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| - Avraham Shabshi Hakohen Friedman (born March 22, 1959, 12 Adar II 5719 in the Jewish calendar) is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community who was encouraged to enter the music career by his rabbi, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late rebbe of Lubavitch. He is generally known and referred to by his stage name, Avraham Fried. Fried who participated in many choirs throughout his youth, hit off his career with the release of his first album "No Jew Will Be Left Behind" in 1981, featuring the hit "Kel Hahodaos", written by Kol Salonica .
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| - Avraham Shabshi Hakohen Friedman (born March 22, 1959, 12 Adar II 5719 in the Jewish calendar) is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community who was encouraged to enter the music career by his rabbi, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late rebbe of Lubavitch. He is generally known and referred to by his stage name, Avraham Fried. Fried who participated in many choirs throughout his youth, hit off his career with the release of his first album "No Jew Will Be Left Behind" in 1981, featuring the hit "Kel Hahodaos", written by Kol Salonica . His music is mostly categorized as pop Jewish music, similar to Mordechai ben David and tends to integrate many styles of popular music, including pop, rock and jazz, with Jewish lyrics and themes. Fried has 6 children and lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn,. He is a Lubavitcher Hasid. His brother is the Hasidic lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman. His nephew is Jewish singer Benny Friedman. In the summer of 2009, Fried made a concert tour in Israel where he introduced secular israeli singer and composer Chanan Yovel and featured his hit Rak T'filla also introducing a new song U'Nesane Tokef. A DVD (first ever of an exclusive Fried concert) is scheduled to hit the stores in 2010.
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