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Description
An intimate concert series, the Rising Song Salon welcomes musical artists whose work sits at the intersection of Jewish wisdom, history, and storytelling into Hadar’s beit midrash for an exploration of song, source material, and creative process. In conversation with Hadar’s R. Deborah Sacks Mintz, each artist will share songs from the heart, inviting the audience into their music’s story in a unique Q and A-based gathering of music and learning. Come ready to listen, sing, and ask questions!
RAZA with Chana Raskin
RAZA רזא explores the feminine voice in old Hasidic melodies. This project is the first of its kind, a full-length album of women singing traditional nigunim. Led by Chana Raskin, RAZA's debut album Kapelya features more than 20 voices and a small band of virtuosic instrumentalists. It emerges from an attempt to listen more deeply to sacred, traditional melodies, to ask questions of them, to open up and hear them whisper something new into the world.
Chana Raskin founder and facilitator of RAZA, grew up entrenched in the world of Chabad Hasidut and its tradition of nigunim, sacred melodies. These nigunim have carried her at every point on her journey. Her debut album KAPELYA was released by Rising Song Records in February 2023, followed by sold-out concerts in NYC, Jerusalem and Los Angeles. Chana leads RAZA circles—meditative nigun deep dives—for diverse communities around the world. Both in her music and song circles, and especially in her one-on-one sessions, Chana strives to hold a space with others recovering from illness or traumatic injury, or simply seeking Home. She revels in the healing powers of quiet, laughter, humming and movement, and resides in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her family.
Date & Time
Tue, Jun 23, 2026 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue Details
Yeshivat Hadar
210 West 93rd StreetNew York, New York 10025
