I'm so glad this magic from the dock was recorded! <3 <3

My God this is SO beautiful <3 thank you!!! *

This is a collection of songs that were shared at Let My People Sing!'s Summer Retreat 2023 that we are thrilled to be sharing with you, beloved community.

Artwork by Sivan Tratt

It is Upon Us to Dream Beyond Us: a taste of LMPS summer retreat 2023

Sheet music for this new melody and words of explanation by Deborah Sacks Mintz will be included in Hadar's 5782 Pesach Reader. Download a copy here: https://www.hadar.org/torah-resource/pesach-reader-5782

Text: Vayehi Bachatzi HaLayla - Pesach piyyut by Yannai (6th Century)
Melody: Deborah Sacks Mintz

Singers:
Deborah Sacks Mintz
Chava Mirel
Joey Weisenberg

Recorded November 2021 at the Germantown Jewish Centre
Mastered by Don Godwin

Karev Yom - Deborah Sacks Mintz

Grateful My Hands- Both Parts

(de J. Tree)
Versión grabada en vivo en la ceremonia del 22 de Agosto de 2022

Guitarra y Voz: Rigzin Ro
Armonio y Voz: Maha

Mezclado y Masterizado por Circulo Medicina.

Madrejita Ayahuajita (Live Version)

Recording taken by Caryn Shebowich in the wee hours of the night, joined by many beautiful souls we could feel and hear but not see. What a blessing. 
(Will also upload a recording of just me singing for learning purposes) 

Call and response 

I contain
Multitudes
I am 
Infinite
Infinitely worthy
Precious
And holy 

I contain
Multitudes
I am 
Infinite
Intinitely loved
Loving
And lovable

I contain
Multitudes
I am 
Infinite
Infinite connection
Compassion
Direction

Then you are, we are, end on the first and sing “and holy” as many times as feels holy! And feel free to zip in your own verses :)

Multitudes (live on the dock at LMPS 5783)

What Ezekiel Saw, by Nomy Lamm


CHORUS: I looked up into the sky
I was lookin at the center of god’s insides
Looking for an angel to be my guide
Chills ran up and down my spine

There was a great big golden ring
And it was twisting and turning…

CHORUS

There was a second ring right there inside
The great big golden ring
And it was twisting and turning…

CHORUS

There were eyeballs on every side
of the second ring right there inside
of the great big golden ring
And it was twisting and turning…

CHORUS

There were wings upon wings
growing out the eyeballs on every side
of the second ring right there inside
of the great big golden ring
And it was twisting and turning…


CHORUS

Face of a lion an eagle a human a cow
on wings upon wings
growing out the eyeballs on every side
of the second ring right there inside
of the great big golden ring
And it was twisting and turning…

CHORUS

It was young and old and in between
a lion an eagle a human a cow
on wings upon wings
growing out the eyeballs on every side
of the second ring right there inside
of the great big golden ring
And it was twisting and turning…

CHORUS


Trumpets were blasting!
young and old and in between
a lion an eagle a human a cow
on wings upon wings
growing out the eyeballs on every side
of the second ring right there inside
of the great big golden ring
And it was twisting and turning…

Nomy's Bandcamp: https://nomylamm.bandcamp.com/
Nomy's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-949519256
Nomy's website: https://www.nomyteaches.com/

Photo by Jess Benjamin, taken at Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2023

What Ezekiel Saw: The Ophanim Song - Nomy Lamm

Time of Change - Keshira haLev Fife
We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for
We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for
It is upon us to dream beyond us
We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for
 
This is a time of change
Hold liminality
Let it rearrange us
May it turn us towards the sacred

Keshira's website: https://www.keshirahalev.com/

Photo by Jess Benjamin, taken at Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2023

Time of Change - Keshira haLev Fife

Lamma Bada Yatathanna - 10th Century Poem, Unknown Composer
Rhythm: Sama’i Thaqil 10/8
Doum es es Tak es Doum Doum Tak es es
D - - T - D D T - -

لما بدي يتثني
Lamma bada Yatathan-na
When my love appeared walking with a swinging gait
لما بدي يتثني
Lamma bada Yatathan-na
When my love appeared walking with a swinging gait
امان امان امان امان امان
Aman Aman Aman Aman Aman
(exclamation)
حبي جماله فتننا
7ebbi jama-lu fatan-na
Her beauty infatuated me
امان امان امان امان امان
Aman Aman Aman Aman Aman
(exclamation)
أومى بلحظ أسرنا
Awma bi LaHzu asarna
Something captured our hearts at a glance
أومى بلحظ أسرنا
Awma bi LaHzu asarna
Something captured our hearts at a glance
امان امان امان امان امان
Aman Aman Aman Aman Aman
(exclamation)
غصن ثنى حينما
Ghusnun thana Hin-amal
Like the branches that sway gracefully
امان امان امان امان امان
Aman Aman Aman Aman Aman
(exclamation)
وعدي و يا حيرتي
Wa’di wa ya Hirati
Oh my destiny, my dilemma
وعدي و يا حيرتي
Wa’di wa ya Hirati
Oh my destiny, my dilemma
ما لي رحيم شكوتي
Mali raHimu shakwaty
None will answer my appeal
بالحب من لوعتي
BilHoub-bi min law’aty
Who can heal me from my ardor of love
إلا مليك الجمال
Illa maleekul jamal
Other than the lady (Lordess) of beauty.
إلا مليك الجمال
Illa maleekul jamal
Other than the lady (Lordess) of beauty?
بالحب من لوعتي
Bil7oubbi min law3aty
Who can heal me from my ardor of love
إلا مليك الجمال
Illa maleekul jamal
Other than the lady (Lordess) of beauty?
إلا مليك الجمال
Illa maleekul jamal
Other than the lady (Lordess) of beauty?

April's website: https://aprilcentrone.com/

Photo by Jess Benjamin, taken at Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2023

Lamma Bada Yatathanna - 10th Century Poem, Unknown Composer, led by April Centrone

Greif and Love by Sarina Partidge
Grief moving through me
Let my body
Feel the waves of love and grief

Grief, grief and love
Let me feel it all

Purchase this track & hear more music from Sarina: https://sarinapartridge.bandcamp.com/  
Support Sarina's work: Patreon.com/sarinapartridge 
Sarina's Website: https://sarinapartridge.com/

Photo by Jess Benjamin, taken at Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2023

Grief and Love - Sarina Partridge

Ashreichem, piyyut from Persian tradition, sung by MJ Gilbert 
written in Judeo-Persian 
זְכוּתֶה תוּרֶה יֶה מוּשֶׁה
זְכוּתֶה גַ'מְעֵה חֲבֵרִים 
בָּר מָה רֶסַאן בְּשׂוֹרָה 
אָז אוֹמַאדַנֶה יְשׁוּעָה 
אַשְׁרֵיכֶם אַשְׁרֵיכֶם אַשְׁרֵיכֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל 
אָז צֶ'שְׁמֶה יֶה הָיֶיה יְשׁוּעָה 
אָוֹבֶּה הָייָאתִי בָּרוֹרִים 
בָּר מָה רֶסַאן בְּשׂוֹרָה 
אָז אוֹמַאדַנֶה יְשׁוּעָה 
אַשְׁרֵי אֲשֶׁר אַשְׁרֵי 
הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹה 
אַשְׁרֵיכֶם אַשְׁרֵיכֶם אַשְׁרֵיכֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל

Zekhuteh tureh ye Musheh
Zekhuteh jam’eh haverim
Bar mah resan besorah
Az omadaneh yeshu’ah
Ashreikhem, ashreikhem, ashreikhem Israel
Az cheshmeh yeh hayeh yeshu’ah
A-obe hayati barorim
Bar mah resan besorah
Az omadaneh yeshu’ah
Ashrei, asher ashrei 
Hashirim asher li-Shlomo
Ashreikhem, ashreikhem, ashreikhem Israel

By the merit of the Torah of Moses
By the merit of this gathering of friends
Send us the good news
Of the coming of our redemption.
Happy, happy, happy are you O Israel
From the wells of redemption we draw the water of life
Happy, happy, happy are you O Israel



Artwork by Sivan Tratt

Ashreichem - piyyut from Persian tradition, sung by MJ Gilbert

Shared on New Moon Tevet 5785. Inspired by a channeling from Jo Kent Katz, an offering to partner with places bigger than ourselves to tend the things that are not ours to hold.

Moon, who takes the tide
Take from me what's not mine
And leave behind my own divine
Take from me what's not mine

Moon

The melody for this song came to me in early 2017 but it wasn’t until I shared it with several songleading colleagues in one big epic improvisation at Village Fire 2018 that it came into its fullness. This song odyssey co-creation honors our ancestors and everything that has come before so we can be here now, weaving our hands into our world.

Original song by Lisa G. Littlebird. (Great thanks to many of the harmony lines that were born of the creative genius of Aimee Ringle, Te Martin, Josh Blaine, Laurence Cole & Annie Zylstra, among others.) ©Lisa G. Littlebird 2018

For lyrics, individual part tracks and more, visit: http://thebirdsings.com/we-are-the-love/

We Are The Love That Came Before Us

We Shall Be Known - MaMuse - High Harmony

When We Come Into Our Calling

By Molly Bajgot & Noah Weinberg. 
Elul music project by Anat Hochberg & Matt Goldfield

Elul: Songs for Turning

Od Y'nuvun: Ripening in its Time

https://thebirdsings.com/fall2020-playlist/

To Listen is to Lean In Softly by Ian Carrick

A dedication to the new possibility that is emerging in & out of this time, to dreaming into existence the world to come, and to the resilience needed to get us through what is to come until then. 

Written on the 29th of Kislev/ 7th night of Chanukah, 5781 

Or chadash (new light)

The light is returning 
The light is leaving

Dream with me little baby

Or Chadash

JEWISH COMMUNAL SINGING FOR HEALING AND LIBERATION
Let My People Sing! is a cultural project expanding the ancient and transformative practice of Jewish communal singing. We gather in multi-racial, multicultural and genderful Jewish community, uplifting songs and leaders historically and ongoingly pushed to the margins. Together, we transmit and reclaim diasporic Jewish singing traditions, celebrate original music emerging from our communities, and create heart-centered gatherings where we can all be leaders and learners of song.

Multitudes (live on the dock at LMPS 5783)

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