Exquisite voice!

And I thought for a long time that Meuman meant the one who practiced which made no sense…

LOL

Lovely voice!

I’m LOVING this version of the song!!!

thanks for taking me back to my childhood...…..so so beautiful.

The music was a great invitation to joy

How exquisite!

what a great introduction, Yosef! toda.

so wonderful to have Yosef read his poetry!

How wonderful that you are seeing us as total beings not just objects of men’s desire!

The context adds so much to one’s understanding

It almost seems as if he is talking about G-d and then his wife becomes part of it.

Maybe G-d was in his wife for him.

The Shechinah

so maybe his wife helps him notice wonderful things.

she walks in beauty

"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" [song...]

Thanks, Danny!!!

The word "M'irehreht" (line 9) echos the "or"/light theme..

Such longing

Aliyah is especially hard if you are not greeted as respectfully as sothers

as others

How did Yosef come to write poetry?

could you or Yosef translate this song for us?

Link to this song, please?

gorgeous voice, gorgeous music! Thank you Dganit

Giving all of us the joy it is clearly giving to Yosef!

Compliments to the pianist too!!

The song reminds me of the softening of the sharp things.

Yes, the pianist too!

The story of the immigrant. My mother-in-law, who fled with her family from Germany as a young girl, once said to us: I’ve been a US citizen for 60 years, but I still feel like a refugee.

Beautiful singing!

very moving

How about a quick translation o the song?

🙏🙏 for this song!

Beautiful!

From Isaiah

Maimonides wrote Arabic words in Hebrew letters!

Rambam and his son were influenced by Sufis in the Arab world.

The greatsynagogue in Alexandriaand it’s large Jewish community definitely predated Islam

The civil war of Tel Aviv beach and Jerusalem soil...

This brings me to tears…

This poem is brilliant. And devastating.

an amazing poem!! Thanks for this poem. Great sadness for us all in this reality.

such an amazing interweaving of Torah and contemporary situation

Once you hear this Mirachi music you are entranced for life

Agreed, Heather!

Mumtaz!

Thank you D’ganit for your wonderful singing! Would love to know the translation of the songs you sang in Arabic.

hypnotic—gentle joy!

The merger of Jewish and Arabic cultures.--missing today..

Metzuyan!

Dganit, Tovah Rabbah! Such amazing singing and music!

What a wonderful and lively performance! Toda raba!!

beautiful!

Amazing voice and music,

When will we see his poetry translated/published in English?

Yosef Ozer, your poetry is a revelation.

Wonderful singing. Thank you! Today rabbi

Fabulous singing and piano, and a wonderfully meaningful class! Todah rabah for such thoughtful poems and discussion!

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Planning to pay Yosef’s gifts to us forward!

Thank you 🙏🏼

Yosef, Tovah Rabbah. I am so moved by your poetry! I feel privileged to be introduced to you and your work!

Rachel, thank you for the gift of Yosef Ozer’s poetry.

Yosef, your poetry is beautiful and so meaningful!

A very complete session, one of tears,and joy. Thank you to Yosef, RACHEL, Dganit and Yuval.

Thank you too Michael and Heather!

From Deborah: Yosef, thank you for your sesitive poem, “This beautiful Light”. From the same Sun came two special rays of sunlight across a print of “Each of us is a side, there will always be two of us”, which my late husband said to me before he passed. It occurred on Rosh Hashanah, 9 months after he passed, when I was sad after the service. the light came across the print from an opening in a fir tree where the sun was peaking through. The moments of light are so transient and so meaningful.

The parts are literally joined together. And this is the thread across Yosef's poems--reconciliation of competing cultures.

Not to mention sensitivity and sympathy to the many cultures..

Thanks Josef and Rachel for this amazing session!

Thank you for a wonderful session!

Did yosef read Rilke in German?

this has been a wonderful session. so interesting to have this additional conversation with Yosef

wonderful session! thank you!

There is a big problem in translating Hebrew poetry to English because a lot is lost. If his poems will be translated I hope there will be a lot of footnotes to help the english speaking public to really understand the poems!

But his poetry is closer to Amichai's in that the metaphors and meaning translate (from my perspective) quite well.

Amazing session! Thank you, everyone, for making it possible. Yosef, I am so excited to discover your work!

L'hit...