Benny Friedman -Kol Haneshama

Rivkah Brachfeld, a twelve-year-old Toronto native, composed the song “Essa Einai.” “She had written the song in tribute to her late, beloved grandfather,” says Meyer, “and when Benny heard it sung at a recent wedding, it gripped him and he immediately requested permission to record it.” Shlomo Simcha accompanies Friedman in “Essa Einai” and his cousins Shmuel and Bentzi Marcus of 8th Day accompany him in the title track.

“Taking its cue from the title track ‘Kol Haneshama Sheli’, the album dwells generously on the theme of the soul,” says Friedman. “In ‘Yesod Veshoresh”, Pinky Weber used some key words from Sefer HaTanya which declare that the cornerstone of Yiddishkeit is elevating the soul above the body. If people will find that our music contributes to that pursuit, mission accomplished!”
The album’s songs were composed by Yitzy Waldner, Elimelech Blumstein, Ari Goldwag, Shmuel Marcus, Shua Bitton, Sruly Green, Yitzchok Bitton, Pinky Weber, Yisroel Zev Rechnitz, Baruch Levine, Rivky Brachfeld and Eli Klein. Songs arranged by Ian Freitor, Naftali Schnitzler, Eli Lishinsky, Leib Yaakov Rigler, Bentzi Marcus, Tzvi Blumenfeld, Yisroel Lamm, Eli Klein & Yitzy Beri. Choirs by Moishy Roth, Shira Choir, Moishy Krauss Kids Choir, and backup vocals by Zemiros Group, Yitzy Spinner and Tzvi Blumenfed of Yedidim Choir.