Even though I figured out I've run this three times in the last six months, I decided to take Sunlight's suggestion to run Yaakov Shwekey's Cry No More for Shabbos Nachamu (Be Consoled). This one has appropriate visuals too.
With Holocaust Remembrance Day coming up on Thursday, I'm going to run songs that are a little more melancholy for the next couple of days. Here's Yaakov Shwekey with Cry No More.
Let's go to the videotape.
By the way, in case any of you are wondering why I put on music videos during sfira (the period of the counting of the Omer which is considered a period of mourning), many years ago, I was taught that during sfira you may listen to recorded music alone (I wear a headset when I play music on the laptop so no one else can hear - in fact, one of my kids is fast asleep in this room right now). That is not the case during the three weeks between Shiva Asar b'Tamuz and Tisha b'Av when I do not run music videos.
Here's a brand new music video from Yaakov Shwekey called Cry No More.
It's the official music video from the title song of Yaakov Shwekey's new album. A Mendy Pellin Film. Full credits and information at http://shwekey.com
I am an Orthodox Jew - some would even call me 'ultra-Orthodox.' Born in Boston, I was a corporate and securities attorney in New York City for seven years before making aliya to Israel in 1991 (I don't look it but I really am that old :-). I have been happily married to the same woman for thirty-five years, and we have eight children (bli ayin hara) ranging in age from 13 to 33 years and nine grandchildren. Four of our children are married! Before I started blogging I was a heavy contributor on a number of email lists and ran an email list called the Matzav from 2000-2004. You can contact me at: IsraelMatzav at gmail dot com