music

Chanting brings the sacred phrases of Jewish tradition alive.

The final chapter of the Book of Psalms calls for a symphony of horns, drums, lyres and more.

Hanukkah songs are sung in an important and joyous part of the candle lighting ceremony each night.

The timeless song of the Maccabees' fight for freedom.

Learn the most popular songs associated with the day of rest.

A Passover song depicted in pictures

A new seder song

From a lowly goat to the rebuilt Holy Temple, the songs in the Haggadah survey all of Jewish life and hope.

Jews have wandered the world over, and sometimes all that wandering gets packed into one song.

The category of secular Jewish music is as elusive as it is important. It may be broadly defined as any music used primarily by Jews in non-liturgical contexts, and also includes Sephardic and Ashkenazic music.