Cover of by Arik Labowitz

From Psalm 27, traditionally recited daily in the month of Elul leading up to the Jewish new year.

לׅׄוּׅׄלֵׅ֗ׄאׅׄ הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי לִרְא֥וֹת בְּֽטוּב־יְהֹוָ֗ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּֽים
קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְ֫הֹוָ֥ה חֲ֭זַק וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ

Lulei hemanti lirot b'tuv HaShem b'eretz chayim
Kaveh el HaShem, chazak v'ya'ametz lib'cha
-Excerpt of Psalm 27:13-14

Oh how I trusted that I would see G-d's good in this living land
Open to the one, may your heart stay open to the one

Lulei He'emanti by Arik Labowitz (cover)

Composition and Vocals: Marni Loffman
Guitar: Jeff Weisz
Production and Violin: Eitan Kantor

Story of the Song:

This melody was composed by Marni Loffman while listening to Kohenet Keshira HaLev Fife offer words of Torah during a Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat service in September 2020. Marni began humming this melody on mute while K' Keshira spoke to the importance of connecting to abundant love, especially in the midst of racial violence and injustice. This prayer helps us access the love that the divine, universe, spirit, shechinah, ultimate, G-d or whatever greater force you believe has to give. We are wrapped in love, surrounded by it. Sometimes we just need words and melody to allow ourselves to feel all the compassion that holds us and grounds us in each moment. 

Lyrics:

Ahavah rabbah ahavtanu, 
hemlah g’dolah hamalta aleinu
hemlah g’dolah  viteirah 

Deep is Your love for us
boundless Your tender compassion for us
boundless Your tender compassion

For more information on the prayer check out My Jewish Learning: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/arti...

Composed 09/11/2020
Filmed 08/12/2021 1:24 AM (Camp Ramah in the Berkshires)
Produced 09/2021

Ahava Rabbah (Live) ft. Jeff Weisz and Eitan Kantor

A reimagined cover of the Al hanisim folk tune for your Hanukah playlists!

Hannukah is coming and we are here to sanctify the darkness, welcome the light, heal, give gratitude, connect, reflect and grow. Welcome in the season of #miracles with us in song. How can we connect to the past while also reimagining and rediscovering it, in song and in story? Stirring vocal and guitar by rachel chang.

al hanisim (reimagined) cover

Sung with Rachel Chang (guitar + vox)

Lyrics:

I’ve been trying to soften to this life
to let it touch me
'cause I know the fear that braces me is very old
but in my blood I feel the thrum of my ancestors on the run 
and boy sometimes it’s hard to tell it’s not today

But I would like to trust
I would like to believe I’m safe
I would like to let my body lead the way

I’ve been trying to open to this moment,
let it unfold 
cause I know the shame that narrows me is very old
but theres a child in my mind who loved and then got left behind
and boy sometimes it’s hard to tell it’s not today

But I would like to trust 
I would like to believe I’m safe
I would like to let intuition lead the way

May I let the cosmic ocean of love buoy me up
May I let the cosmic ocean of love wash over me
Da da daaaa…. 

Cause I would  like to trust 
I would like to believe I’m safe
I would like to let my body lead the way
I would like to trust 
I would like to believe I’m safe
I would like to let intuition lead the way

I Would Like To Trust

LYRICS:

My god! most swords don't beat themselves into plowshares
most walls will not fall on their own to the ground
their bombs won't just change into birds
their guns won't just clog up with flowers
but our hands and our hearts can beat swords into plows

may all whose bodies shake with grief and rage call out:
ceasefire now!


Song by Ethan Aronson

Ethan Aronson: vocals, octave mandolin
Deborah Adelman: vocals
Aimee Bass: vocals, percussion
Adam Gottlieb: vocals, percussion
Emily Isaacson: vocals
Chana Shapiro: vocals

Produced at StarRise Studios by Adam Gottlieb on Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potowotami land (Chicago, IL)

ACTION:

Contact Congress to demand a permanent ceasefire:
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/take-action/#act-now

May All Whose Bodies Shake (Ceasefire Now)

tune by Shefa Gold from Psalm 118:14, Exodus 15:2

Recorded at Boston Passover Action Prep Meeting 4/17/16

lyrics: 
Ozi v’Zimrat Yah Vayahi li lishuah

Brich Rachamana בריך רחמנא

recorded by dove kent, talia cooper & margot seigle on a sweet fall night in a cozy brooklyn apartment. 

Aramaic: Babylonian Talmud 
English: Rabbi Shefa Gold, www.RabbiShefaGold.com

lyrics
בריך רחמנא 
מלכא דעלמא 
מריה דהאי פיתא 

Brikh raḥamana 
Malka d'alma 
Ma'arey d'hi (oh!) pita 

You are the source of 
Life for all that is 
And your blessing 
Flows through me

Oh lord prepare me
To be a sanctuary
Pure and holy, tried and true
And with thanksgiving, I'll be a living
Sanctuary for you

Oh lord prepare me
To be a revolutionary
Bold and tender, tried and true
And with each other, 
We'll build another
World together
For me and you

(bonus verse written by iris brilliant, andrew meeker, sarah abbott, margot seigle & becky jones, with edits from Aly Halpert / summer 2015)

TISHREI - Brich Rachamana בריך רחמנא

this song was originally written after navigating what-feels-like high stake conversations between jews around israel/palestine. this prayer was written as a prayer for peace: that what we are holding so tightly can actually withstand being let go some, let to breathe,to  change, to be 'broken' as we may see it, to speak for itself. that this prayer may allow us to see eac hother and our human one-ness.  it's a prayer for peace amidst anguish that it might be possible, out of our control, to have faith.

a prayer for peace amidst anguish

Origin:
Words are from Psalm 118
Melody is by Rabbi Micha’el Rosenberg
This is a recording from NSP's Yom Kippur Community Singing Session in 2019

Words:
Min hameitzar, karati ya
Anani vamerchav ya

Translation:
From the narrow place, I called out to G*d
Who answered me from a place of great expansiveness

Singing Team - YK Melodies

Min Hameitzar

Mah Anu (Rena Branson + violin/production by Eitan Kantor)

Lyrics: Modah Ani, a Jewish daily prayer/practice of gratitude. 
Music by Ary Solomon

Lyrics:
Modah, modah ani
L'fanecha
Ruach chai, ruach chai v'kayam
Ruach chai, ruach chai v'kayam

Modah Ani

Kohenet (ecofeminist Jewish clergy)
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educator

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Lulei He'emanti by Arik Labowitz (cover)

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