Hadar's Rising Song Institute

05/14/2026

Two words. That’s all you need to know to sing along.

Watch the debut performance of “L’chai Olamim” over on YouTube. Link is in the comments...

04/28/2026

Sunday June 28th - immerse in a day of experiential musical learning with Hadar’s Rising Song Summer Gathering in NYC!

Cultivate empowered music and prayer community through our summer’s theme - Keva and Kavannah; Creativity and Craft - exploring the intersection of the structural and spiritual alike in song and prayer. From vocal improv to nusah, nigun circles to choral singing, halakha to hassidut - we’ll dive into the musical richness of Jewish devotional song.

Early bird pricing ends on April 30th- get your spot!

Link in comments to learn more about workshops, faculty, and how to sign up!

04/16/2026

ATL! Prepare for Shavuot in song on May 12th!

Join Hadar Atlanta as we welcome R. Deborah Sacks Mintz and leading voices in Atlanta’s Jewish music scene for a participatory communal song experience. As we move through these final days of the Omer, we’ll ready ourselves for the ascent to Sinai and the receiving of Torah through the connective power of collective harmony.

May 12th / 7:30 pm / Ahavath Achim Synagogue
Link in comments to register!

Thank you to the collaboration of Hadar ATL’s partners: Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Congregation Bet Haverim Ma'alot in Atlanta Or Hadash ATL Congregation B'nai Torah Congregation Or VeShalom Congregation Shearith Israel - Atlanta The Temple

04/10/2026

Our weekly nigun circle returns this coming Monday 4/13. Join us as we move through this spiritually rich calendrical moment with a voices-only exploration of harmony and community, facilitated by R. Deborah Sacks Mintz.

4.13 // 4.20 // 4.27
Hadar NYC - 210 W. 93rd Street
Free and open to all!

03/16/2026

This Wednesday 3/18 with Hadar DC! Prepare for Pesah in learning and song.

Equal parts musical exploration and text study, join R. Avi Strausberg and R. Deborah Sacks Mintz for a unique beit midrash experience, exploring the evocative poetry of Shir HaShirim through the mixed modalities of Torah and song.

3.18 // 7:30 pm // Milton Gottesman School

Free and open to all! Link in comments to register.

03/12/2026

How do you transform a beit midrash into a recording studio, capturing the sonic beauty and communal creativity of spiritual song and prayer?

Take a peek behind the scenes, as we produced R. Deborah Sacks Mintz’s new album, Songs from the Beit Midrash!

🔗Join us to immerse in this music - LIVE in Brooklyn on March 26th! Link in comments for tix, and add your voice to this music’s story!

🎥 UPPERDECK_Film

03/10/2026

This Sunday in Boston! Join us for an incredible evening of deep learning and beautiful music with Yoni Avi Battat, Rabbi Yosef Goldman, and the Kedmah Ensemble, in partnership with Hadar Boston! Get your tix at the link in comments!

BOSTON! Join us for a rare performance of with full band, March 15 in Cambridge, MA. 🪬🎟️🗓️ More info at link in bio!

Kedmah is a musical ensemble excavating the power and beauty of Middle Eastern Jewish expression through piyyutim. These ancient poems and songs have infused spirit and meaning into both sacred and ordinary moments of human experience for generations. Kedmah honors and reinvents these melodies, rendered with deep reverence for tradition and boldly adapted with an ear towards our modern musical world. The ensemble is co-led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist and joined by vocalists R’ Jessica Kate Meyer and , percussionist .pirozzolo , and bassist

01/12/2026

🎥 Behind the scenes: Lifting up the communal voice with R. Deborah Sacks Mintz.

Songs from the Beit Midrash: Coming February 11th on Rising Song Records

Video by UPPERDECK_Film

01/08/2026

Eileh Hamdah Libi - Pre-save on Spotify!

The third early single off of R. Deborah Sacks Mintz’s forthcoming album arrives on all platforms on January 15th. Drawn from the beautiful poetry of Yedid Nefesh, this intimately recorded melody will nourish your soul and lift your spirits.

Link in comments to presave- or check your favorite music platform next Thursday 1/15!

Art by Nireh Or.

12/19/2025

Singing our way towards an illuminated Shabbat Hanukkah with Nigun Tzeitkhem L’Shalom still ringing in our ears and hearts - a moment of soaring, uplifting communal harmony closing out last week’s Rising Song Intensive.

What will you be singing around your Shabbat table tonight?