The Tahrir-Style Slichot event returns this year to the walls of the Tower of David, between Jerusalem’s Old City walls. As the sun sets on one of the first days of the Jewish year, men and women, religious, secular and traditional will gather for an evening combining a gathering and a unique and exciting musical experience. Together with a wonderful group of male and female musicians formed especially for the Slichot events and other guest artists, the performance inspired by Slichot liturgical poetry from diverse traditions, East and the West, excerpts from the Jewish High Holidays prayers, combined with original work and contemporary Israeli soul music.
During the evening, in preparation for the musical performance, unique study workshops will be conducted, deepening the traditional connection in “jamaat” study style from the Beit Midrash Yeshiva Mizrahit and learning about the custom of reciting the Jewish penitential poems and prayers.