Ba'al Tfilah Bundle

Designed for anyone who wants to learn how to lead traditional Jewish prayers for weekdays, Shabbat and the major holidays, or even for the occassional ba'al tfilah who wants to deepen his knowledge and/or expand her skillset.

Through working on the music and teachings in these videos - and, crucially, by trying them in real life! - you can become a prayer and song leader in your community. 

Get 7 licenses to learn how to lead deeply powerful communal prayer. Based on Joey's many years of experience bringing communities together in devotional song, through this series you will learn key musical concepts and dynamic strategies to become a master ba'al tfilah. 

There are more than 80 videos organized into 13 different major units. Videos are up to 15 minutes long, amounting to hours of instructional sessions with a master practitioner. 

• Part 1: Humble Prayers: Why We Daven (6 videos)
• Part 2:  Ba'al Tfilah Basics: Prayer Leader Prerequisites (20 videos)
• Part 3:  Overview of Davening Artistry (1 video)
• Part 4: Cueing the Congregation (6 videos)
• Part 5: Rhythm and Groove (6 videos)
• Part 6: Expanding the Aesthetic Palate (6 videos)
• Part 7: Humble Leadership (5 videos)
• Part 8: How to Choose Melodies for Davening (7 videos)
• Part 9: Picking a Key (4 videos)
• Part 10: External Challenges Facing a Prayer Leader or Musical Facilitator (12 videos)
• Part 11: Internal Challenges Facing a Song-Prayer Leader (7 videos)
• Part 12: Singing Survival
• Part 13: Improvisation During Davening (5 videos)

Through learning the nusach in these videos - and, crucially, by trying them in real life! - you can become a prayer and song leader in your community. 

You will learn all of the major liturgy for Shabbat, Festival and Weekday services, including Hallel, and be able to lead any of these services at a synagogue or other prayer gathering. In addition, you will acquire familiarity with fundamental concepts of music theory as it relates to traditional Jewish music and develop the aesthetic and spiritual sensitivity to bring diverse groups of people together in powerful song.

There are more than 100 videos organized into 11 units. Videos are up to 15 minutes long, amounting to many hours of instructional sessions with a master practitioner. 

1. Nusach Roadmap (6 videos)
2. Kabbalat Shabbat (20 videos)
3. Shabbat Maariv (17 videos)
4. Pesukei D'Zimrah for Shabbat  (12 videos)
5. Shabbat Shacharit (18 videos)
6. Shabbat Musaf (17 videos)
7. Shabbat Havdallah (2 videos)
8. Festival Nusach (6 videos)
9. Hallel for Holidays and Rosh Chodesh  (13 videos)
10. Weekday Nusach for Maariv, Shacharit and Mincha  (4 videos)
11. Modes & Scales of Nusach Asheknaz in America (6 videos)

This course is designed for anyone who wants to become a prayer leader or who wants to expand and refine his or her skills as a ba'al tfilah, with particular focus on all the major prayer services of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.

Learn all of the major liturgy for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur and be able to lead any of these services at a synagogue or prayer gathering of any size. Through Joey's teachings in this series, you will develop the aesthetic and spiritual sensitivity to both lead and step out of the way, empowering diverse groups of people to lift and transform their prayers into powerful, collective song.

There are more than 100 videos organized into 11 distinct units:

1. Nusach Roadmap (6 videos)
2. Pesukei D'Zimrah for Rosh HaShanah (3 videos)
3. Shacharit for Rosh HaShanah (17 videos)
4. Musaf for Rosh HaShanah (32 videos)
5. Yizkor (2 videos)
6. Kol Nidre (29 videos)
7. Yom Kippur Morning (3 videos)
8. Musaf for Yom Kippur (12 videos)
9. Mincha for Yom Kippur (1 video)
10. Neilah! (11 videos)
11. Modes & Scales of Nusach Asheknaz in America (6 videos)