Into the Light!
The Rabbis tell us the story of the miracle of the light, a miracle almost 2200 years old. For eight nights we gather around the Chanukiah, helping to light up the darkest time of the year.
Join us for free* on 11th December to learn and sing Chanukah songs from Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions.
*Donations upon registration warmly welcomed.
Ashkenazi Session at 17:00 to 18:00 UK Time
Come and join us in learning and singing Chanukah songs from all over the world with Chazan Jaida Rebling and Chazzan Rebecca Blumenfeld.
Sephardi Session at 18:15 to 19:15 UK Time
In this session with Moriah Ferrús, we will learn some songs from the different Sephardic traditions, from Livorno to Jerusalem and from London to Baghdad. Do you dare to sing?
Meet the Teachers
Chazan Jalda Rebling
Chazan Jalda Rebling is the EAJL Director of Studies, and was granted Semicha in 2007 from ALEPH. For 40 years she has been a singer and specialist teacher for Jewish music from early middle ages to modern times. She is also the founder and spiritual leader of the Ohel Hachidusch community in Berlin.
Chazan Rebecca Blumenfeld
Chazan Rebecca Blumenfeld (Cantor Bex) is a freelance Chazan, a Spiritual and Liturgical Leader and Jewish educator affiliated with the Masorti movement. She graduated from Hebrew College in Boston in 2015 with Cantorial Ordination (S'micha) and a Masters in Jewish Studies. She moved back to the UK with her family in 2016.
Moriah Ferrús
Moriah Ferrús has a Bachelor Degree in Hebrew Philology and PhD Candidate in History of Art and Musicology with the project "The Liturgical and Musical Legacy of the Scuola (synagogue) Catalana of Rome 1532-1908". She is the Founder & President of the Nova Escola Catalana, Association for the Preservation of Catalan Jewish Legacy.
