Copyright Sept 2021 Kohenet Annie Matan

Chant inspired by the Jewish ve’ahavta prayer.

Lyrics:
You shall love
With all your heart 
With all your soul
With all of you
You are loved
For all your heart 
For all your soul
For all of you.

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Myke Mazzei on guitar, harmonica and backing vocals.

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This song is an adaptation of an Israeli Chanukah song that says, “Come let’s banish the dark.” My teachers, Rabbi Jill Hammer and Rabbi David Seidenberg wrote an alternative that says, “come, let’s sanctify the dark.” I adapted their lyrics and wrote the melody and arrangement.
This recording was made at Harlow Sound in Toronto and was produced by Greg English and engineered by Justin McWilliams. Musical accompaniment by Greg English and Justin McWilliams.
Vocals by Annie Matan.

It was written for the intersection of Chanukah and Solstice in 2022. I invite listeners to think of it as a magic spell, welcoming the sacred play of dark and light.
Lyrics:

Rise up darkness,
come up night,
Rise up, to greet the light! (2x)

We’ve come to sanctify the dark,
in our hands a little spark
Each of us a tiny light,
and together we shine bright.
Seeds of fire and of light
Radiant within the night
Rise up darkness, come up night
Rise up to greet the light!

Rise up darkness,
come up night,
Rise up, to greet the light! (2x)

Banu choshekh l’kadesh
B’yadeinu or va’esh
Kol echad hu or katan
V’khulanu or eitan
Gar’inim shel esh va-or
Bohakim mitokh hashchor
Kumah choshekh, Aleh sh’chor
Kumah, likrat ha-or!

Kumah choshekh
Aleh sh’chor
Kumah, likrat ha-or!
Rise up darkness,
come up night,
Rise up, to greet the light!
Rise up darkness

In weave of darkness nestling
Radiant within the night
We will plant our fire’s seed
Seeds of fire and of light
In our hands, may light and flame
Bejewel, as tapestry of night
We come to sanctify the dark
Afore the sun renews its light

Rise up darkness,
come up night,
Rise up, to greet the light! (2x)


Lyrics from alternative translation of Sara Levi-Tanai’s Banu Choshekh
by Rabbi Jill Hammer and Rabbi David Seidenberg
Melody and arrangement by Kohenet Annie Matan

RISE UP DARKNESS

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Netzach sh'b Hod
Keep on letting go and healing will come.
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