Showing posts with label Israel Portnoy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israel Portnoy. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2026

TYH: Shower Me With Love | Israel Portnoy

Talk to Hashem and tell Him what you need!
His goodness has no limit. His love and blessings surround you completely!
Shower me with love, Hashem. Keep me in Your embrace!

TYH Nation Presents: Shower Me With Love
Israel Portnoy

TYH Music/Mendy Portnoy/Farbrengable Studios

Composed: Reuven
Produced: Mendy Portnoy
Backing vocals: Israel & Mendy Portnoy
Guitars: Israel Portnoy
Bass: Danny Shnaiderman
Mixed by Mendy Portnoy & Jake Antellis

For bookings:
+1 (347) 680-4862
bookings@tyhnation.com

Monday, August 11, 2025

TYH Nation: Sheyibane - Israel Portnoy

A tefillah in song. Words we’ve prayed for generations, now sung with heart.

We’re asking Hashem to rebuild the Beis HaMikdash, to give us our portion in Torah, and to bring us back to serve Him like we used to.

It’s a cry, a dream, and a reminder that while we are still waiting for the ultimate redemption we are still building our relationship with Him using the Torah as our guide.

Credits:

Composed by The Blumstein Brothers
Produced & Arranged by Mendy Portnoy
Guitars: Amit Peled
Drums: Jamal Hopkins
Bass: Mitch Friedman
Strings Performed by Yoed Nir
Strings Arranged by Mendy Portnoy & Yoed Nir
Backing Vocals: Mendy Portnoy, Israel Portnoy
Mixed & Mastered by Yaron Safer

Cover Art: Yehuda Raice
Lyric video by MATISHRIKI Studio

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

TYH Presents: House Of Prayer | Israel Portnoy

This song began at a Jerusalem bus stop.

I was sitting on a graffiti-covered bench on Agripas Street nearly half my lifetime ago, fiddling around with a baseline and a pasuk, when the melody for “House of Prayer” started to form. At the time, either I wasn’t ready - or maybe dare I say, the world wasn’t - for these words to feel like they truly belonged. But something about now feels right. As if the vision they carry is no longer a dream, but rather a necessity and a reality we are inching towards.

The lyrics are from Isaiah/Yeshayahu.
We recite them at every tefilla during every chag— a vision of unity, yearning, and healing that resonates more than ever.

As a Levi, I’ve always felt a deep connection toward the role of music in our relationship with Hashem and his sacred service. This song, in particular, lets me lean into that ancestral calling - to sing and serve in the Beit HaMikdash, alongside my fellow Levite brothers - especially my biological brother Mendy, whose production poured equal parts of heart and talent into every note.

This double release marks the beginning of a collaborative album project between myself and Thank You Hashem. Much of this body of work is rooted in our yearning for redemption. It carries the same vision: music that feels like prayer, and prayer that sounds like music. Songs that reconnect us - with each other, with Hashem, and with the dream of a rebuilt Beit HaMikdash, where music, prayer, the people, and the Divine are once again fully united.

Alongside House of Prayer, we’re also releasing Baal Shem Tov Niggun, a melody attributed to the founder of the Chassidic movement. I’ve always felt a special connection to the Baal Shem Tov, not least because I carry his name. This niggun is one I’ve come back to time and again, often in quiet moments of return. There's something deeply poetic to me about these melodies, composed in Europe during difficult times for our people, now making a literal aliyah - redeemed and ready to be sung again, soon, in the rebuilt Beit HaMikdash. It felt like this niggun belonged here, in this moment.

Composed and Written by Israel Portnoy
Produced & Arranged by Mendy Portnoy
Executive Production: The Blumstein Brothers

Bass: Dani Shnaiderman
Guitars: Hanan Rubinstein & israel Portnoy
Horns: Dani Flam
Backing Vocals: Israel Portnoy & Mendy Portnoy
Mixed & Mastered by Ronen Hillel
Album Artwork: Yehuda Raice
Video: Shai Barak
PM: yakov Jsoephy

Sunday, June 01, 2025

TYH Ft. Israel Portony - New Day Will Rise

This song was originally sung by our sister, Yuval Raphael, who miraculously survived the Nova festival massacre. Her life was spared in chaos, and from that place, she literally found her voice and brought this melody to the world.

This cover, performed by ‪Israel Portnoy‬ and presented by Thank You Hashem, reminds us that the souls of those we lost—and those who lived—are all calling out to us. They’re telling us something deeper: “mayim rabbim lo yuchlu lechabot et ha’ahava” — no flood, no force, no darkness can ever extinguish the love that burns within the Jewish soul.

Sung in three languages, this rendition bridges worlds and hearts. The video, like the song, dances between darkness and light, as the lyric “a new day will rise” suggests. In a time when “everyone cries”, this is a reminder: “don’t cry alone!” The Pintele yid of Jews all around the world are more united than ever—in grief, resilience, and joy. We are in this dance together, our eternal spark that stays connected to Hashem is shining with love, with Emunah. This release marks the beginning of a new musical collaboration between Israel Portnoy and Thank You Hashem, with a full album coming sooner than you think!

Credits: Written by Keren Peles and Originally Performed by Yuval Raphel
Produced by Mendy Portnoy
Strings Arranged and Performed by Yoed Nir
Mixed & Mastered by Yaron Saffer

Video Credits:
Director: Mendy Portnoy
Producer: Binyamin Babayof
Director of Photography: James Kolsby
Gaffer: Ethan
Grip: Teo

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

TYH Presents: Heart & Soul Medley | Israel Portnoy

Produced and Arranged by Mendy Portnoy
Mixed by Yaron Safer
Video Produced and edited by Mendy Portnoy
Filmed by Shimmy Socol
Farbrengable Studios / Mendy Portnoy

Israel Portnoy brings new life to a medley of classic Hebrew, English,and Yiddish songs, with fresh and original arrangements, produced by Mendy Portnoy at Farbrengable Studios. Feel the warmth of nostalgia wash over you as the track delivers a powerful message, all centered around the theme of the Neshama, a vibrant testament to the enduring power of Jewish music and the Jewish people.