{"id":1801,"date":"2011-09-19T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T16:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faujsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:07:00","slug":"lshana-tova-a-good-and-sweet-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/collections\/judaic-collection\/lshana-tova-a-good-and-sweet-year\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Shana Tova: A good and sweet year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New for the Holidays! This recently added album features music composed especially for the High Holy Days by Cantor Meir Finkelstein who also conducts the orchestra. It features the voices of Cantor Udi Spielman and his wife Varda.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/101516A-Spielman.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of album cover A Still, Small Voice Is Heard by Udi Spielman\" class=\"wp-image-1803\" title=\"101516A-Spielman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/101516A-Spielman.jpg 250w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/101516A-Spielman-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of album cover A Still, Small Voice Is Heard by Udi Spielman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cantor Spielman and Cantor Finkelstein have partnered many times in the past with great success. Together they create a distinctive cantorial sound that is at once modern and traditional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/37579\"><strong><em>A Still, Small Voice Is Heard<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was recorded about a year ago with restricted distribution, mostly to members of the congregation of B\u2019nai Torah in Boca Raton. The title of the album refers to the story of Elijah who did not hear the voice of God in the wind that whipped him, the earthquake that shook the mountain he stood on, or the fire which raged around him. But, in the calm after the fire Elijah heard&nbsp;a still, small voice and knew that God was with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/ehud-spielman\"><strong>Click here <\/strong><\/a>to listen to all of Cantor Spielman&#8217;s recordings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New for the Holidays! 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