Dear Friends, As we make our way through the Hebrew month of Kislev, the nights are getting longer and colder, and it's specifically this darkest time of the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 15, 2006 5:34 pm
Dear Friends, Enjoy lots of great music as you light the candles for the next eight nights. I hope to see you at some of my shows over the coming week. ...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Dec 31, 2006 2:24 am
Dear Friends, Now that Chanukah is over, there's a bit of a let-down in the Jewish music scene, but hopefully all the light we created will keep us going...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jan 5, 2007 9:28 pm
Dear Friends, With the warm weather we're having in NY, it's easy to forget that it's the middle of winter. But in a month we already begin to celebrate the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Feb 2, 2007 8:12 pm
Dear Friends, ... I'm leading a Tu B'shvat shabbaton for the Carlebach shul of Passaic, NJ. Friday night at 370 Pennington Ave: Carlebach davening at 5pm; Tu...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Feb 23, 2007 9:58 pm
Dear Friends, The Talmud states Mishenichnas Adar Marbim b'Simcha - "As Adar enters we increase our happiness" - the month of Purim is a time of salvation from...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Mar 2, 2007 9:10 am
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 16, 2007 7:38 pm
Dear Friends, Tomorrow is Shabbos Hachodesh, when we announce in synagogue the new month of Nisan, which begins this Monday night, Mar 19. We celebrate the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
May 4, 2007 11:34 pm
Dear Friends, This period in the Jewish calendar, the 49 days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuos, is known as Sefiras Ha'Omer (the counting of the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
May 14, 2007 6:56 pm
Dear Friends, Tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 15 is the 40th Yom Yerushalayim, commemorating the liberation of Jerusalem in 1967 and the first time in two...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
May 23, 2007 12:08 am
Dear Friends, Our first Central Park kumsitz of the season was almost rained out this past Sunday, but then the sky cleared and we managed to get in a few...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jun 1, 2007 8:54 pm
Dear Friends, The past two Sundays we had a beautiful kumsitz in Central Park, but I decided to try a different venue this weekend. Tomorrow night is the...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jun 10, 2007 6:50 pm
Dear Friends, Well, the sky is overcast, but so far it hasn't rained, so we're going ahead with today's kumsitz in the park (see below for full info). This...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jun 22, 2007 6:59 pm
Dear Friends, After many great years living in Manhattan, my wife Chaya and I are moving across the Hudson to Passaic, NJ. I started this music list back in...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Jul 20, 2007 6:35 pm
Dear Friends, With tremendous gratitude to the Holy One, I am happy to announce that my wife Chaya gave birth to twin baby girls! They were named yesterday in...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
Aug 16, 2007 9:45 pm
Dear Friends, Thank you so much for all your prayers, blessings and good wishes: our twin girls are home from the hospital, and the pediatrician declared them...
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Gili Houpt
gilhoupt
May 19, 2008 5:08 am
Dear Friends, I am happy to announce that the Jewish music email list is starting up again. Yisroel Juskowicz has volunteered to take it over for now, so stay...
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yjuskowicz
May 22, 2008 4:54 am
Hey everyone, welcome back to the New York City music list. I wanted to thank Reb Gili Houpt for all the incredible work he has done over the past years in...
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yjuskowicz
May 29, 2008 12:43 pm
Dear Friends, This coming Monday night is Yom Yerushalayim, one of the most triumphant and powerful moments in recent Jewish history; the re-unification of...
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yjuskowicz
May 30, 2008 1:06 pm
Dear friends, I just wanted to make a couple of quick points. First of all, I am sorry for the mistake about this Sunday's Israel day concert. I wrote that...
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yjuskowicz
Jun 6, 2008 3:12 am
Dear friends, The holiday of Shavuot is nearly upon us. On Shavuot, the Jewish people encountered G-d in a way never before in human history. Shavuot is a...
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yjuskowicz
Jun 17, 2008 6:35 pm
Dear friends, Sorry about the lack of posts recently, I have not been getting sent any new events. Here is about at least one event in Queens. ...
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yjuskowicz
Jun 19, 2008 1:58 pm
Dear friends, Suddenly the emails about concerts are pouring in! I am happy to hear that there are many wonderful events going on in the next couple of weeks....
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yjuskowicz
Jun 20, 2008 12:32 pm
Dear friends, I hope all is well with everyone. I I wanted to make one important correction to an event that I had just posted. The melava malka/kumzitz with...
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yjuskowicz
Jul 9, 2008 2:01 pm
Dear friends, I hope all is well with everyone and everyone is enjoying their summer so far. Here are some of the events going on in the next few weeks. Please...
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yjuskowicz
Jul 11, 2008 1:12 am
Dear friends, One more posting has just been brought to my attention. My friend Yakov Dov Miller is giving a kumzitz in his apartment this Motzai shabbat in...
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yjuskowicz
Aug 13, 2008 2:43 am
Dear friends, After a brief hiatus from posting Jewish music events due to the Three Weeks, I am glad to continue once again posting events in the next few ...
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yjuskowicz
Sep 4, 2008 8:03 pm
Dear friends, I hope all is well with everyone. It has been a couple of weeks since my last email. I apologize for the delay. I was in the process of moving...
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yjuskowicz
Sep 11, 2008 1:07 pm
Dear friends, I hope all is well with everyone. We are now well into Elul, and a great way to prepare ourselves is through inspiring Jewish music. To ...
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yjuskowicz
Oct 27, 2008 12:02 pm
Dear friends, I am sorry it has been awhile since my last email. I got very busy with the chagim, etc. but I hope to now get back into things full swing. In a...
