{"id":34952,"date":"2016-09-14T00:58:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T07:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=34952"},"modified":"2016-09-22T02:31:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T09:31:19","slug":"beit-avi-chai-piyut-festival-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=34952","title":{"rendered":"Beit Avi Chai Piyut Festival 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Miri<\/a>
Miri Mesika\/Photo: Ronen Ackerman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Beit Avi Chai Piyut Festival will celebrate the Sabbath! Now in its 9th<\/sup> edition, the festival will take place from October 6 \u2013 9, 2016, between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, and will be dedicated to the first Sabbath of the year. Festival events will explore The Sabbath – its prayers, songs, symbolism and significance, in music, stories, and discourse.<\/p>\n

\"Haim<\/a>
Haim Louk\/Photo: Maoz Vinstoch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Beit Avi Chai Piyut Festival brings Piyut to center stage, inviting new audiences to experience these songs of the heart; the liturgical poems expressing the prayers, hopes, meditations and wishes of the Jewish people. It’s a unique encounter in which sacred poetry meets\u00a0contemporary Israeli musicians, paytanim, cantors, and electric guitars.<\/p>\n

\"Shai<\/a>
Shai Tsabari\/Photo: Muperphoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The opening event, on Thursday, October 6th<\/sup>, will be Ja’alleh: A Jerusalem Yemenite Celebration, with the hosts, singers, speakers, and dancers gathered around a long table laden with arak and pitzuhim for an evening of music, discourse, and dance. Among the participants will be: Shai Tsabari, Zion Golan, Gila Bashari, Tom Fogel, and a women’s chorus.<\/p>\n

\"Rona<\/a>
Rona Kenan\/Photo: Amit Israeli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Feminine Journey to the Sabbath, will take place on Friday, October 7th<\/sup> at 13:30. A musical Kabbalat Shabbat featuring Maya Belsitzman, Rona Kenan, Neta Elkayam, and a string quartet.
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