written and sung by Kohenet Riv Ranney Shapiro + Binya Kóatz
with help from 
and in service to 
the Infinite Gay One

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She casts down the high, to raise up the low
She brings down the rain to make the grasses grow

מעודד ענוים יהוה משפיל רשעים עדי־ארץ
המכין לארץ מטר המצמיח הרים חציר

two lines directly from tehillim 147 - which we translated directly, and laced along with the tune that came to us one shabbes afternoon

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god's invocation of the restorative and verdant power
of revolution

Cast Down/Raise Up | מכין/מצמיח - w/ Kohenet Riv Ranney Shapiro

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 Nigun by the late Rabbi David Zeller

You are a blessing of the universe, G-d sent to make us free
Singing look at me, look at me, I'll set you free

Vocals - Chana Raskin, Aviv Luban
Cello - Aviv Luban
Guitar - Uri Rosenzweig
Kamanche - Avishay Levy
Clarinet - Meir Kleiner

You Are a Blessing

Ha'aderet V'ha'emunah - Chabad melody

Shabbat Prayer Melodies

Lechu Neranena, Shiru laHashem (Psalm 95 & 96)- Carlebach, sung by Kehillat Shira Hadasha

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

You Are a Blessing

RAZA רזא

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