KADDISH

a birthday party turned recording sess of the River My Soul song book, featuring Helen Bennett, Ilana Lerman, Davida Ginsberg, Aly Halpert, Margot Seigle, Miriam Grossman, Chloe Zelkha & Jesse Rothman. To get a copy of the song book, email Margot at margot.seigle@gmail.com.

Down To The River To Pray

This song is a poetic reflection on solitude, intuition, and trust in something greater. Inspired by long, reflective walks through the coastline and mountain valleys, 'To Walk the Unknown' follows a lone figure who journeys home guided only by her senses, the stars, and the moon. As mist rises and the wind whispers ancient truths, she learns that even in the vast stillness of night, she is never truly alone.

To Walk the Unknown

Nachamu, nachamu ami
Comfort, comfort my people

Isaiah 40:1
Tune by Shefa Gold

recording by ilana lerman, margot seigle & michelle citrin
2016

Nachamu

All the Leaves by Batya Levine

All the leaves 
have fallen down
have fallen down

I am the water, earth, fire and wind,
Dig deep my roots and return again.
I am the water, earth, fire and wind. 
Return again. 

recorded by Batya Levine, Margot Seigle & Elisa Gill

TAMMUZ - All the Leaves

Nachamu by Shefa Gold
recorded by the Let My People Sing! Core Team: Mónica Gomery, Ilana Lerman, Nom Lerman, Batya Levine & Margot Seigle.

Nachamu
Nachamu Ami X2
Nachamu, nachamu
Nachamu nachamu ami

Comfort, comfort my people

photo by Jess Benjamin

Melody by IfNotNow member Arielle Korman and her father, Jerome Korman. This English translation is by Arielle. 
Rabbi Hillel, Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Ancestors 1:14. 
?אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי, מִי לִי? וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי, מָה אֲנִי? וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁיו, אֵימָתַי

Im ein ani li, mi li? 
Uchshe’ani l’atzmi ma ani? 
V’im lo achshav, ematai?
Im lo achshav, ematai?

If I am not for me, who will be? 
If I am just for me, what does that make me? 
And if not now, then when? 
If not now, then when

Im Lo Achshav / If Not Now

Batya Levine and I wrote this feminist twist on the Purim story of Queen Vashti and the King's decree.

vashti's song: herstory | batya levine and molly bajgot

Healing Song by Kestrel Feiner-Homer

Tree Nigun by Noam Lerman, used at many Let My People Sing! gatherings.

Tree  Nigun - Noam Lerman

Sung with Batya Levine

הָ֭רֹפֵא לִשְׁב֣וּרֵי לֵ֑ב וּ֝מְחַבֵּ֗שׁ לְעַצְּבוֹתָֽם
מוֹנֶה מִסְפָּר לַכּוֹכָבִים לְכֻלָּם, שֵׁמוֹת יִקְרָא

Harofei lishvurei lev um'chabesh l'atzvotam 
Moneh mispar lacochavim lechulam shemot yikra

Healer of the broken-hearted and tender of our wounds
You account for every star and call each one by name

Healer of the Brokenhearted/Harofei Lishvurei Lev — Psalm 147 + Interpretive Translation

Music & Lyrics by Rickie Byars Beckwith
Brought to the LMPS community by Koach Baruch Frazier
sung by Mónica Gomery & Batya Levine (apologies for the tech fuzz!)

Link to Rickie Byars Beckwith singing her original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMVkf5xu8as

We let the love wash over us, we let, we let it be

We Let It Be - Rickie Byars Beckwith

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

Galeh (Rabbi Moshe Shur)

For most of the COVID quarantine, I have been sick. It has been physically and emotionally challenging to attend now-virtual class as usual, do my various jobs as usual, take care of my one and a half year old full time (not as usual), and all the while wondering what I am sick with, and whether it has unknown affects on the 16 week old baby-to-be in my womb.

One morning I woke up and even though I could barely speak, this tune came out of me. So I composed a new Modah/Modeh Ani for the voiceless, for the solitude of quarantine, for those of us struggling to insert a bit of hoda’ah, gratitude, into a difficult situation. Because we know that naming the blessings that we have in our life, while it may not change what is around us, brings light and hope into our inner world. 

Join me in beginning each day with Modah/Modeh Ani, to whatever tune you know. And if this tune moves you, download this track and sing along with me in the mornings. 

Together we can give thanks to all the little pieces that make life worth loving.

Modah Ani For The Voiceless

Kishka Niggun

El Malei Rachamim | ֵאל ָמֵלא ַרֲחִמים	

El Malei Rachamim, translated to "God full of Mercy” or “Merciful God”, is a prayer for the soul of a person who has died and is said during Yizkor and other moments of commemorating a loved ones passing. 

For Nishmat Shoom Yizkor Ritual Guide, check out this link: http://nishmatshoom.org/events-and-services/menu-of-opportunities/yizkor-ritual-guide/
		
ֵאל ָמֵלא ַרֲחִמים, שׁוֵֹכן ַבְּמּרוִֹמים, ַהְמֵצא ְמנוָּחה נְכוֹנָה ַעל ַכּנְֵפי ַהְשִּׁכינָה, ְבַּמֲעלוֹת ְקדוֹ ִשׁים וְּטהוִֹרים ְכּזַֹהר ָהָרִקיַע ַמזְִהיִרים,
ֶאת נְִשַׁמת )פלוני מבית פלוני​( ֶשָׁהְלֶכה ְלעוָֹלֶמה,
ַבֲּעבוּר ֶשְׁבִּלי נֶֶדר ֶאֵתּן ְצָדָקה ְבַּעד ַהזְַכַּרת הנְָשָׁמה,
ְבַּגן ֵעֶדן ְתֵּהא ְמנוָּחה ְשֵׁלָמה, ָלֵכן ַבַּעל ָהַרֲחִמים יְַסִתּיר ֶאת )פלוני מבית פלוני​( ְבֵּסֶתר ְכּנָָפיו ְלעוָֹלִמים, וְיְִצרוֹר ִבְּצרוֹר ַהַחיִּים ֶאת הנְ ָשָׁמה,
יְ יָ ה וּ א נַ ֲח ָל ֶת ה , וְ יָ נ וּ ַח ַע ל ִמ ְשׁ ָכּ ֶב ה ְבּ ָשׁ ל וֹ ם . וְ נֹ א ַמ ר אָ ֵמ ן .
						
El maley rakhamim shokhen ba-m'romim ha-m'tzei m'nukhah n'khonah takhat kanfei ha-sh'khinah b'ma'alot k'doshim u't'horim k'zohar ha-rakiah maz'hirim l'nishmot yakireinu u'k'dosheinu she-hal'khu l'olamam. Ana ba'al ha-rakhamim ha-s'tirem b'tzel k'nafekha l'olamim u-tz'ror bitz'ror ha-khayim et nishmatam. Adonay hu nakhalatam v'yanukhu b'shalom al mish'kabam v'nomar amen.


Eternal Breath, filled with compassion, dwelling in the heavens' heights, bring proper rest beneath the wings of ​Shechinah​, amid the ranks of the sacred and the clear, illuminating, like the brilliance of the skies, the Souls of our beloveds who went to their eternal place of rest. May You who are the Source of Compassion, shelter them beneath your wings eternally, and bind their Souls among the living, that she/he/they may rest in peace. And let us say: Amen

El Malei Rachamim

Let yourself fall into the seesawing of this melody and fall into a soft movement or body release through its repitition. Inspired by the feeling of journeying and embodied practice.

El Malei Rachamim

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