By popular demand, the performance in tribute to the RaMHaL presented during the December Oud Days, returns to Confederation House.
The RaMHaL—the kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Haim Luzzato (1707–1747) is one of the most mysterious and fascinating figures in rabbinic history. Despite being regard as a controversial figure, the RaMHaL became one of the most influential individuals in Judaism in the modern era.
Shem Tov Levi and Rabbi David Menahem together explored the many faces of the RaMHaL for this performance: his poems, psalms, prose adaptations and philosophical treatises. Levi and his ensemble chose to place the RaMHaL’s work in an Israeli musical sphere, in order to situate the RaMHaL’s rich heritage as an integral part of Israeli culture.
Rabbi David Menahem, script, research; Shem Tov Levi, composition, arrangements, musical management, piano, flute, vocals; Noam Chen, percussion; Tzur Ben Zeev, bass; Shirli Sabah, oud, vocals
Photo: Guy Zagron