Services
Chazzan Yossi Baumgarten
Chazzan Yossi Baumgarten comes from a distinguished cantorial family
He has been leading high holiday, shabbos and holiday services for nearly two decades.
Yossi now resides with his family in the growing Jewish community of Kingston PA, where he serves the as the executive director of the boys and girls Cheder.
Rabbi Yerachmiel Andrusier
The sweet melodic voice of Rabbi Pinny’s dear father, celebrated cantor Rabbi Yerachmiel Andrusier, will undoubtedly inspire and delight all in attendance. His heart- felt melodies is sure to leave one and all with an unforgettable, truly enjoyable and most meaningful High Holiday experience.
Mezamrim Choir
A wonderful group of talented voices will be on hand to harmonize the Chazzan and add to the festive energy during the holiday meals.
Mezamrim is renowned to flawlessly recreate the most intricate melodies of time-honored classics, made famous by the likes of Avraham Fried, Mordechai Ben David, Suki and Ding Productions, Lipa Shmeltzer, Yaakov Shwekey and other Jewish music giants.
Sefardic Minyan led by Rabbi Hazzan Gabriel Elfassi
Born in Nice, France, into a known family of rabbis, at a very young age, Gabriel Elfassi was inspired by the glorious voices filling the shuls. Already before his Bar Mitzva, his voice was heard above the others in the Kehilot singing the Nigounim and the holy texts. The great cantor Yoshua Danow, hazan of the big shul of Nazareth in Paris, remarked that he found a unique quality that needed to be developed. It was then that Gabriel Elfassi started his work with the master Kurt Mario, who taught him about the feeling and technic of the “Bel Canto”.
At the same time, Gabriel pursued his Talmudic studies combining his love of Judaism and his love for music. He received his Rabbinical diploma from the 770 Lubavitcher Yeshiva in New York.
Today, Rav Gabriel Elfassi is the Rabbi of the synagogue of Nogent -Le Perreux, East region of Paris and is part of the Rabbinical council of Paris.
For over 30 years, Hazzan Elfassi has sung in various countries such as in Israel with the philharmonic orchestra, In Italy where he performed some of the most beautiful Opera pieces (libretto), in Morocco and soon in Miami. We are excited to hear his brilliant tenor voice at our Sefardic minyan this Rosh Hashana.