Louis Lewandowski Seminar Winter 2024 Curriculum
Cantor Amnon Seelig
First course –
Shabbat: Nussach and melodies
Learning objectives:
The students should become familiar with the most important chants and melodies for the Shabbat service and be able to perform them confidently through practical exercises and repetitions.
Kabbalat Shabbat (5 units)
- Mincha
- Kabbalat Shabbat (Psalms, Lecha Dodi)
- Maariw
Shabbat service (10 units)
- Pessuke Desimra
- Shacharit
- Shma Uvirchoteha
- Amida
- The Raising and Dressing of the Torah
- Mussaf
Cantor Amnon Seelig
Second course –
Te’amim: Torah– and Haftara-Cantillations
Learning objectives:
Through practical exercises and repetitions of the Te’amim sequences, students should learn how to use the accent system in the Torah and Haftara melodies and master it confidently. They will also learn the theoretical foundations of the Te’amim and their function in biblical Hebrew grammar and syntax.
Introduction to the theory of the Te’amim (1 unit)
- The Te’amim in the grammar and syntax of Biblical Hebrew: Functions and meanings
Practical application of the Te’amim: Torah (7 units)
- Learning the Te’amim sequences in the Torah melodies
Practical application of the Te’amim: Haftara (7 units)
- Learning the Te’amim sequences in the Haftara melodies