Haim Yehuda, a 34-year-old wedding singer and veteran bard from Beit Shemesh, launched into a moving duet with his brother, the composer David Yehuda In the single "The Light Will Shine".
A song of faith, longing, and closeness to the Holy One, Blessed be He, born from hundreds of melodies sent to the singer, and only one of them made him cry.
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Seventeen years of performing at weddings, parties, groom's Sabbaths and synagogues have shaped Haim Yehuda into a multi-stylistic artist: a cantor, a poet, a Torah reader and a wedding singer in a wide range of genres, from authentic Hasidic poetry to Israeli curling and piyot. Despite the busy performance schedule, he has not released a song of his own since 2014-2015, because he could not find material that touched him deeply enough. Until "Oruch Kaber Ya'ir" arrived.
""I didn't connect with a lot of the tunes people sent me," explains Haim Yehuda, "This song made me cry every time I listened to it. I said: Okay, this is the song. I want to fight for it. If it moved me, it can open hearts to different audiences. I have no doubt about that.""
The song was written and composed by a close artist: his brother David Yehuda, who is considered talented in Haim's eyes not because he is his brother but because the piece spoke to him, suggested that his older brother join him in a duet, and the result was greater than the sum of its parts.
As is his custom with every project, Haim Yehuda spared no expense in the production. Alongside Amit Yitzhak, who plays guitars, arranged the song for us Elia Yitzhak. Lilia Yehezkeli, plays Kamancha on the drums. David Israel Cohen.
Haim says that the song went through many ups and downs on the way to the studio, as Haim and David Yehuda traveled from Beit Shemesh to Bat Ein almost seven times just to record the vocals.
Chaim says about this: "Rabbi Nachman promised that a song that overcomes the most obstacles is a song that will succeed.".
""I am sure that the tears I cried will enter the hearts of the listeners and cause them to weep too and feel a longing and closeness to the Holy One, blessed be He," he adds. "It will stir up a few bones in their hearts. I have no doubt and I am sure of it.""
