Welcoming Shabbat with a Middle Eastern Version of Adon Olam by Cantor Azi Schwartz

If your synagogue is anything like ours, the Shabbat service ends with Adon Olam.  This is usually led by a prepubescent boy with questionable pitch, key, and general singing ability.

This is good for the kid educationally, and should be encouraged.  Musically, however, it's not always the best way to lift spirits for the rest of Shabbat and the week ahead.

But it's not that way around the world.  Adon Olam has become a staple of many singers, choruses, bands, and other musical troupes, both in synagogue and on the concert stage.

Back in 2010 we started a new series, presenting renditions of Adon Olam from performers worldwide, including traditional and eclectic versions.  Since then we have posted 88 different versions to provide you with a fun way to start Shabbat. 

Today we find ourselves back in the USA, at New York's Park Avenue Synagogue, with Cantor Azi Schwartz giving us a version of Adon Olam with a middle eastern flair.

Enjoy and Shabbat shalom!

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