Kirtan Rabbi - Jewish Mystical Chant - Andrew H...

Kirtan Rabbi and some friends have had the fortune to take part in Sanskrit kirtans led by inspired musicians such as Krishna Das, Wah!, Deva Premal and Miten, and others. It occurred to them that the kirtan form would work very well with the Hebrew language. Words flow and melt into one another. Changes effected by open vowels to make soft consonants render Hebrew wonderfully sing-able. As a matter of fact, several scientific studies have numbered Hebrew among one of a handful of "vibrational languages." It seemed only natural to Kirtan Rabbi and others who had danced in synagogues and pounded more than a few Shabbat tables that Hebrew would work wonderfully in a kirtan framework. So, Hebrew Kirtan was born.

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