Veteran singer and performer Sassi Keshet released an album of liturgy and cantillation this week, which for him marks a return to his childhood and the Jewish songs his parents used to listen to.
Keshet sings "Avinu Malkeinu" ("Our Father, Our King"). (Video: Orly Ben Dayan. Edited by Nadav Ben Simone)
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"The liturgy and chants have been inside me for years. My parents, who came here from Russia and Poland to build a kibbutz, didn't forget to bring with them their collection of cantors' albums, which I used to listen to throughout my childhood."
According to 61-year-old Keshet, "This album is a gesture to my parents. I started collecting various songs and prayers… and eventually compiled a list of songs that have accompanied me for many years, and that are of an Ashkenazi flavor. This is what I grew up with."
The album, titled, "Open a Gate for Us," was produced by Keshet's son, Ariel