2 cantors sing Ana Hashem - Carlebach

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"Ana Hashem ki ani avdecha" The moving verse from the Mah Ashiv chapter in Hallel, in which every Jew can feel the following story: In the study hall of the revered Imrei Emes, the voice of the Rebbe, of blessed memory, was heard during the Hallel prayer on the night of the Seder, as he wept and poured his heart out to his Creator: Ana Hashem! Ana Hashem! The elder chassidim were puzzled—was he crying out Ana Hashem hoshia na (Please, God, save us), or Ana Hashem hatzlicha na (Please, God, grant us success)? The next day they asked him, and he replied sweetly: “Neither one nor the other. I wept with ‘Ana Hashem ki ani avdecha’—Please, God, for I am Your servant. I felt how deeply a Jew is a total servant from his mother’s womb—to his Father in Heaven, with no awareness of any other reality!” Take a few moments of song that blend the soulfulness of Carlebach-style melodies with cantorial depth—together with my dear friend, the kumzitz-er Shaike Hershler, featuring the dramatic phrase from Mah Ashiv composed by Nissi Belzer and arranged by the great maestro Mordechai Sobol, of blessed memory. Let your heart and soul feel it: Ana Hashem!