Hard on the heels of Tipul Tefilla, a social protest which aroused wide-spread interest,Asaf Leibovitz presents Mituvcha, a song in a more ...
Hard on the heels of Tipul Tefilla, a social protest which aroused wide-spread interest,Asaf Leibovitz presents Mituvcha, a song in a more traditional Jewish style. Leibovitz is 41,born in Haifa, married and the father of three children, he now lives in Hod Hasharon andsees himself as a Hassid and a musician, in that order. Besides being a guitarist andcomposer, Leibovitz has semicha (and served as a reserve army chaplain). "Jewish musicand Torah learning both come from the soul and both become a way of life", he says toexplain the connection between two apparently contradictory interests.The melody of Mituvcha, written by Asaf and his wife Pazit, creates the sublime shabbosatmosphere that descends on Friday afternoon. "Kulam Yitangu Mituvcha" Asaf sings of allthose who know how to enjoy the unique gift given to Am Yisrael which is Shabbat. At firstthe music is soulful then the beat picks up and builds up to become a true celebration ofthe day of rest.Asaf's musical career began long before he became a baal teshuva, when he studied at theRimon Music School and worked with entertainers such as Aviv Gefen who even wrote oneof the songs on the album. Following this, Leibowitz came back to his roots and in recentyears he has devoted himself to learning and spreading Torah, and has become a soferstam. At present he combines both worlds, giving lectures on Jewish subjects and makingmusic.Asaf's first album, shortly to be released, expresses his worldview as one who is familiarwith both the secular and the religious world and who tries and succeeds in finding whatboth worlds have in common in a quest for spirituality which brings both ends together andcreates a musical bridge between them in an album called iy"H Tipul Tefilla. The albumfeatures topnotch artists such as Avi Singolda, Musical production is by Dudi Tamir.The album is distributed through 'Greentec' , the largest Hassidic music company in Israel.
