Folk Songs about the Jewish High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)

The Jewish high holidays are observed during the 10 day period between the first day (Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year) and the 10th day (Yom Kippur) of Tishri, the seventh month of the Jewish calender. The harvest festival of Sukkot (or Succoth) follows five days later and lasts for a week.

Please note that Jewish holidays begin at sunset of the preceding evening.

[Rosh Hashanah]
2011:   September 28 (at sundown)
2012:   September 16 (at sundown)
2013:   September 4 (at sundown)
2014:   September 24 (at sundown)
2015:   September 13 (at sundown)

[played 2005]
David Grisman & Andy Statman\ For the Sake of My Brothers and Friends\ Songs of Our Fathers\ Acoustic Disc
[instrumental]

[others]
THE ALEXANDRIA KLEZTET                        Hine Ma Tov
                           Close Enough for Klezmer www.kleztet.com
TSUFIT                    Kol Ha'olam Kulo
                       Under the Mediterranean Sky www.tsufit.com
“T’Filat Haderech,” Debbie Friedman, AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING…,
(Sounds Write)
3. Tim Sparks: “La Rosa Enflorece”     Tanz  (2000 Tzadik)
4. Bob Dylan: “Talkin’ Hava Nagilah Blues”    The Bootleg Series, Volume I
(1991 Sony)
5. Dr. Eugene Chadbourne: “Miracle of Miracles”   Knitting on the Roof
(1999 Knitting Factory) (various)
6. Naftule Brandwein’s Orchestra: “Oi Tate, S’Is Gut”   Klezmer Music:
Early Yiddish Instrumental      Music, 1908-1927  (1997 Arhoolie)
7. The Andy Statman Quartet: “Song of Redemption”   The Hidden Light  (1998
Sony)
8. John Zorn: “Shabbos Noir”    Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their
Rescuers During WWII (soundtrack)  (2002 Tzadik)
9. Leonard Cohen: “Who By Fire”    Best of Leonard Cohen (1975 CBS)
11. The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars: “Tradition”    Knitting on the Roof

[Yom Kippur]
2011:   October 7-8
2012:   September 25-26
2013:   September 13-14
2014:   October 3-4
2015:   September 22-23

[played 2006]
Massel Klezmorim\ Die Kale Basetzn\ Best of Yiddish Songs and Klezmer Music (VA)\ ARC

[others]
CANTOR ISRAEL SINGER              Kol Nidre
                          Cantorial Classics www.israelsinger.com
WORK O THE WEAVERS                       Shabat Shalom
                     Live Recording Orangetown Jewish Center www.workotheweavers.com
WORK O THE WEAVERS                   Tzena Tzena Tzena
                            Live Recording Orangetown Jewish Center www.workotheweavers.com
ELIE ROSENBLATT & PETE RUSHEFSKY- Kol Nidre
       Tsimbl un Fidl: Klezmer Music for Hammered Dulcimer & Violin (Elie
Rosenblatt & Pete Rushefsky)
JOHN McCUTCHEON / Children of Abraham / The Greatest Story Never Told / Red
House
CARRIE NEWCOMER / Holy As a Day is Spent / The Gathering of Spirits / Philo
LAURA WETZLER     Shalom Alechem
            Kabbalah Music

[Sukkot]
2011:   October 12 (at sundown)
2012:   September 30 (at sundown)
2013:   September 18 (at sundown)
2014:   October 8 (at sundown)
2015:   September 27 (at sundown)

"Turn Turn Turn" sung by Judy Collins, Pete Seeger or the Byrds
SCHLOCK ROCK                 Succa Nights
                        Almost on Broadway www.schlockrock.com