Hazzan Kaplan is now completing his third CD...

its release date is slated for later this summer

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NETWORK TV AUDIO APPEARANCE

on "House MD"
"Don't Ever Change" episode #412
broadcast on 2/5/2008

May be seen online at:
House MD

Cantor Richard opens the episode singing Niggun of the Alter Rebbe

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RADIO INTERVIEW

on Wisconsin Public Radio's
"Here On Earth"
may be heard online at:
here on earth

Cantor Richard is interviewed for a full hour regarding
Jewish Sacred Music and his CD "Life of the Worlds"
by Anne Strainchamps, from the NPR show
"To the Best of Our Knowledge"

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FROM THE ROOTS ABOVE
An Introduction to Meta-Judaism

with RABBI MOSHE AHARON KRASSEN and CANTOR RICHARD KAPLAN

The powerful mystical text Sefer Kol Demamah Dakah (Ultra Subtle Sound Current) offers a new revelation of Divine Light that enables its receivers to perceive a non-dual understanding of Torah that has never before been revealed.

Reb Moshe Aharon will lead us in a contemplative inquiry into the understanding of this “Meta-Judaism,” while Hazzan Richard Kaplan will help us move beyond a purely intellectual experience through
the devequt niggun, a contemplative musical meditation without words.
In this class, we will learn to pray two of these exquisite musical masterpieces, and study the traditional mystical teachings that underpin and support their expression.

Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village, Connecticut

August 14-17, 2008

For more information: elat chayyim

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META-JUDAISM AND A DEEP EXPLORATION OF THE MESSIANIC AGE
Co-sponsored by Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal

with RABBI MOSHE AHARON KRASSEN and CANTOR RICHARD KAPLAN

Our sages are in general agreement that no one would really want to live during the period of extreme suffering and destruction that our Prophets predicted would precede the Messianic Age. Many of the current signs of social and environmental crisis suggest that we are rapidly approaching those final days. What is the real meaning of the days “that are coming," and how can a deeper understanding of this phenomenon inform our goals and choices?

Participants will be guided through an exploration into what “Meta Judaism” says about how the messianic age can inform our spiritual practices and the awareness we need to meet today’s global challenges.

As the Third Temple of the messianic times may be envisioned not as a structure in time and space, but rather as a Temple of Cosmic Consciousness, Hazzan Richard Kaplan will present an array of powerful music to help spark the descent of Higher Wisdom into the depths of our inner worlds – songs of radical reverence, non-duality, Divine love and holy stillness – music to inspire and strengthen us in the work of binyan haMalchut (building the Holy into this world).

Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village, Connecticut

August 18-21, 2008

For more information: elat chayyim




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