Vehashevota/Aleinu

Oseh Shalom
recorded by Nomi Lerman, Batya Levine & Margot Seigle
tune by Nava Tehila

Oseh shalom bimromav 
Hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu 
V'al kol Yisrael 
V'imru, v'imru amen.

SIVAN - Oseh Shalom

Shoshanas Yaakov (Chabad nigun for Purim)

Recorded by Aliza Abolafia and Rena Branson

Lecha Dodi (Rena Branson)

68th Street Pier Nigun/Yedid Nefesh (Rena Branson)

Music: Orion Johnstone and Nehemiah Luckett
Lyrics: Based on the Lilla Watson quote:
"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound in mine, then let us work together." 

I learned from Orion and Nehemiah when they were in Portland leading workshops in spring 2019. They wrote the song on Mt. Tabor in Portland that week. (PS the picture for this track was taken on Mt. Tabor!)

Sung at a song circle on July 20, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Then let us work together
Let us work together
O-o-o-oh
Let us work together

Part 2:
If you have come here to help me
You are wasting your time
O-o-oh
Let us work together

Part 3:
Let us work together
If you have come
Because your liberation is bound in mine
Let us work together

Let Us Work Together (Music: Orion Johnstone and Nehemiah Luckett, Lyrics: Lilla Watson)

Linke Fligl Nign (Extended)— Ki Leolam Chasdo

ושמחת בחגך והיית אך שמח
Vesamachta bechagecha vehayita ach sameach
You shall rejoice on your festivals​ and be fully joyous.
(Deuteronomy 16: 14a, 15b)

In fall 2019, I asked the Rising Song Residents to improvise with me and play with trying to figure out a second part for this Sukkot tune. It took me a year to finally land on one, but now I can't sing with a group, so I asked my mom to record it with me! The ~*vision*~ is that people huddled in a sukkah together can take turns leading the call-and-response part or improvising in between the choruses. Looking forward to the day when we can do that together!

Sung with my mom (who prefers to be anonymous!), Gedalia Penner, Rebekka Goldsmith, Eitan Kantor, Batya Levine, R' Ariel Root Wolpe, Joey Weisenberg, and Sam Tygiel

Vesamachta B'chagecha (Rejoice on Your Holydays!)

ולא היתה חצר בירושלים שאינה מאירה מאור בית השואבה
V'lo hayta chatzer b'yerushalayim she'eina me'eira mei'or Beit Hashoeva
"[From the worn-out pants and belts of the priests they made wicks and with them they kindled the lamps.] And there was not a courtyard in Jerusalem that was not illuminated by the light of the Beit Hashoevah." -Mishna Sukkah, 5:3 (Mishna = the oldest written code of Jewish law, also has a lot of stories in it)

Simchat Beit Hashoeva = ancient water-drawing festival that took place over Sukkot

Sung with Margot Seigle and chickens at Linke Fligl, 10/1/20

Or Beit Hashoeva (R' Shir Yaakov Feit/Mishna Sukkah 5:3)

Violin, vocal accompaniment, and production by Eitan Kantor

Haneiros Halalu

Chabad tune for the first line of Megillat Esther

וַיְהִ֖י בִּימֵ֣י אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ ה֣וּא אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ מֵהֹ֣דּוּ וְעַד־כּ֔וּשׁ שֶׁ֛בַע וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּמֵאָ֖ה מְדִינָֽה׃

Vayehi bimei Achashverosh, hu Achashverosh
Hamolech me'Hodu v'ad Kush
Sheva v'esrim umeia medina

And it came to pass in the days of Achashverosh — the same Achashverosh who ruled from Hodu (India) to Kush (Ethiopia), one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.

Vesamachta B'chagecha (Rejoice on Your Holydays!)

Rena Branson

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