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Yossi Green
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Yossi Green was raised in a Satmar Hasidic family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Although his parents did not allow musical instruments in the house, his mother developed his taste for music by listening to records. He taught himself how to play music on a friend’s melodica. While studying at the Manchester Yeshivah in 1973, Green began to write his own songs. During this time he heard Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song" playing from a passing car, and it inspired him to write his own version of soul music, "Kol Berama", which was featured on a Pirchei London album under the direction of Yigal Calek and became an international hit. Green has composed over 700 melodies in the genres of contemporary Jewish religious music, pop music, classical music, Hasidic music, and show tunes. He draws most of his lyrics from primary Jewish texts, including Torah, Talmud, and Midrash. He also finds lyrics in liturgical and personal prayers, Shabbat zemirot, and biographies of famous rabbis. His major hits are "Kol Berama" ("A Voice in Ramah"; text from Jeremiah 31:14-15), "Tanya" ("We learned"; text from Berakhot 7a), "Aderaba", "Daagah Mi-nayin", "Didoh Bei" ("If You Have Knowledge"; text from Nedarim 41a), "Shomati", "Ve'erastich", and "Anovim". Green composes songs for the superstars of the Orthodox Jewish music world, including Mordechai Ben David, Avraham Fried, Yaakov Shwekey, Lipa Schmeltzer, Shloime Gertner, Ohad Moskowitz, and Dedi Graucher. His first collab
top songs
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Anovim Anovim
1202Medley 1 (V'Koraiv, Emes, Shehashalom)
1033Medley 2 (No Jew Will Be Left behind, Forever One, The Time Is Now)
624Medley 6 (Utzu Eitzah, V'Amartem, Ki Shemesh, Henay Matov)
615Medley 10 (Koraiv Yom, Zachreinu, Ki Nicham)
596Medley 7 (K'ayol, V'zakeinu, Tov L'hodos)
567Medley 9 (Onah Melech, Tzomoh L'cho Nafshi, Ko-Ribon)
558Medley 4 (Al Eileh, Kol B'romoh)
519Medley 3 (V'eynaynu, Hu Finu, Boruch Hu, Y'Hey Ravoh, V'he Haschodesh)
5010Medley 5 (V'Hoer Eineinu, Shoshanas Yakov, M'shoich, A Letter to Moshiach, Henay Yomim Bo'im)
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