{"id":3208,"date":"2009-09-11T19:44:28","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsainfo.wordpress.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:43:15","slug":"may-you-be-inscribed-in-the-book-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/collections\/judaic-collection\/may-you-be-inscribed-in-the-book-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"May You Be Inscribed in the Book of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: how many will pass from the earth and how many will be created\u2026.But during the Days of Awe, <strong><em>Repentance, Prayer and Charity<\/em> <\/strong>can avert a severe decree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of Judaism\u2019s most beautiful and compelling music has been inspired at this sacred time of year.&nbsp; The importance, emotion and solemnity of the music of the Holy Days represent the highest achievements of the cantorial art. The Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University Libraries is proud of its outstanding collection of cantorial recordings. During the next few weeks the JSA will highlight some of the great cantors of the past and present singing the music of the High Holy Days.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Glantz-book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"286\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Glantz-book.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover of The Man Who Spoke to God by Jerry Glantz\" class=\"wp-image-854\" title=\"Cantor Leib Glantz\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Book cover of The Man Who Spoke to God by Jerry Glantz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The incredible lyrical tenor voice of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/leib-glantz\">Cantor Leib Glantz<\/a><\/span> <\/strong>evokes the feeling and intensity of the old \u201cBa\u2019al T\u2019filoh\u201d of Eastern European Jewish communities. Through his voice and his compositions we can be transported through time to an era long gone, but not forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Kiev (Ukraine) in 1898, Cantor Leib Glantz lived in the USA from 1926 to 1954 when he was able to fulfill his dream of moving to Israel. He died on January 27, 1964 in Tel Aviv. He was the last, and perhaps the greatest cantor of the <em>\u201cGolden Age of Chazanut.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quality of his musical education, his penetrating knowledge of the Hebrew language, and his deep philosophical religiosity, enabled him to create musical interpretations of the prayers that brought new light and meaning to every word. \u201cThe words he sang seemed destined to rise like angels into the heavens. To listen to him was like witnessing a man speaking to God! He had a voice that sang like no other voice. Many cantors have tried to imitate his singing, but few have felt they have succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leib-glantz-high-holiday-moods.jpg\" alt=\"Album cover of Leib Glantz High Holiday Moods\" class=\"wp-image-6149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leib-glantz-high-holiday-moods.jpg 250w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leib-glantz-high-holiday-moods-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Album cover of Leib Glantz High Holiday Moods &#8211; click album to listen to recording<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Glantz combined his cantorial art with fervent and tireless Zionist activism. He edited a Zionist newspaper and was a leader in the Zionist movement in Eastern Europe, the United States, and finally, Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leib Glantz was a great scholar who explored the origins of Jewish music and firmly established the historical continuity of Jewish music from its beginning in the Holy Temples of Jerusalem to modern times. He also founded an Academy for Cantors in the Tel Aviv Institute for Jewish Liturgical Music.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: how many will pass from the earth and how many will be created\u2026.But during the Days of Awe, Repentance, Prayer and Charity can avert a severe decree. 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