From Rabbi Ariel Root Wolpe's album Ruach Neshama, which you can stream and download from Rising Song Records on Bandcamp: https://risingsongrecords.bandcamp.com/ 

This song is accompanied by lyrics, chords and related teachings for Hanukkah in a source sheet on Sefaria.  Light, listen and learn: www.sefaria.org/sheets/340946

All music composed by Ariel Root Wolpe
Music direction by Joey Weisenberg and Ariel Root Wolpe
Harmony direction by Deborah Sacks Mintz
Produced by Joey Weisenberg

Recorded outside and in home-studios in Atlanta, GA, Philadelphia, PA, and Berkeley, CA.
Engineered by Joey Weisenberg and Jon Mitchell
Mixed and Mastered by Don Godwin
Artwork and Layout by Sol Yael Weiss

Singers and Musicians:
Ariel Root Wolpe - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Kendra Root Wolpe - vocals
Deborah Sacks Mintz - vocals
Valerie Root Wolpe - vocals
Joey Weisenberg - bass, percussion, guitar, baritone ukulele, piccolo, drum programming, vocals

Ruach Neshama

Light My Soul

Light My Soul - Ariel Root Wolpe

The Kitchen - Modah Ani

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This collection of chants come from the originally released "From Bindu to Ojas" box set in 1970, a predecessor to the release of "Be Here Now" - the box set contained the brown pages from Be Here Now, as well as vinyl recordings of chants and lectures. This playlist came directly from the chant vinyl from the box set. Enjoy!


Track 10 - From Bindu to Ojas - Adonai Elohim

Milts Nigun (Joey Weisenberg)

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention with special guest Rahsaan Roland Kirk at The Boston Globe Jazz Festival January 31, 1969.  Recorded by yours truly on a portable Sony reel-to-reel that I smuggled into the event.

Frank Zappa & The Mothers with Rahsaan Roland Kirk at The Boston Globe Jazz Festival 1-31-69

This month we're talking about how we prioritize kid services and programming versus our own communal needs. What is our ideal, and what we have we seen that didn't work for us.

Endorsements
Mimi endorses Kapelya, an album of women singing Hasidic melodies soon to be released by the artist RAZA, watching the Klimovitcher Nigun recording on YouTube, and Yerba Buena: A Novel by Nina LaCour.
Zahava endorses Growing Each Day by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski and Orthodox Jews and “Tikkun Olam” by Rav Moshe Taragin in the Jerusalem Post
Tamar endorses the Hanukkah Erotica Book Club podcast, and the book Search by Michelle Huneven.

Talking In Shul Ep. 87: Good Shabbat Programming for Kids

Kol Hai Yom Kippur Morning 2018

Shochen Ad (Joey Weisenberg)

Here is a discussion with R' Aaron Leibowitz about some of the emotional and spiritual challenges posed by the uncertainty of our national situation, and what Purim might teach us about finding a way forward.

Jewish Heroism Project

JHP Rabbis out of the box- Purim's Uncertain Message

1. Yoh Ribon

ניגון "הנשמה יורדת לתוך הגוף" בביצוע ר' שמואל זלמנוב

Modah/Modeh Ani is a prayer said upon waking up in amazement that the spirit has returned from the dream world to the body! There are so many beautiful and joyful melodies for this prayer, but sometimes waking up and discovering oneself alive, while beautiful, is also kind of eerie and bizarre. Here's my slightly emo Modah Ani for you to try out when the right moment hits <3 

I thank you, vital and present Ruler/Spirit of the Universe, for you returned my spirit to me with compassion. Your faithfulness is abundant. 

מודה אני לפניך מלך חי וקיים, שהחזרת בי נשמתי בחמלה, רבה אמונתך
מודה אני לפניך רוח חי וקיימת שהחזרת בי נשמתי בחמלה רבה אמונתיך

Modah/Modeh ani lefanekha/lefanayikh, Ruach/Melech chai v'Kayam/Kayemet, shehekhezart/a bi nishmati b'chemla raba emunatekha/emunatayikh.

Modah Ani (in Existential Dread)aka Emo-dah Ani

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.

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