical wisdom (Torah), composition, and playing of instruments, as well as virtual events for members and an extensive archive of live performance videos.
Frequently Asked Questions
This course is designed for anyone who wants to become a prayer leader or who wants to expand and refine his or her skills as a ba'al tfilah, with particular focus on all the major prayer services related to Shabbat, Festivals (the Shelosh Regalim) and regular weekdays.
Through learning the nusach in these videos — and, crucially, by trying them in real life — you can become a prayer and song leader in your community.Â
You will learn all of the major liturgy for Shabbat, Festival and Weekday services, including Hallel, and be able to lead any of these services at a synagogue or other prayer gathering. In addition, you will acquire familiarity with fundamental concepts of music theory as it relates to traditional Jewish music and develop the aesthetic and spiritual sensitivity to bring diverse groups of people together in powerful song.
There are more than 100 videos organized into 11 units. Videos are up to 15 minutes long, amounting to many hours of instructional sessions with a master practitioner.
- Nusach Roadmap
- Kabbalat Shabbat
- Shabbat Maariv
- Pesukei D'Zimrah for Shabbat
- Shabbat Shacharit
- Shabbat Musaf
- Shabbat Havdallah
- Festival Nusach
- Hallel for Holidays and Rosh Chodesh
- Weekday Nusach for Maariv, Shacharit and Mincha
- Modes & Scales of Nusach Asheknaz in America
Many people emerge from Joey's workshops eager for a systematized series that can help them to take their inspiration and bring it into the world. This series is for you! Â
If you have never attended a workshop with Joey, please come sometime! In the meanwhile, this series will help you make music in your community. Â
The structure of this series allows aspiring practitioners of every level to plot a path to nusach mastery at their own pace. Some may choose to focus on Kabbalat Shabbat while others will want to grasp the finer points of leading Hallel. Choose your own nusach adventure!
