Welcoming Shabbat with Shalom Aleichem and Adon Olam by Brazilian Singer Fortuna

Fortunee Safdié Joyce is a Brazilian Jewish singer and composer who performs under the name Fortuna. She has been studying the Sephardic repertoire since 1992. Fortuna has recorded seven CDs and one DVD since then. 

Fortuna sings mainly in Hebrew and Ladino, a language used by Sephardi Jews who inhabited the Iberian Peninsula until the fifteenth century, at which time they were expelled by the Catholic Monarchs and scattered through several countries of the Mediterranean basin. 

In this video, Fortuna sings two Shabbat songs, Shalom Aleichem and Adon Olam.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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