Joey Newcomb and Benny Friedman Collaborate on Freilach

By Joey Newcomb

It was the summer, I was sitting outside, and I felt like I wasn’t doing my avoida b’simcha, living b’simcha. Stam, I was feeling a moichin d’katnus, and for those who know me, you know I don’t like that ☺. It was really bothering me. I told myself, a Yid has to do whatever it takes to be b’simcha! I can’t stay like this!

So, I got up and started running, mamish running around the backyard, saying the words “Ivdu Es Hashem B’simcha” over and over again to jolt myself out of this shvereh moichin (as is m’vuar in Reb Nachman, צריך להכריח את עצמו בכוח גדול להיות בשמחה תמיד, ולשמח את עצמו בכל אשר יוכל, ואפילו במילי דשטותא – ליקוטי מוהר”ן תנינא כד)

After a while, between the chanting and panting to the beat of my step, these words started turning into a song until eventually it brought me back into a matziv of simcha.

Credits:
Music Production Doni Gross
Composed by: Joey Newcomb
Video Produced by: Motty Berkowitz
Production Manager: Moshe Leib Gross
Production Assistant: Aryeh Itzkowitz
Clarinet: Moshe Moseson

VIDEO: Freilach all the time – Joey Newcomb & Benny Friedman