Avinu Malkeinu. Our Father, Our King.

I keep thinking about how Avinu comes first. Before He is our King, He is our Father.

As Elul approaches, HaMelech Basadeh. The King is in the field. No throne, no distance. Just Hashem meeting us where we are, waiting for us to come close.

Sometimes those first steps into the field feel so hard. But I’m learning to see Torah and mitzvot not as burdens, but as invitations into His closeness. The ways Hashem has made Himself available to us in this world.

This song is a prayer from that place. A yearning to move from fear into love, to choose connection, and to remember that He is already there waiting for us.

I hope you enjoy this version of Avinu Malkeinu, sung alongside my incredible students and their pure, angelic voices. No matter our age, we are all still children, with pure souls yearning to come close to our Father.

May our thoughts, words, and actions this year embody the growth and closeness our souls so deeply desire. 

🤍, Bracha Jaffe

Arrangement & Music Production: Shai Bachar
Video Production: Elimelech Flam - Brix Originals 
Cinematography: Elimelech Flam & Colin Cusac
Directed by: Bracha Jaffe, Tehilla Juni & Chani Singer
Children’s Choir: ZAHAV Girls Choir
Child Soloist: Sari Weiser

Gaffer: Colin Cousac & Evan Stefanko
Bass: Fima Ephoron
Drums: Bruno Werner
Guitars: Nitzan Alon
Piano: Shai Bachar
Mix & Master: Ilya Lishinsky @ Artsonic Studios

Machzorim sponsored by Simchonim
Embroidered Sweaters sponsored by Central Embroidery Five Towns
Filmed at Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst