A chant to lean into Elul in three parts

Part one: I'm going deep, deep within, mmmmmm (inspired by the practice of cheshbon hanefesh and teshuva during Elul)

Part two: I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine (acronym of Elul from Song of songs 6:3)

Part three: Whom shall I fear? Nobody! (inspired by Psalm 27, the psalm read/chanted daily during Elul)

Elul Chant 5781

The last couple lines of psalm 27, which is recited throughout the month of Elul to prepare for the High Holy Days. 

lulei, lulei hemanti
lirot b'tuv hashem 
b'eretz chayim

kave, kave el shechinah
kave, kave el shechinah
kave, kave el shechinah
chazak v'ametz libeich

oh how, oh how i trusted
that i would see god's good
in this living land

stay open, open to the one
stay open, open to the one
stay open, open to the one
may your heart be open to the one

*tune/arrangement by Arik Labowitz. some parts have been adapted to feminine hebrew with the help of Rabbi Jill Hammer.

Lulei Hemanti

This is a song for the moment when we see the ways we have kept ourselves small and bound up in internalized oppression and realize we no longer need those patterns and can lay them down. A moment of Grace.

It came through while listening to a message from a dear friend who used the phrase "leaving my father's house", which I later learned was in reference to the title of the book by Marian Woodman which speaks to a lot of the themes present in this song. Immediately upon hearing the phrase, I paused the message mid-listen and this song came through.


lyrics + vocals + percussion: Joanna Laws Landis
recorded by: Eli Rosenblatt

Leaving My Father's House

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Love Your Neighbor As Yourself (this is the great principle of Torah- Rabbi Akiva). 

The words, straight outta Leviticus 19:18:
הריני מקבלת עלי את מצבת הבורא ואהבת לרעיך כמוך
Hareini m'kabel(et, if F-identified) alai et mitzvat ha'Borei
V'ahavta l'reyekha kamocha

Behold, I take upon myself the commandment from the Creator:
to love your neighbor as yourself

V'ahavta l'reyekha kamokha - Love Your Neighbor As Yourself

Lo Yisa Goy - by Isaiah 2:4

Lo yisa goy el goy cherev, Lo yil'm'du od milchama

Nation Shall Not Lift up Sword against nation, nor shall they ever again know war. 

Recorded by IfNotNow Boston Summer 2016.

Lo Yisa Goy

A simple and inspiring call and response song adapted from Leonard Cohen's famous "Anthem" lyrics. Musical attribution unknown.

For more information and lyrics, visit:
http://thebirdsings.com/forget-your-perfect-offering

Farr Nigun

Batya Levine

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