Dear Friends, This weekend Ashkenazim begin the practice (Sephardim have been doing it all month) of saying the special selichos prayers, urging us along the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Oct 14, 2005 9:59 pm
Dear Friends, Sorry I haven't sent out a music update in the past couple of weeks: the High Holidays are the busiest time of year for both rabbis and cantors,...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Oct 20, 2005 7:14 pm
Dear Friends, I was out until 4am last night checking out the simchas beis hasho'eva (Sukkos party) scene in Borough Park. Every Chassidic sect sets up its...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Oct 28, 2005 8:14 pm
Dear Friends, This Shabbos we announce the new Jewish month of Cheshvan, nicknamed marcheshvan (the bitter month) for its lack of holidays, especially...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Nov 3, 2005 9:52 pm
Dear Friends, Announcing: 3 concerts with Yosef Karduner, visiting from Israel for his 5th annual NY concert tour. Raised as a secular Israeli and now a...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Nov 9, 2005 11:00 pm
Dear Friends, Two new concerts have been added to Yosef Karduner's US concert tour before he goes back home to Israel: tonight in Queens and tomorrow night in...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Nov 18, 2005 12:44 am
Dear Friends, Tonight, 16th of Marcheshvan, is the 11th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and his songs, stories and teachings continue to be a profound...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 1, 2005 10:17 pm
Dear Friends, Tonight is Rosh Chodesh Kislev, beginning the month of Chanukah, when we celebrate the role of the Jewish people to bring more light to the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 8, 2005 10:13 pm
Dear Friends, This weekend I'm fleeing the cold NY weather and flying south to Boca Raton to be a guest chazan for Shabbos. But if you're stuck here, you can...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 16, 2005 5:02 pm
Dear Friends, There are so many great concerts coming up for Chanukah. I tried to list as many as I had time to find, but I'm sure I still missed a few. If...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 28, 2005 12:21 am
Dear Friends, I can barely keep up with all the concerts this year for Chanukah -- there's so much going on! If you want to hear some of my new Chanukah...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 30, 2005 8:43 pm
Dear Friends, As Chanukah is winding to a close, I found a few more concerts for you to check out. We add one candle each night because we always increase in...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jan 27, 2006 9:16 pm
Dear Friends, This Shabbos we bless the new month of Sh'vat, announcing that Rosh Chodesh will be this coming Monday, Jan 30. That means spring is in the air,...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Feb 3, 2006 5:11 pm
Dear Friends, I'd like to dedicate this week's music update to my friend and former band-mate Seth Nadel - he and his wife Na'ama were blessed with a baby boy...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Feb 17, 2006 9:44 pm
Dear Friends, This Shabbos we read Parshat Yitro, featuring the Divine Revelation at Mount Sinai. Take note how the music of the trop (tune for reading the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Feb 24, 2006 7:49 pm
Dear Friends, Tomorrow in shul we announce the new month of Adar (Rosh Chodesh is Tuesday and Wednesday). The Talmud tells us Mishenichnas Adar Marbim...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Mar 3, 2006 12:34 am
Dear Friends, Tomorrow morning, Friday, Mar 3, sometime between 8:15-9am I'm going to be on the radio with Nachum Segal, on 91.1 FM (or live on the web), as...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Mar 10, 2006 10:13 pm
Dear Friends, There is so much Jewish music happening in NY for Purim, a great way to tap into the spiritual dimensions of the holiday -- it's about coming...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Mar 17, 2006 6:11 pm
Dear Friends, Hopefully you've recovered from your Purim hangovers by now, so you can enjoy some great post-Purim music. I'd like to invite you to a kumsitz...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Mar 23, 2006 9:56 pm
Dear Friends, Everyone is invited to a kumsitz (informal concert) tonight to commemorate the 20th yahrtzeit (anniversary of death) of my mother, Blima Faiga...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Mar 31, 2006 9:23 am
Dear Friends, We just celebrated Rosh Chodesh Nisan, the first day of the Springtime month, when the Jewish people were redeemed from Egyptian slavery, and in...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Apr 12, 2006 8:43 am
Dear Friends, Get ready for all the music to accompany our celebration of Pesach, the holiday of our freedom from slavery and of the birth of the Jewish...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Apr 21, 2006 10:44 pm
Dear Friends, Now that Pesach is over, the Jewish calendar enters the period known as Sefiras Ha'Omer (the counting of the Omer), which lasts until the holiday...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
May 12, 2006 9:39 am
Dear Friends, We're still in the period of the Jewish calendar known as Sefiras Ha'Omer (the counting of the Omer), which we observe as a state of mourning...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
May 19, 2006 10:34 pm
Dear Friends, With Lag ba'Omer behind us, the ban on live music is lifted, according to many opinions, so enjoy some of these concerts. But the real...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jun 1, 2006 10:32 pm
Dear Friends, Tonight, Thursday June 2, is the first night of Shavuos, commemorating the receiving of the Torah 3318 years ago at Mount Sinai. There is a...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jun 9, 2006 9:31 pm
Dear Friends, When I started this email list seven years ago, it was just to publicize the kumsitz (informal concert) series I started in Central Park on...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jun 30, 2006 8:15 pm
Dear Friends, The last kumsitz in the park a couple of weeks ago was really great - we were blessed with good weather and some talented musicians who showed...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jul 9, 2006 9:10 pm
Dear Friends, Thanks to all those who braved the weather report and came out to last week's kumsitz in the park - the rain was nice enough to wait until just...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Aug 4, 2006 7:56 pm
Dear Friends, Now that the period of the Three Weeks is over we can get back to the music. It's a great way to come together during this time of crisis for...
