My first encounter with Rabbi Shlomo Katz was in a class at Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo in the charming Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem. He began and ended the shiur with a niggun, and his voice and guitar were beautiful to hear. Not long after, I saw Katz perform before a huge crowd at the 15th Annual Yahrzeit Concert in memory of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, in Jerusalem’s Binyanei Ha’Uma Convention Center – I started to follow Katz’ music and his website. What a joy to discover, a year or two ago, his very special Niggun of the Birds~!