Kirtan Rabbi Andrew Hahn
sponsored by The Quarry House
co-hosted by
Shaaray Tefila & Temple Beth El
Kirtan Selichot Service
Saturday, September 17 at 7:00 PM
at Shaaray Tefila, 68 Bay St, Glens Falls

Kirtan Children’s Workshop
Sunday, September 18 at 10:00 AM
at Temple Beth El, 3 Marion Ave, Glens Falls
Donations for travel and residency are appreciated!
Kirtan (also known as Bhajan) is a form of chant developed in India to heighten participation, communal feeling and ecstatic communion with the divine. Its usual, distinguishing feature is a formula of singing based on call-and-response. The chant facilitator offers something and then the participants return the favor.
Kirtan is fully participatory. It breaks down the barrier between “leader” and “listener.”  Its improvisational and experimental nature, make it a fun, yet strangely deep game to play – for both adults and children.
Rabbi Andrew Hahn (Reb Drew) holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought from the Jewish Theological Seminary (Conservative) and received rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Reform). He has also studied at the feet of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal Movement. Dubbed “a Shlomo Carlebach for the twenty-first century,” he weaves traditional Jewish liturgy and musical modes into the increasingly popular call-and-response chant technology from India, known as Kirtan.