Knocking at our Hearts

Mayyim Hayyim and leading voice in Jewish music, Joey Weisenberg, invite you to the 4th annual Knocking at Our Hearts. Prepare your whole self – body and soul – for the High Holidays with the transcendental power of the niggun (wordless melody).

Enjoy a community-wide song-learning workshop, space for reflection and teshuva (return, repentance), and dive into the full complexity of song.

No prior knowledge required. All songs with words will have song sheets provided.

Schedule:
6:30 – 7:00 Registration and tours of Mayyim Hayyim
7:00 – 8:15 Program

Location: Our program will be held across the street from Mayyim Hayyim at Temple Reyim (1860 Washington St., Newton, MA).

Cost: $36

Registration: Registration for Knocking at Our Hearts is at capacity. Please contact Associate Director of Education, Leeza Negelev, at Education@mayyimhayyim.org or 617-244-1836 ext. 203 with any questions.

Joey Weisenberg is the creative director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. He is a mandolinist, guitarist, singer, and percussionist who has performed and recorded in a wide variety of musical styles. Joey has worked as the Music Director at Brooklyn’s oldest synagogue, the Kane Street Synagogue, and visits shuls and communities around the world as a musician-in-residence, in which he teaches his popular ‘Spontaneous Jewish Choir” workshops. He is the author of Building Singing Communities (2011) and award-winning The Torah of Music (2017), both published by the Hadar Institute. His CDs of original music, “Joey’s Nigunim Volumes I-VI” are available here, and his instructional videos “Table Top Rhythms for Jewish Singing” can be found online