Zemer of the Week

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.

  • 11 minutes 34 seconds
    #24: L'Chaim Tova!
    Zemer Historian Chaim Frenkel is getting hitched to Tova Safier, and he's slinging the wedding tunes on this ZOW comeback.
    23 August 2016, 5:01 am
  • 15 minutes 4 seconds
    #23: Shir Hamaalot
    Jon and David approach the end of the Shabbat meal, with a song of ascents (Shir Hamaalot)
    31 March 2016, 5:01 am
  • 19 minutes 41 seconds
    #22: Tyler Dratch, Tov L'Hodot Lashem
    Tyler Dratch, Bible major from the Jewish Theological Seminary, brings us a communal zemer: Tov L'Hodot Lashem
    17 March 2016, 5:01 am
  • 18 minutes 33 seconds
    #21: Yom Zeh Israel with Meirav Ong!
    Jon and David bring on a ZOW family member, Meirav Ong, to teach one of her family's staples: Yom Zeh Israel
    10 March 2016, 5:01 am
  • 20 minutes 1 second
    #20: Dasi Fruchter, Shimru Shabsosai
    Dasi Fruchter takes us on a true Shabbat journey, replete with Torah, learning, and a beautiful and haunting zemer.
    3 March 2016, 5:01 am
  • 20 minutes 1 second
    #19: Zaidy, Blady, and Yah Ribon!
    Rebecca Blady joins Jon and David on the show to teach us a thing or two about family tradition.
    25 February 2016, 5:01 am
  • 16 minutes 22 seconds
    REBROADCAST - #16: Eishet Chayil
    We felt like you may have missed this one -- Lior Melnick, a seasoned accappella guru, joins Jon and David to teach Eishet Chayil!
    18 February 2016, 5:01 am
  • 18 minutes 6 seconds
    #18: Ashorer Shira - Daniel Berdugo
    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 ro`enu (x2) Moshe rabbenu behir ha'umma. Ashrei hagever `al yitzro gover (x2) Meysharim dover boher baTorah. Rabba ne`ima tora temima (x2) Peti mahkima `ayin me'ira.
    4 February 2016, 5:01 am
  • 18 minutes 47 seconds
    #17: Shabbat Evening Kiddush
    Old time listener Joseph Eskin joins the boys for a little lesson on Kiddush.
    28 January 2016, 5:01 am
  • 16 minutes 22 seconds
    #16: Eishet Chayil
    Lior Melnick, a seasoned accappella guru, joins Jon and David to teach Eishet Chayil!
    21 January 2016, 5:01 am
  • 18 minutes 26 seconds
    #15: Shalom Aleichem
    Season 2 kicks off with a special guest: the Orthobox (aka Josh Leviton), helping the boys teach Shalom Aleichem!
    14 January 2016, 5:01 am
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