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

Svivenu - Mazal Masoud Etedgi

know me

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

Olam Chesed Yibaneh - adapted from Rabbi Menachem Creditor, written after 9/11 
We will build this world with love      

Recorded by IfNotNow Boston Summer 2016.

Olam Hesed Yibaneh

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

Forget Your Perfect Offering

Farr Nigun

Reb Dovid Karliner’s Nigun(from a 1914 Ukrainian wax cylinder recording)

Yeshivat Hadar Fellows of 2018-2019 are pleased to present our recording of tunes from Hallel. We loved singing together so much and want to share our joy with you.

Singers: 
Joe Hyman
Aliza Abolaffia
Yael Jaffe
Ariela Hyman
Nissa Mai
Anina Dassa
Michal Segall
Eliana Willis
Jonathan Wasserman
Anat Hochberg
Allen Lipson
Nate Swetlitz
Lili Shvartzmann
Baci Weiller
Rena Branson
Ari Pomerantz
Ella Grodzinski
Mia Appelbaum
Sam Balogh
Liza Bernstein
Daniela Nagar

Recorded & Edited by Jonathan Wasserman

Hallel

Mah Ashiv

IfNotNow is a movement led by young Jews to transform our American Jewish community’s support for the occupation into a call for freedom and dignity for all. Learn more about the songs we sing in our movement here: http://bit.ly/2mIZUks
>on singing songs from other movements of today and from the past:
We are lucky to have the songs of our own Jewish traditions -- they are for us to sing.  Some of us have ancestors who have been deeply involved in movements across the world for social change for generations, both as those directly affected and as allies.  We are also singing their songs. 
And.
We recognize that this can easily turn into cultural appropropriation, particularly when we do not have direct links. So, before we sing a song we have a practice of honoring where it comes from: we share the movement, the struggle, or the people who birthed this music. Singing these songs is one way of acknowledging that we’re in a long line of movements for justice. 
We continue to create new movement songs. We write new lyrics. We get inspired by old text- Jewish and non-Jewish.  We do not simply translate movement songs into Hebrew in order to connect with them. One possibility instead is to incorporate Jewish text with similar themes and vision. 
From the beginning, IfNotNow leaders have been building relationships with leaders from Cosecha, BlackLivesMatter, The Dream Defenders, and other movements through the Momentum Community where we have been creating and sharing our songs with each other. Diversity keeps our movements strong and interconnected. We understand this as an ecological system of access, ancestries, struggles and strategies for resistance. Song is part of the way we arrive in interdependent relationship. We are building a culture that is accountable, compassionate -- and vibrant as all hell. Please honor the history of each song -- learn it, share it. 
We will lift each other up.