Hallelujah-ish
Here's another song from Cantor Azi Schwartz, who I posted here the other day his joyous bat mitzvah version of the sacred prayer Adon Olam sung to the music of "You'll Be Back" from Hamilton. He is a lead cantor at Park Synagogue in New York.
This is his tribute to the Leonard Cohen on the Yahrzeit of his death. Though the music is Cohen's "Hallelujah," the words are Psalm 150 in Hebrew. He wrote for this video --
"The first Yahrzeit (anniversary of the passing) of Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest Jewish poet-songwriters of the 20th century, will be observed on November 7th 2017.
"As a tribute to his legacy, here is one of his most famous songs, Hallelujah, with the Hebrew lyrics of Psalm 150 which is recited daily in Jewish prayer.
"May the memory of Leonard Cohen be for an eternal blessing."
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