Intro and First Files

Hello All,

Nusach – the musical modes and tunes used by the Chazan for each portion of the prayer service.

I have set up this blog (even though I have little blogging experience) because I have not found any decent online sources for basic samples of Nusach HaTefilla.

The Nusach presented here is Ashkenazi put to the Ari (Chassidic or Sefard) texts.  If you daven “Nusach Ashkenaz” then the same musical rules apply even though there are slight variations to the text.  If you wish to use this blog to post

This forum is intended to be a source for free nusach mp3 files and a place for comparison of various traditions. Attached are a few files which I have just recorded.  They may not be gramatically perfect (sometimes I place the accent on the wrong syllable) but the intention is to provide some tools to learn nusach (especially for my own kids).  I skipped parts when I felt that not all were needed to be included.

You can save the mp3 files below to disk by right-clicking on the underlined links and selecting “Save link as…”.

Weekdays

• ברכות השחר Birkot Hashachar
• פסוקי דזמרה Pesukei DeZimra Note that Nusach changes to Fragish at end of Oz Yashir 
• ברכות קריאת שמע Birkot Keriat Shema
• חזרת הש”ץ Hazarat HaShatz
• תחנון עד הסוף After Amida
• מנחה Minha
• ערבית Arvit

Shabbat

• קבלת שבת Kabalat Shabbat
• ערבית Arvit Shabbat
• פסוקי דזימרה Pesuke DeZimra 
• ברכות קריאת שמע Birkot Keriat Shema
• חזרת הש”ץ שחרית Shacharit Hazarat Hashatz
• מנחה של שבת Shabbat Minha

Please respond with comments and corrections if the nusach in these files is incorrect.  It has been about 35 years since I learned nusach with Chazan Sherwood Goffin at MHS Ohr Torah High School in Riverdale, NY.

If you would like to record yourself and post additional files please do so.   I use Audacity, its free and pretty simple to use.

Enjoy,

David Fensterheim

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