Fervent researcher and lover of Jewish music and Klezmer, the composer adopts here an expanded tonal language and models his renditions of the traditional Jewish melodies on the Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt. This selection of eight numbers among the vast Ashkenazi music repertoire includes a number of Klezmer tunes as well. In some pieces, for instance the N.8 Hanukkah Medley and N.6 Purim, several melodies are combined and used together. In N.2 Shalom Aleichem, both "Shalom Aleichem" melodies are used. Other Rhapsodies are variations and developments on one single tune. Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies are referenced throughout this collection. In both spirit and pianistic elaboration, even for the titling, Hebraic Rhapsodies reflect on Hungarian Rhapsodies. Furthermore, even though the melodies are different, there is a resemblance, more in spirit than in actual notes, between Liszt's tunes borrowed from Roman folk culture and the Hebraic themes. Also the Hungarian musical scale and the various scales used in Gypsy music are close to many Hebraic modes and scales.