storm warning nigun

Melody by Chava Mirel--full version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxlyZBdMKeQ

Rachel Chang on guitar & vox with Rena Branson 

Words adapted from Psalm 127

אַחַת שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵאֵת-יְהוָה אוֹתָהּ אֲבַקֵּשׁ
שִׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית-יְהוָה, כָּל-יְמֵי חַיַּי
לַחֲזוֹת בְּנֹעַם-יְהוָה, וּלְבַקֵּר בְּהֵיכָלוֹ

Achat sha'alti me'eit Hashem, otah avakesh:
shivti b'veit Hashem, kol y'mei chayai, lachazot b'noam Hashem, u'l'vaker b'heikhalo.

Translation: One thing I ask from the Divine, one thing I desire
That I may dwell in Your house all the days of my life
To behold the pleasantness of the Divine, and to enter Their sanctuary​.

Achat Sha'alti (adapted from Chava Mirel's version)

Song of the Ancestors by Shana Aisenberg

Melody by Lydia Watkins
Recorded at Hava Nashira 2022

Lydia's Nigun

Shema melody (Chava Mirel)

שְמַע-יְהֹוָה קולִי אֶקרא וְחָנֵנִי וַעֲנֵנִי
Shema Adonai koli ekra ve’cha’neni va’a’neni

Translation: Adonai, hear my voice when I call; be gracious to me, and answer

Song and recording by Shana Aisenberg

Sh’ma Adonai Koli Ekra by Shana Aisenberg

Yedid Nefesh (Breslov)

Listen to an old recording:
http://www20.chassidus.com/audio/nigun/04-17-Ach-L-Elkim-Domi-Nafshi-Heichal-Neginah.mp3

Ach Lelokim (Chabad)

Listen to an old recording: 
http://www20.chassidus.com/audio/nigun/06-09-Chassidim-of-the-Tzemach-Tzedek-Heichal-Neginah.mp3

Info from a dear friend: This is a nigun from the chassidim of the Tzemach Tzedek (1789 -1866). Originally a more heartfelt/devotional nigun as opposed to a dancing/wedding nigun that it's become suddenly in the last 4-5 years.

Nigun from Chassidim of the Tzemach Tzedek (Chabad)

Lecha Dodi Nigun (Ruzhin)

Besht Nigun — Large Group

https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/2737/jewish/Lchatchila-Ariber-Niggun-of-the-Rebbe-Maharash.htm

Lechatchila Ariber - Nign of the Rebbe Maharash (Chabad)

SarahSongs

Hu Elokeinu (Chabad////Modern Orthodox version)

Shoshanas Yaakov (Chabad nigun for Purim)

Min Hametzar (R. Micha'el Rosenberg)

Recorded by Aliza Abolafia and Rena Branson

Lecha Dodi (Rena Branson)

68th Street Pier Nigun/Yedid Nefesh (Rena Branson)

Version of Shnirele Perele (Yiddish folk tune)

Mah Anu (Rena Branson + violin/production by Eitan Kantor)

Baby Bird Nigun (Aly Halpert)

Mishpacha Nigun (Molly Bajgot & Sol Yael Weiss)

Elul Nigun (Rabbi Bec Richman)

3/22/20 
Batya Levine, Rena Branson, Aliza Schwartz, Tamar Sandweiss-Back, Becky Havivi

Simcha Nigun/Yifrach B'yamov (Chabad? Vizhnitz?)

Batya Levine, Rena Branson, Aliza Schwartz, Tamar Sandweiss-Back, Becky Havivi

Galeh (Rabbi Moshe Shur)

Batya Levine, Rena Branson, Aliza Schwartz, Tamar Sandweiss-Back

Shalom Aleichem (Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Sheva & Jai Uttal)

Paschal Nigun - Shiru Ladonai (Psalm 96)

Nigun Esh - Mizmor Ledavid (Psalm 29)

Carousel Nigun – Lecha Dodi

Rena Branson & Ollie Schwartz
Northampton, MA
Distanced, masked, facing forward instead of facing each other, but not alone ! Hallelujah.

Shavua Tov/I Wanna Face This World With You by Ollie Schwartz

Festival praises led by Batya Levine
Photo by Emily Glick

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