{"id":64811,"date":"2026-09-06T09:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/?p=64811"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:03:38","slug":"unconventional-meir-ben-dror-brings-a-new-rhythm-to-the-high-holy-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/unconventional-meir-ben-dror-brings-a-new-rhythm-to-the-high-holy-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Unconventional: Meir Ben-Dror Brings A New Rhythm To The High Holy Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While the music industry typically gathers around deeply emotional songs in anticipation of the Days of Mercy and Forgiveness, singer-songwriter <strong>Meir Ben-Dror<\/strong> breaks the mold by launching an upbeat, uplifting, and unconventional single. &#8220;<strong>HaMelech BaSadeh<\/strong>&#8221; (The King in the Field)\u2014unlike anything you\u2019ve heard before!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the High Holy Days approach, music shelves usually fill up with moving ballads and quiet melodies. However, <strong>Meir Ben-Dror<\/strong>\u2014a seasoned artist with a rich history of highly successful singles and duets\u2014has chosen to bring a completely different perspective to the season this year. He presents an energetic, high-tempo song titled &#8220;<strong>HaMelech BaSadeh<\/strong>&#8221; (The King in the Field)\u2014a track that defies expectations while capturing the uplifting moments of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new single depicts the powerful experience of spiritual preparation for the New Year. It employs analogies from the world of aviation to illustrate the intensity of spiritual elevation during this period, while also referencing holiday themes through imagery of fields and nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song is accompanied by a spectacular AI-enhanced lyric video created by the talented artist <strong>Mati Shriki<\/strong>, adding an extraordinary visual dimension to the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credits: Lyrics and composition: Meir Ben Dror<br \/>Arrangement and music production: Itamar Shkedi<br \/>Mix and master: Adi Perez<br \/>Lyric video + AI-integrated animation: Mati Shriki<br \/>PR: Mendy Kurant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ASy4-nSXWHo?si=ZgdhrYilC36lQcLN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the music industry typically gathers around deeply emotional songs in anticipation of the Days of Mercy and Forgiveness, singer-songwriter Meir Ben-Dror breaks the mold by launching an upbeat, uplifting,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66,68,8744],"tags":[16947,7327,23270],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64813,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64811\/revisions\/64813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}