Mozi's Nigun  (Learning Track) Joey Weisenberg

adon olam

"Elohai, the soul you have given me is pure."
Melody by Shefa Gold

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Elohai Neshama

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

Galeh (Rabbi Moshe Shur)

Poem by Lila Serene, translated by Lila & her mom Ana Goldenberg.
Melody by Margot Seigle
Recorded on the 24th of Iyar 5780 // Netzach shebe Yesod 
Yiddish pronunciation support from Noam Lerman 

This poem is about trusting the babies choosing to be conceived and born in this pandemic to be bringing with them the gifts and wisdom that are most needed.

naye lebn

dayne 
zise oygn farshpreyt
fris tsit fun eybikeyt arop
greyt, hungeric
oysgisn bagleybtkyte azoy vi honic dekn mid harts 
onton a bissle fargenign azoy vi vesne regn 
gebakt in der shmek fun frish likht
du bist punkt genoy gekumen aher 
biz a hor ven du kumft iz der merste veytikeyt
un ich tsuher zich 
hent aroysraysn tfilin fun lipn farstitert 
doziker beyner fartriknt megn beygn gehnuk niderik
kushn dos erd gehnuk tsertlekh
zayn bagrisn ba der mikdesh
fun vos du host gekumen aher tsulernen.

translation: 

new life.

Your 
Wide sweet eyes 
Fresh plucked from eternity 
Ready hungry 
pouring trust like syrup over tired hearts 
a sprinkling of joy like spring rain steeped in the scent of fresh light 
you are right on time
right when you're needed most 
and I am listening
palms pressing prayers through trembling lips
may these drying bones bend low enough 
to kiss this earth gently enough 
to be received at the altar 
of what you've come here to teach.

Naye Lebn

Paschal Nigun - Shiru Ladonai (Psalm 96)

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ושמחת בחגך והיית אך שמח
Vesamachta bechagecha vehayita ach sameach
You shall rejoice on your festivals​ and be fully joyous.
(Deuteronomy 16: 14a, 15b)

Vesamachta Bechagecha (Chabad)

אֱכוֹל בְּשִׂמְחָה כִּי כְבָר רָצָךְ
Echol b'simcha ki kvar ratzach

Eat in joy, you are already wanted
You're divinely desired
Eat in joy, you are already wanted
Your being is wanted

Line from "Menucha v'Simcha" ("Rest & Joy"), a medieval zemer/song for Shabbat, traditionally sung on Friday nights

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