Zemer of the Week: Recent Episodes

David Rosenwein, Jon Hornstein, Jeff Ong

Teaching zemirot, spreading the middot, one song, one week at a time. "Zemer of the Week" is a podcast hosted by David Rosenwein and Jon Hornstein, teaching zemirot -- traditional Jewish songs in Hebrew and occasionally Yiddish or Aramaic. Weekly, topical dvars (a short word of Torah) also follow up each zemer.

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Zemer Historian Chaim Frenkel is getting hitched to Tova Safier, and he's slinging the wedding tunes on this ZOW comeback.

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Jon and David approach the end of the Shabbat meal, with a song of ascents (Shir Hamaalot)

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Tyler Dratch, Bible major from the Jewish Theological Seminary, brings us a communal zemer: Tov L'Hodot Lashem

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Jon and David bring on a ZOW family member, Meirav Ong, to teach one of her family's staples: Yom Zeh Israel

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Dasi Fruchter takes us on a true Shabbat journey, replete with Torah, learning, and a beautiful and haunting zemer.

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Rebecca Blady joins Jon and David on the show to teach us a thing or two about family tradition.

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We have our first Sephardi guest, Daniel Berdugo, to teach us our first Sephardi zemer: Ashorer Shira.

LYRICS: Ashorer shira likhvod haTorah. Mipaz yeqara, zakka uvara.

Nittena lanu al yad roenu (x2) Moshe rabbenu behir ha'umma.

Ashrei hagever `al yitzro gover (x2) Meysharim dover boher baTorah.

Rabba neima tora temima (x2) Peti mahkimaayin me'ira.

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Old time listener Joseph Eskin joins the boys for a little lesson on Kiddush.

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Lior Melnick, a seasoned accappella guru, joins Jon and David to teach Eishet Chayil!

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Season 2 kicks off with a special guest: the Orthobox (aka Josh Leviton), helping the boys teach Shalom Aleichem!

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2015 comes to a close, as does season #1 of ZOW. The boys reflect and give a sneak peak to what's ahead.

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Chanukah has ended; the boys work off some of those calories from all those latkes and sufganyot.

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In honor of our host Jon's birthday, he shares his rap talents with the listnership.

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12 Gentlemen from the world renowned Schmacapella share a Chanukah zemer with Jon and David.

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11 Jon and David take a moment to reflect on Thanksgiving and teach a simple and beautiful zemer.

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10 Jon and David are joined by Kol HaKavod -- an a cappella group at The University of Michigan -- for a special musical treat.

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9 All the way from our alma mater in Ann Arbor, Ben Freed gets on the horn to teach us Od yavo shalom aleinu. GO BLUE!

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8 Koach throwback, we're in North Carolina baby!

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7 Jon is feeling a bit under the weather this week, but David steps up to teach "Ki Eshmera Shabbat".

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6 On this week's episode, Becky Rubin from NYC teaches us a round that you'll be sure to want to sing; at the Shabbos table or around the campfire.

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5: In light of a few dark weeks in and around Israel, Jon and David bring in a special guest Eli Witkin, teaching us a melody to help aid the soul.

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4: We catch up with our hosts, hear about how Simchat Torah was, and (most importantly) Hornstein teaches all about Yom Zeh Mechubad.

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Teaching zemirot, spreading the middot, one song, one week at a time. "Zemer of the Week" is a podcast hosted by David Rosenwein and Jon Hornstein, teaching zemirot -- traditional Jewish songs in Hebrew and occasionally Yiddish or Aramaic. Weekly, topical dvars (a short word of Torah) also follow up each zemer.

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Teaching zemirot, spreading the middot, one song, one week at a time. "Zemer of the Week" is a podcast hosted by David Rosenwein and Jon Hornstein, teaching zemirot -- traditional Jewish songs in Hebrew and occasionally Yiddish or Aramaic. Weekly, topical dvars (a short word of Torah) also follow up each zemer.

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Teaching zemirot, spreading the middot, one song, one week at a time. "Zemer of the Week" is a podcast hosted by David Rosenwein and Jon Hornstein, teaching zemirot -- traditional Jewish songs in Hebrew and occasionally Yiddish or Aramaic. Weekly, topical dvars (a short word of Torah) also follow up each zemer.