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Get in touch with Marcus to lead your High Holiday services, and inspire your community.

Marcus Freed is available to be your community’s Prayer Leader during Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur, the High Holydays. He can lead services, teach, blow the shofar & bring fantastic ruach (spirit).

Knowledgeable & friendly, Marcus is an award-winning author & actor, who has written three books on embodying Jewish spiritual wisdom (click here). Marcus is a renowned scholar-in-residence and educator and has taught for Jewish communities in over 20 countries. After graduating from university he studied at Yeshivat HaMivtar (‘Brovenders’). He has achieved two Rabbinic certifications, a B.A. in English Literature & Theatre Studies, M.A. in English Literature, attended the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and has two yoga teaching diplomas.

Sample Audio Recordings of Marcus Singing Prayers

KOL NIDREI RECORDING - CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN

KI ANU AMECHA RECORDING - CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN

KADDISH RECORDING - CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN

AVINU MALKEINU - CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN

Photographs by David Abitbol, reproduced with kind permission. www.jewlicious.com and https://www.instagram.com/jewlicious

VIDUI RECORDING - CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN

YIGDAL RECORDING - CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN

YIGDAL RECORDING - CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN

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Reviews & Testimonials

“Marcus is an educator of many talents.”

Emeritus Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l

“Marcus has a special kind of magic … achieving rock star status with adults, students and children alike”

Rabbi Brett Krichiver, UCLA Hillel

“Wit, humor, and abundant creativity. You bring a startling array of insights, talents, and mediums.”

Rabbi Simcha Weiser, Soille Day School, San Diego

“A thoroughly enjoyable, educational and spiritual weekend. …enlightening, informative and educational”

Susan Solow, President, Temple Shalom of Aberdeen NJ

“Intellectually stimulating, highly entertaining and educational”

Dr Zohar Raviv, Taglit-Birthright Israel

Creative, engaging ..the range of Marcus’s repertoire is staggering.

Rabbi Leon Morris

“amazing. ..a delight for the heart, mind, and soul.”

Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author

Marcus’s Rabbinic Certificates

Watch Marcus Teach

Here are some of Marcus’s teachings in action. The two playlists are to accompany his books The Kosher Sutras: A Yogi’s Guide to the Torah, and The Kabbalah Sutras: A Yogi’s Guide to Counting the Omer.

Torah/Parsha Videos

Kabbalah Videos

 

Shofar On Location

Marcus loves blowing the shofar…

 

[VIDEO] Shofar in Stonehenge, UK

[VIDEO] Shofar at the Kotel, Jerusalem

 

[VIDEO] Shofar on the beach at Venice Fishing Pier, CA

[VIDEO] Shofar at the Kotel, Jerusalem

[VIDEO] Shofar on the beach at Topanga Surf Break, Malibu, CA

[VIDEO] Shofar in Beverly Hills, CA