YG Avraham Fried - Bar Yochai YG Avraham Fried - Bar Yochai

Bar Yochai – The Story – The Song Throughout my musical career I have been fortunate to meet with some very unique Yidden, individuals who in one way or another, had come up with an idea or an Hashkafa about an aspect of Yiddiskeit and asked me whether I thought it could be turned into song. Such was the case one evening when I was visited by just such a person. He felt that he had forged a very strong connection with the Heiliger Rashbi, visiting Meron many times during the years and wanted to know if I thought I could write a song that would highlight the special connection Klal Yisroel has with the Rashbi. Experiencing Lag Ba’omer in Meron that same year and being part of a unity consisting of almost every single Jewish walk of life present on the mountain on that Holy day, made it overwhelmingly clear that the uniting force of this Holy Tanna was one of the powerful aspects of this connection we all have with the Rashbi. Immediately, after Lag Ba’omer I got together with Oren Neeman, a close friend with a rare and poetic command of Hebrew, and I explained the idea. Oren was deeply moved and shortly after began to write these precious original lyrics. Translating them loosely into English gave me the completed idea in both languages boldly and clearly. The composition followed quickly and then the call to Avremel who loved the song and lyric and agreed to record the song Bar Yochai right away. In this unique song that has both Hebrew and English lyrics, Avremel handles both languages in way that no one else can. Credits: Composed by: Yossi Green Hebrew Lyric by: Oren Neeman Produced by: Yossi Tyberg & Gershy Moskowits Arranged by: Leib Yakov Rigler Background Vocals by: Yossi Green