Ishay Ribo is one of the most popular and richest Songwriter who was born on February 3, 1989 in Marseille, France. Ishay Ribo was (born 1989) to a traditional Sephardi Jewish family in Marseilles, France. His parents also grew up in France, having immigrated from Morocco and Algeria in their youth. His father began to take on more religious observance in France, and when Ribo was eight and a half years old, the family made aliyah to Israel, where the family became completely Torah-observant. Early on, they resided in Kfar Adumim, where Ribo attended a national-religious elementary school. After six months he transferred to a Haredi Talmud Torah in Jerusalem. He later studied in yeshivas in Kiryat Sefer and Gilo, the latter program designed for French olim (immigrants to Israel). Since his marriage he studies at Midreshet Ziv, an Orthodox kollel in the Sha’arei Hesed neighborhood of Jerusalem.
–Ishay Ribo on his popularity among both religious and secular Jews
In 2014, he performed the song “Chadeish Sessoni” on the album “Simchat Olam” (“Joy of the World”), which consisted of songs composed by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh. He was also featured on the album Achakeh Lo (“I Will Await Him”), which highlights songs from the Holocaust by The Heart and The Spring band.
In October 2015, Ribo released the first single from his second album, “Mekasheh Achat Zahav” (“A Solid Piece of Gold”), which he wrote in honor of the birth of his second son. In 2016, he released his second album, Pachad Gevahim (“Fear of Heights”). That album too was certified gold.
In 2012, Ribo was the first religious singer to take part in the Idan Raichel Project, and performed “Ohr Kazeh” (“A Light Like This”) on Raichel’s 2013 album “Reva LaShesh” (“A Quarter to Six”). He performed “Tochu Ratzuf Ahavah” at one of Raichel’s concerts.
