Avraham Fried

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Avraham Shabsi HaCohen Friedman (born 12 Adar II 5719/March 22, 1959) is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community.

As a child, his extraordinary vocal talent was immediately noticed and he performed at various functions at a very young age.

Avraham Fried, as he is known in the Jewish music world, has 6 children. He is one of the foremost musical entertainers of the orthodox Jewish world. He is a Lubavitcher Hasid. His music is mostly classical Jewish music, very similar to his counterpart Mordechai ben David. He lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, near the Lubavitch world headquarters, but his musical career requires frequent travel. His style can be considered traditional, yet modern and entertaining. His music tends to integrate many styles of popular music, including pop, rock and jazz, with Jewish lyrics and themes.

His brother is the well known Hasidic lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman.


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  • Vehu Rachum & Yismichu Hashamayim (Singles) Eli Lipsker Albums as a child (1967?)
  • Arukah M'eretz Midah (Single) his first debut promo for the Jewish music scene (1974?)
  • No Jew Will Be Left Behind (1981)
  • The Time Is Now (1982)
  • Forever One (1983)
  • Melavah Malka with Avraham Fried (1984)
  • Goodbye Golus (1985)
  • Around the Year Volume 2 (1986)
  • We Are Ready (1988)
  • Around the Year Volume 3 (1989)
  • The Good Old Days (1990)
  • Aderaba (1991)
  • All the Best (1991)
  • Yiddish Gems Volume 1 (1992)
  • Hebrew Gems Volume 1 (1992)
  • Shtar Hatna'im (1993)
  • Yiddish Gems Volume 2 (1994)
  • Hebrew Gems Volume 2 (1994)
  • Bracha V'Hatzlacha (1995)
  • Im Eshkachaich Yerushalayim (2 CD's) (1996)
  • Hupp Cossack (1996)
  • Chazak (1997)
  • The Baal Shem Tov's Song (1998)
  • My Fellow Jew - Yochid V'rabim (2001)
  • Avraham Fried Live! (2001)
  • Aleh Katan - Little Leaf (Single)(2002)
  • Avinu Malkeinu (2002)
  • Ani Choshev Aleichem (Single) (2005)
  • Bein Kach U"Bein Kach (2006)
  • Niggunim of Zeide Friedman (2008)

It is widely reported that Fried is working on a new album to be released in the near future of Hasidic nigunim like three of his previous albums. It has been reported that after release of that album he will release his third Yiddish album of songs by composer Yom Tov Ehrlich.

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