Daphna is a prayer leader, singer, composer, and guitarist. She is a co-founder of Nava Tehila and served as its prayer leader from 2006 to 2023. Through her original melodies, she breathes new life into texts from the Jewish sources and contemporary poetry. As part of Nava Tehila, Daphna has recorded three albums and embarked on many musical journeys around the world — performing, sharing, and teaching Nava Tehila's model of communal prayer. Daphna specializes in musically leading life-cycle ceremonies, is an active volunteer in the field of spiritual care, and is certified in aquatic emotional therapy.
Yoel is a singer, guitarist, composer, and prayer leader, and one of the founders of Nava Tehila. He was a prayer leader in the community from 2006 to 2020. Yoel is an original and diverse composer in his style, and is a co-creator of Nava Tehila's three albums and musical prayer journeys in communities abroad. In 2020, Yoel moved to Colorado, where he is studying for rabbinical studies and leading a local community. He travels to communities across the United States to create Sabbaths and workshops in the spirit of Nava Tehila.
Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan is the founder of the Nava Tehila community in Jerusalem and one of the leading voices in spiritual Jewish renewal in Israel. A midwife of melodies, creator of prayer spaces, and ritual artist, she teaches Hasidism and Kabbalah internationally and works to renew the experience of public prayer through music, communal creativity, and living presence. She also serves as a mentor and spiritual director to rabbis and young musicians, supporting processes of spiritual growth and leadership.
Dov is a guitarist, singer, composer, and a musical prayer leader. He began composing prayers for Nava Tehila when he joined as a musical leader in 2023. Together with other Nava Tehila members, he leads musical prayer delegations abroad. Dov facilitates singing and prayer circles in various settings and also writes music to his own lyrics