Guitar & melody vocals by Rachel Chang
5/23/2021

Nigun Tishrei by Nava Tehila

melody from a Sephardic liturgical poem asking for forgiveness.

Adon HaSelichot Niggun

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

Yismechu v'malchuscha shomrei shabbos v'korei oneg

They will delight in your all empowering sovereignty - those who tend and care for shabbos and call it a joyous celebration
(translation by batya)

Vocals - Batya Levine
Percussion - Simcha Halpert-Hanson

Yismechu - Batya Levine

Forget Your Perfect Offering

Written on a summer morning at Eden Village Camp, sung by Aly Halpert, Anat Hochberg, Ilan Korman, & Leah Shoshana Cowen, recorded on an iphone voice memo.

original text:
modah/modeh ani l'fanecha, ruach chai v'kayam 
(I am grateful before you, eternal living spirit)

additional english lyrics:
I was made for this morning
I was made to be here
All the life inside me is a gift
so we may heal

I was made for this morning
I was made to be here
All the life around me is a gift
so I may heal

Modah Ani (Voice Memo Recording)

Be With Me by Koach Baruch Frazier, sung at Let My People Sing! 2017

LMPS 2017

Be With Me - Koach Baruch Frazier - LMPS 2017

Vahaviotim Niggun - composer unknown

Galeh

Sosne Nign by Jonah Meadows Adels z''l (recorded by Hebrew College)

Origin:
Words are originally from the Torah - these are the words that Moses spoke to G*d, asking Them to heal Miriam
Melody is by Shefa Gold
This is a recording from NSP's Rosh Hashanah Community Singing Session in 2019
Art by Etai Rogers-Fett

Words:
Ana el na refa na la

Translation:
Please God, heal her

Singing Team - RH Melodies

Ana El Na

A scrappy recording of this original nigun, recorded at Linke Fligl Sukkos in 2018.

Shtetl Wedding Nigun

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Forget Your Perfect Offering

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