Nafshi Iviticha from Kavanah by Steve Klaper, Caitlin M.G. Klaper

There’s something beautiful and haunting about those Appalachian chants that they sing at the edge of the cliff out over the hollers. I figured, somewhere in the Carpathian mountains, 150 years ago, there might have been a daring Jewish girl doing the same thing.

From Isaiah 26:9: “With my soul have I desired You at night; and with my spirit, I will seek You in the morning. For when Your judgments are in the earth, all the world shall know righteousness.”

Hazzan Steve Klaper is a Jewish troubadour -- a spiritual storyteller, minstrel and teacher. An ordained Cantor, Maggid and teacher of Torah, Steve draws upon his Orthodox Jewish roots and over 40 years experience as a professional musician, infusing traditional Jewish teachings with melodies, sacred tales and wisdom from a variety of traditions -- ancient teachings that feel somehow familiar.

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