Boca Raton Shliach’s Album Inspired by the Rebbe’s Tekiyos

Rabbi Ruvi New, shliach in Boca Raton, Florida, has released The Songs and Prayers of Rosh Hashanah, the third album in a holiday music series that began with Songs of the Seder and Songs of Yom Kippur, releases that have reached hundreds of thousands of streams and downloads and have become, for countless families and communities, a new way to prepare for and anticipate the Yomim Tovim.

Every track is fully transliterated and translated, so anyone can sing along and follow the service, whether they grew up davening every word or are stepping into shul for the first time in years. It is part of Rabbi New’s ongoing effort to make the High Holidays feel joyful, accessible, and uplifting through song.

For Rabbi New, no moment compares to standing before the Rebbe for tekiyos. “The energy in that room, the anticipation, the awe. It’s something I’ve carried with me my whole life.” That memory shaped the album’s most personal track: his own recreation of how the Rebbe sang the verses before and after the shofar was blown, a rendition he could not find preserved anywhere and so recorded himself.

The album’s Nusach section draws from Rabbi New’s childhood in Melbourne, Australia, where he grew up davening alongside towering Chassidic figures and renowned Balei Teffilah – his grandfather, Rabbi Isser Kluwgant, his great-uncle, Reb Shmuel Bezalel Althaus, and the community Shliach, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Groner. “The way my grandfather, my great-uncle, and Rabbi Groner davened growing up in Melbourne is still how I hear these prayers today. Sharing their nusach is humbling and deeply meaningful.”

The album is divided into two parts: Songs, contemporary arrangements for the Rosh Hashanah table and shul, and Nusach, the traditional melodies carried down through generations.

The Songs and Prayers of Rosh Hashanah is available on all streaming platforms and a special video version on YouTube.

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