Shalom and welcome to the Cantor's Corner! We hope you enjoy our new musical website. Please take a moment to read about all of the musical happenings here at the Jacksonville Jewish Center.
Hazzan Jesse & Leora Holzer
The Jacksonville Jewish Center welcomed our new Hazzan Jesse Holzer, and his wife Leora, in July 2008. We are excited to have them as part of our Center family.
On Friday night, Erev Shabbat, there is a preliminary service called Kabbalat Shabbat , Welcoming the Sabbath, that was instituted by kabbalist (Jewish Mystic) Rabbi Moses Cordovero of Safed (1522-1570).
The beginning of the Kabbalat Shabbat service is comprised of the Six Psalms of Creation (95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 29). Shabbat is represented by the poem, Lecha Dodi that was written by Cordovero's brother-in-law, Solomon ben Moses HaLevi Alkabetz.
Following are some of the songs we sing at the Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv services:
