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Yaakov Chesed is an American Orthodox Jewish rock band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 2006, the group won Battle of the Bands competitions at Yeshiva University and Lander College before recording two studio albums, ''Rise Above'' (2007) and ''The Passage'' (2009). The band's name is a quote from the Uva letzion prayer in Shacharit. ==Band history== Yaakov Chesed formed in the summer of 2006 with lead singer Jake Polansky, guitarist Michael Shapiro, bassist Dovi Salamon, and drummer Michael Moskowitz. They would often meet at Polansky's house for rehearsals on Motza'ei Shabbat. After Salamon left to attend Yeshivat Sha'alvim, Aryeh Kunstler was chosen to replace him as bassist. In March 2007, the band co-headlined a Purim concert at the Knitting Factory. That same year, they won Lander College and Yeshiva University's Battle of the Bands contests and gave an NCSY-sponsored Sukkot concert in Savannah, Georgia. Their debut album, ''Rise Above'', was produced by Jake Antelis and released on December 11, 2007 by Sameach Music. The band performed at the 2008 Celebrate Israel Parade's Summer Stage in Central Park alongside the Piamenta Band, among others. Their second album, ''The Passage'', co-produced by Kunstler and Antelis, was released by Sameach on November 30, 2009. On May 16, 2010, the band was recruited to play at the bat mitzvah of Alix Klein at Temple Beth Shmuel in Miami Beach. Per Klein's request, the concert benefited ALYN Hospital in Jerusalem. In 2013, Kunstler and Polansky, along with The Maccabeats' Immanuel Shalev and recording artist Simcha Leiner, were judges at V'Ata Banim Shiru, an annual a capella competition at Torah Academy of Bergen County that benefits the Koby Mandell Foundation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yaakov Chesed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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