The priestly blessing, one of the most ancient prayers from the times of temple of Solomon. A prayer of protection and wholeness.Inner & outer Peace.
Melody by Jai Uttal after a re - encounter in the Galilee with the Bhakti( hindu term for devotion) power of Hebrew. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYiCECUo84Y

11 Shalom

Tu B'shvat Nign

we are good.
we are flawed.
we are the breath of an imperfect god.

returning to self. returning to source.
god is change. god is growth. the process, in all it's beauty and all it's mess, is god.

collage art by Chani Nicholas

we are good we are flawed

©2018 NoahAronsonMusic LLC

Noah wrote Kol Yisrael Areivim as part of The Chai Project for Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, NY

Vocalists: Cantor Josh Breitzer, Student Cantor Sarah Grabiner, Rabbi Rebecca Epstein, Rabbi Matt Green
Piano: Noah Aronson
Engineers: Bill Siegmund

Kol Yisrael Areivim by Noah Aronson for Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn

Words from Friday night liturgy in Kabbalat Shabbat, when we welcome in the Shabbos Quing

Art by Danny Ferrell 
*depicting queers as royalty*
http://www.papermag.com/danny-ferrell-queer-royalty-2547954079.html

Lecha Dodi - Greeting the Shabbos Quing

Thanksgiving Dinner returns for the 14th year in a row - a song every Thanksgiving with whatever friends can contribute.

This year(2018), Pepper Brooks joins the fold with "Places (Canada)".  A song about places - kind of.

Written by Ben Quick and Pepper Brooks, Produced by Ben Quick

Lyrics

(Whispered)
Places
So Many Places

(Hook)
There are many different places
Its a big reason why we have maps
The world is full of lots of places
I don’t care if you’re upset by that fact  

(Verse)
I remember being three
Had a grownup sit me down to explain things to me
He said there’s something you don’t know about life
Now listen up kid - cuz I won’t say this twice
If you have to go somewhere that location must have a name
Otherwise all of everything would just sorta be the same
So to tell things a part we break them up into places
Like for example Canada is a place - - - - - -  but overalls are not
(But you can wear overalls to go places)

(Hook)
There are so many different places that all exist
It is way too many places for me to make a list
I started to try to but then I ran out of time
So I had to enlist the help of a friend of mine

(Pepper Brooks)
Yo
Pepper Brooks in the Hizzy
It's time to get busy
Here we go - 1 -2, 3 - 4

(Entire verse is just a list of Cheeses)

(Spoken)
Pepper: Wait did you say places or cheeses?
Ben: It was places
Pepper : Oh
Ben: I mean, we can do cheeses I guess

(Whispered)
Cheeses
So many cheeses

(Hook)
There are so many places where you can get cheese
You can get it at the deli or find it on the street
If you find it on the street sometimes it has dirt
But all you gotta do  is wipe it off on your shirt


Street Cheese (repeat)
Its cheese you find on the ground

Places (Canada)

A new melody for Dayenu that you can use for the whole thing!

Dayenu! A New One :)

Recent congregational originals by Erin McGaughan, Worship Arts Director at Seattle Unity Church.  erinmcgaughan.com for charts
copyright 2018.

Achat Sha'alti

Chava Mirel

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