Name: Linke Fligl Nign — Elohai Neshama by Rena Branson
Duration: 4 min 55 s
Description: Harmonies by Eitan Kantor, Rebekka Goldsmith, Batya Levine, Gedalia Penner, and R' Ariel Root Wolpe

Ayeka means "where are you?" Here's a song for fear, for searching for G!d, for love, for the garden where all is calm. 


Vayikra Adonai Elohim el ha-Adam vayomer lo 
Vayikra Adonai Elohim el ha-Adam vayomer lo 

Ayeka 
Where are you
Ayeka
I heard the sound of you 

Ayeka 
Where are you
Ayeka
the sound of you 

Vayomer et-kolcha shamati ba gan 
Vayomer et-kolcha shamati ba gan

Va-ira 
Ki erom
Anochi
va-echabeh

Va-ira 
Ki erom
Anochi
va-echabeh  


Ayeka 
Where are you
Ayeka
I heard the sound of you 
in the garden, and I was afraid
va'echabeh. 

Translation:

And G!d said to the human, saying to them
Where are you? 
And the human said
I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid,
for I was naked,
so I hid away.

Ayeka

Offered in utter devotion to our Mother Waters. This one poured through me as I knelt down at the banks the Tuolumne River to express my gratitude. To be sung with reverence and devotion. 

Lyrics:

Oh Mother Waters
Thank you for your healing song
Oh Mother Waters
Here I know 
that I belong

Heather Houston
© August 2021

Heather Houston's Album

Mother Waters - Heather Houston, All Parts

We Choose To Live

Barukh ata adonai, eloheinu melekh halom, asher natan lesechvi binah lehavchin ben yom uven layla.
Barukh ata adonai, eloheinu melekh halom, she’asani b’tzalmo.
Brukha at shekhina, elohoteinu ruach haolam, she’asani bat horin.
Barukh ata adonai, eloheinu melekh halom, she’asani yisrael
Brukha at shekhina, elohoteinu malkat haolm, malbisha arumim.
Barukh ata adonai, eloheinu melekh haolam, matir asurim.
Brukha at shekhina, elohoteinu malkat haolam, zokefet k’fufim.
Barukh ata adonai, eloheinu melekh halom, hanoten laya’ef koakh.

Blessed are you, Cosmic Majesty of the Universe,
for giving my heart the ability to distinguish between day and night,
who made me in Their Divine image,
who made me free,
who made me part of my people,
who clothes the naked, 
who frees the bound,
who straightens the bent,
who gives the weary strength.

Anat's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/anat-hochberg
Anat's album on Bandcamp: https://anathalevyhochberg.bandcamp.com/album/how-can-i-keep-from-singing

Photo by Jess Benjamin, taken at Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2023

Birkot HaShachar / Morning Blessings - Anat Halevy Hochberg

Original song by U2, arranged by Lisa G. Littlebird.  Recorded here for Wholehearted Chorus with Rayner Marx on guitar and Lisa G. Littlebird on vocals.  Male voice in vocals generated with ConvertKit AI. 

This song was featured on Irish rock band U2's 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. It was written about Martin Luther King Jr. and has since become a major commercial success for the band and one of the band’s most popular songs.

For more information and individual part tracks: https://thebirdsings.com/pride-in-the-name-of-love/

Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2 - Soprano

Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2 - Tenor

Sophia Efthimiou's Album

Deep into the earth I go - Tarisha

This is a gorgeous song from English songleader and composer Susie Ro Prater is arranged for four voice parts. The harmonies are so delicious...

Original song ©Susie Ro Prater. Song leaders: please support the artist by visiting her website and purchasing the song score and practice tracks. I will not keep the practice tracks here for long.
https://www.susiero.com/compositions-for-choirs.html

For lyrics and more information, please visit:
http://thebirdsings.com/flame/

Flame by Susie Ro Prater - Soprano

Harmonies by Eitan Kantor, Rebekka Goldsmith, Batya Levine, Gedalia Penner, and R' Ariel Root Wolpe

Linke Fligl Nign — Elohai Neshama

Song by Kate Sutherland (we altered the wordless part to be a bit more Jewish sounding)
Sung by Mónica Gomery & Batya Levine

When I am waiting out a storm I come back to my breath
When I am waiting out a storm I come back to my heartbeat

yum ya da da dai

When I Am Waiting - Kate Sutherland

stone by stone
tear by tear
we release
& create right here

what is gone we build upon

credits
this is a rough cut / pre-master recorded with R. Micah Shapiro (on engineering, djembe & harmony vox) in west philly.

Linke Fligl Nign — Elohai Neshama

Rena Branson

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