Name: Mittler Rebbe's Kapelia by RAZA רזא in Sounds from Faculty of the Virtual Rising Song Intensive
Duration: 6 min 38 s
Description: Some sounds from our 3rd Raza Circle in Jerusalem, exploring nigunim from the Chabad tradition.

For close to 10 years, Hadar’s Rising Song Intensive has been a gathering place for lovers of Jewish music to sing, study, and experience the depth that song has to offer our communities.

We’re saddened that the state of the world doesn’t allow us to gather in person during a year in which communal music is so desperately needed. Against that backdrop, we’re trying something new and exciting: A one-day virtual seminar for folks of all musical backgrounds to “gather” and create a space for musical expression, learning, and community.

An amazing line-up of musicians and educators--all of whom are included in his playlist--will share insights, ideas, and melodies that will be useful in your COVID-era living room and set the stage for post-COVID music-making.

From singing traditional tunes from a variety of Jewish cultures to hearing current creative voices, from the study of musical torah to the exploration of best practices for (virtual) collaboration, this year’s Rising Song Intensive will be a thrilling first for us and we want you in the “room”!

Our time together will finish with a livestream concert featuring Joey Weisenberg and members of the Hadar Ensemble. Sing with us from your own homes as we broadcast live from Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in New York on Wednesday, December 30, from 7:30-9:00 PM Eastern. Registration for the intensive also includes a ticket the concert.

More info here: https://www.hadar.org/programs/rising-song-intensive

Sounds from Faculty of the Virtual Rising Song Intensive

Inspired by Yonatan Razel’s D’ror YIkra (original piyyut by Dunash ibn Labrat).  

This song is a declaration of freedom, recovery, and turning it over to Shechina. It is dedicated to the amazing OG's of suite five hundo. 

D'ror yikra l'ven im bat, v'yintzorchem k'mo vavat, n'im shimchem v'lo yushbat, sh'vu v'nuchu b'yom shabbat.

D'rosh navi v'ulami, v'ot yesha aseh imi, n'ta sorek b'toch karmi, she'e shavat b'nei ami.

Seek my sanctuary, come into my home, Give me a sign of deliverance
I give it all to you, I am the apple of your eye
I am a being precious and free as I was meant to be. 

D’ror Yikra… 

D'roch purah b'toch batzrah, 
v’gam bavel asher gavrah, 
n'totz tzarai b'af v'evrah, sh'ma 
koli b'yom ekra.

Elohim ten b'midbar har, hadas shitah b'rosh tidhar, v'lamazhir v'lanizhar, sh'lomim ten k'mei nahar.

When I cry, please hear my voice, Nurture me with peace like a river
I give it all to you, I am the apple of your eye
I am a being precious and free as I was meant to be. 

D’ror Yikra… 

Hadoch kamai, el kanah, b'mog levav uvamginah, v'narchiv peh unmalenah, l'shonenu l'cha rinah.

D'eh chochmah l'nafshecha, v'hi cheter l'roshecha, n'tzor mitzvat k'doshecha, sh'mor shabbat kodshecha.

Crown me with wisdom that my soul may live
Your will for me all of these sacred days. 
I give it all to you, I am the apple of your eye
I am a being precious and free as I was meant to be. 

D’ror Yikra...

Let us proclaim freedom for all the children
I am a being precious and free As I was meant to be
I give it all to you, I am the apple of your eye
I am a being precious and free as I was meant to be. 

D’ror Yikra l’ven im bat  v’yintzorchem k’moh vavat
I am a being precious and free as I was meant to be.

Art by Lev Givon: https://lebedov.github.io/dror-yikra.html

D’ror Yikra - A Proclamation of Freedom (Guitar Version)

A classic niggun attributed to Rav Yisrael ben Eliezar, ZTsL, the Baal Shem Tov from the coming album "Candle Light: a collection of niggunim" at http://arielwolpe.com/rabbi

Sung by Ariel Root Wolpe, Nat Rosenzweig, and Jon Mitchell

Besht Niggun

Ana b'koach gedulah yemincha tatir tzerurah
Kabel rinat amekha, sag'veinu ta'reinu norah
Na gibor dorshei yechudcha k'vavat shomrem

Please, with the strength of your right hand, untangle the knots, release the tension, the attachments. Accept the beauty of your people– purify us, Great One. Please, Source of Strength, guard and protect those who seek your Oneness.

Ana B'koach (Shir Yaakov)

Origins: An anti-apartheid, sung as protestors were being taken to jail.

Recorded at Boston Passover Prep Meeting 4/17/16

Courage

Music by Chloe Pourmorady
Text from the Torah

Hamechadesh (Piano, Strings, Soft Waltz)

Some sounds from our 3rd Raza Circle in Jerusalem, exploring nigunim from the Chabad tradition.

Mittler Rebbe's Kapelia

Yah Echsof is a Chassidic song of longing sung on Friday night of Shabbos.
Recorded for a friend upon request for her birthday, and shared here for whomever may find it meaningful.
Artwork by Batya Levine


Translation (by Rabbi Zalman Schachter​-Shalomi):
Yah! How I long for 
the bliss of the Shabbat, united in secret ​
with Your own fervent wish. Give way to Your own 
deep desire to love us. 
May Sabbath in Torah 
be our sacred bliss. ​
Share​ Her with us 
who desire to please You- Our deep thirst for union 
be met with delight

Holy Presence
filli​ng all time and space! Keep safe who keep Shabbat in their longing all week.
Like a deer that seeks water by the banks of the river, ​
We seek Shabbat, the secret of Your sacred Name! 
Grant​ us all week long 
Her shimmerin​g Presence,​ So our hearts and our faith be pure service to You!

Warml​y embrace us 
with Your kind compassio​n, Quench quickly our thirst for Your unending Grace. Give us the bliss drink from Eden's own river. Your praises we sing with joy on our face.
Let Jacobs gift to us-
 ec​ho all week long Infusing our lives 
with a Shabbes-f​illed trace.

Hail Shabbat, delight
of our souls and our Spirits. Ecstasy life-thro​b 
am awed by Your love, Secure that Your caring grants safety and nurture- You feed us sweet nectar from Your Source above. As You embrace us 
with Mothering​ comfort-
In You I take refuge ​
and pledge You my love.

Yah Echsof - by Rebbe Aharon of Karlin

Ein Od (“There is No Other”)
Words: Aleinu prayer (Deuteronomy  4:39, Zechariah 14:9)

Open My Heart is an album of original Jewish devotional world music. 

The eclectic soundscape of this album reflects my mixed Ashkenazi, Yemenite, and Syrian-Turkish heritage, and my own diverse influence. On the album you’ll hear echoes of Chassidic devotional songs; the microtonal scales and instrumentation of Arab classical music; colors of jazz, funk, and Klezmer; Ashkenazi prayer modes; Sufi chanting; and rhythms that I learned playing in my hometown of New York with musicians from around the world. 

I combine these diverse elements into a unique Jewish World Music that is deep and prayerful, filled with aspiration and yearning, heartache and joy. This is music for listening, for singing together, and for praying.

This album was recorded live off the floor (with minimal overdubbing) in the sanctuary of the Germantown Jewish Centre, in Philadelphia, bringing together some of my favorite musicians/ spiritual artists for a 3-day immersive session and capturing the energy that can only from playing together live.

There’s an old Jewish saying that words expressed from the heart are received wholeheartedly. The songs on this album are the prayerful expressions of my heart. I hope that it will move you, and maybe even open your heart, as it has mine.

TRACKS: 

LECHU (“Come, Let Us Sing Joyously”) 
Words: Kabbalat Shabbat Liturgy, Psalms 95:1-3
Vocal Arrangement: Ayo Awosika, Yosef Goldman

SEFIRAT HA'OMER NIGGUN
Words: Liturgy for Counting the Omer
Music: Shir Yaakov Feit, Zach Fredman, Yosef Goldman
Musical Direction: Yosef Goldman, Joey Weisenberg

GESHER (“The Bridge”) 
Hebrew Words: Rabbi Nachman of Breslov; English Words: Yosef Goldman
Vocal Arrangement: Ayo Awosika

EIN OD (“There is No Other”)
Words: Aleinu prayer (Deuteronomy  4:39, Zechariah 14:9)


YEDID NEFESH (“Soul Mate”)
Words: Elazar Azikri, Shabbat Liturgy
Music: Traditional Sepharadi-Yerushalmi (Maqam Sigah)
Musical Direction: Zach Fredman

OPEN MY HEART
Words: Rami Shapiro, Yosef Goldman
Vocal Arrangement: Ayo Awosika


ELIYAHU HANAVI (“Elijah the Prophet”)
	Words: Liturgy for Havdalah
	Music: Annie Lewis & Yosef Goldman
(written for the bris of Shir Emet Goldman)

Shalom Aleichem ("Welcoming the Angels")
Words: Liturgy for Shabbat Evening Meal
Music Direction: Yosef Goldman & Joey Weisenberg

Ki Lo Na’eh ("To You All Praise is Due")
	Words: Passover Haggadah 


OPEN MY HEART WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD DECEMBER 3, FROM RISING SONG RECORDS
risingsong.org/buy

Produced by Yosef Goldman & Joey Weisenberg 
Music Composed by Yosef Goldman* 
Musical Direction by Yosef Goldman*
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Don Godwin
CD Design/Layout: Lisa Weinberger, Masters Group Design

*Except where noted.


PERSONNEL: 
Yosef Goldman—Lead Vocals
Chava Mirel—Vocals
Deborah Sacks Mintz—Vocals
Megan Gould—Violin
Joey Weisenberg—Electric Guitar, Mandolin
Zach Fredman—Guitar, Oud
Uri Sharlin—Piano, Keyboards, Accordion
Daniel Ori—Double Bass, Electric Bass
Rich Stein—Percussion
Arturo Stable—Drums, Percussion

Special Guests: 
Dan Blacksberg—Trombone (#8)
Ertuğrul Erkişi—Tambur (#4,# 9) 
Aslıhan Erkişi—Classical Kemençe (#4,# 9) 
Don Godwin—Tuba (#8)
Annie Lewis—Lead Vocals (#7)
Micah Shapiro—Backing Vocals (#7)


Recorded live off the floor at Germantown Jewish Centre in Philadelphia, April 2019

Filmed versions of some of these songs will be available on YouTube and at www.yosefgoldman.com, filmed by Shmulie Lowenstein.

Ein Od

Linke Fligl Nign (Extended)— Ki Leolam Chasdo

Harmony and guitar by Rabbi Ariel Root Wolpe

Tzemach Tzedek (1789 - 1866), the third Chabad Rebbe, would purportedly break into this melody upon reaching these words in Hallel (a special set of prayers for festivals and the new moon). 

Listen to an old recording:
www20.chassidus.com/audio/enign/enign911.mp3

Words:
www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_…/Yemin-Hashem.htm

Yemin Hashem (Chabad)

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

Hashem Zecharanu

B'Tzeit Yisrael

from "A Tkhine When an Epidemic Breaks Out"

https://opensiddur.org/prayers/collective-welfare/trouble/epidemics/a-tkhine-when-an-epidemic-breaks-out-1916/

"Please, god, put our tears in your flask. I plead you, God, to put our tears in your flask, and help us, that we no longer need to cry"

Onu Simu

U'vacharta Bachayim/We Choose to Live (Devarim 30:19)

river waltz

Hadar's Rising Song Institute cultivates Jewish spiritual life through song. Through Rising Song Records we produce excellent original Jewish music that is sung and played in communities worldwide.

Mittler Rebbe's Kapelia

RAZA רזא

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