Recently emigrated from her native Ukraine, the Hazzanit Yelena Gurin, speaks several languages, and wonders why she cannot be the Hazzan living within her since the day she discovered religion and the chant. Future will tell. We followed with our own logic the diaspora route, but nowadays a new diaspora is taking place. It will be with a Polish emigrant, Ora Zitner, and a French percussionist, Yuval Micenmacher, that we will discover the beauty of a XVl-th century Yemenite chant. The Syrian community and its two Hazzans invite us to discover the Bakashots, petition chants, night prayers.
People gather around midnight to sing.
They share questions and answers in a praying form, and sing until sunrise. The Ethiopian community, the Falachas, live away from the cities and remain autonomous. Their prayer is as modest as their demeanors. Recently emigrated from the former USSR as well are the Uzbecks, a united community living near by Tel Aviv. Their synagogue welcomes us with an outspoken generosity to perform for us their instrumental music.