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of Luaḥ 5785 with

Audio Add-on

Streaming nusaḥ and
cantillation resources

For PC, Mac, iOS, and Android

More than 200 lines in the Luaḥ are keyed to 61 audio recordings of nusaḥ and Torah cantillation.

Standard and Large‑print/Pulpit editions
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License valid through end of 5785.

61 streaming recordings linked to more than 200 lines in the Luaḥ to improve your prayer-leading and cantillation skills, including:

• Short liturgical passages for special occasions
• Proper ḥatsi kaddish melodies
• Birkat haḥodesh on Shabbat before a new month
• Rare te’amim (tropes)
• Concluding a book of the Torah
• Special melodies for various Torah verses

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License valid through end of 5785.

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Nusaḥ recordings are selected from Rinnah Utfillah, Ḥazzan Saul P. Wach's popular tools for learning and improving prayer-leading skills. The recordings feature authentic modes and motifs of Ashkenazic nusaḥ tefillah and simplified chanting without excessive ornamentation.

Cantillation recordings were recorded specifically for the Luah Audio Add-on by Uri Cohen, working closely with Rabbi Miles B. Cohen. These recordings cover unusual features of Torah readings, features rarely taught when one learns to read Torah. The traditional Ashkenazic melodies are simple and unornamented to promote easy mastery.

Ḥazzan Saul P. Wachs, PhD, is Rosalyn B. Feinstein Professor Emeritus of Education and Liturgy at Gratz College, where he has taught since 1975. A graduate of the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary, which awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Pedagogy, he holds BS, BSM, MA, and PhD degrees, as well as a Hebrew Teacher’s Diploma. Dr. Wachs has lectured and taught in nearly 400 communities, serving as visiting professor and scholar-in-residence on five continents.

Uri Cohen is executive director of Yale's Hillel, the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. In addition to serving the Jewish community in countless ways, Uri has been a careful and precise Torah reader for 3 decades.

Rabbi Miles B. Cohen is a recognized authority on cantillation. He has taught cantillation skills to young people and adults for over 6 decades. He has published both student texts and academic research on matters relating to reading Torah.[endtab]

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