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Shabbat Morning - 12/14

08 Mah Gadlu (Ps 92)

The clouds are clearing now
Whether dark or light, all will be revealed somehow
Do not fear what's in sight
The morning sparrow sings the song of the night

All is One, no I or Thou
Weave your sacred thread into the fabric of the Tao
No more time, space erased
Awakening to find there was only one place

The mountains know how to call your name
Wanderer return to the place from which you came
Walking in the riverbed
The water teaches how to follow where we're led

Let go, even of what you love
to make room in your heart for the things you are afraid of
Sing a song to soothe the pain
The warmth of the sun brings the season of the rains

The clouds are clearing now
Whether dark or light, all will be revealed somehow
Do not fear what's in sight
The morning sparrow sings the song of the night

The Clouds Are Clearing Now (Mt Shasta Medicine v2)

Patience, Patience
We came here to be here
Patience, Patience
Our vision is becoming clear

All that I'm here to do
is already flowing through
Savlanut, Savlanut

There's nowhere I must go
Nothing more to know
Than the Here, and the Now

Patience, Patience
We came here to be here
Patience, Patience
Our vision is becoming clear

Relinquishing my force
coming back to the Source
Letting go of the fear

The time has come to stand
in the truth of what I am
I am strong, I am here

Patience, Patience
We came here to be here
Patience, Patience
Our vision is becoming clear

Savlanut/Patience

Brucha at Shekhina (Blessed are you, divine presence throughout the physical world) who grounds me
Brucha at Shekhinah who reminds me that I know
Brucha at Shekhinah who guides me
Brucha at Shekhinah who gives me courage to let go
Brucha at Shekhinah ruach ha'olam hameikhinah mitzadei isha
(Blessed are you, Shekhina, spirit of the universe, who makes firm a woman's steps)
-Ri J. Turner

From Siddur HaKohanot: A Hebrew Priestess Prayerbook by Rabbi Jill Hammer and Kohenet Taya Shere 

Available here: http://isabellafreedman.org/store/siddur-hakohanot%3A-a-hebrew-priestess-prayerbook-rabbi-jill-hammer-and-holly-taya-shere/dp/6432

Birchot haShachar by Ri J. Turner

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

Ahava V'rachamim by Bon Singer 
Ahava V'rachamim Chesed V'shalom
Love and compassion, kindness and peace/wholeness

Recorded by IfNotNow Boston Summer 2016.

Ahavah V'Rahamim

Be Kind

Vocals - Batya Levine
Percussion - Simcha Halpert Hanson

Nechama - Batya Levine

Original three-part harmony with English lyrics version

Ozi v'zimrat yah vayihi li lishua 
My strength and the divine song will be my deliverance 
(Psalm 118:14, Exodus 15:2) 

A prayer for courage, strength, and surrender as we navigate these trying times.

Ozi Vizimrat Yah Original Version

"Elohai, the soul you have given me is pure."
Melody by Shefa Gold

Days of Awe: High Holiday Davening

Elohai Neshama

"Bless him, bless His name; bless her, bless Her name"
Opening blessing for Pesukei deZimra, "Verses of Praise"
Melody by Shefa Gold

Baruch She'Amar

This song came through just before Rosh Hashanah 5779,  inspired by the season of Teshuvah/Returning in the Hebrew calendar and the Run4Salmon led by the Winnemem Wintu people of the Shasta/Redding area. Please visit www.run4salmon.org and support their efforts to bring the Chinook salmon home and ensure a healthy watershed for future generations.

www.gofundme.com/salmonwillrun

We are the salmon returning home
to the places these bones have known
We know the way
We know the way
We are the salmon returning home

I hear the sound of the stars
I feel the beating of the drum
It's time to come
It's time to come, come home
I know every rock, tree, bend
in this river comin' to another end
and it's time to come
it's time to come, come home

Salmon Teshuvah Demo

and end of meal, during labor, child protection jewish psalm

psalm 126 shir hamaalot, those who sow in tears shall reap in joy 

sung with sara batya levine

shir hamaalot

Tehom Nigun by Mónica Gomery

Chabad nigun named after it's author, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn who was also known as the "Tzemach Tzedek," which means "sprout of justice."

Tzemach Tzedek Nigun

Modah - Modeh Ani P. 61

Ma Nora by Taya Mâ sung at Let My People Sing! 2018
Lyrics:
Ma nora hamakom hazeh
How awesome is this  body/place/journey  through time and space
(Hebrew: Genesis 28:17 // composition by Taya Mâ with inspiration from Jacqueline Westhead)

LMPS 2018

Ma Nora - Taya Mâ - LMPS 2018

Zeh Hayom: This Is the Day

Hallelu! (Psalm 150) by Miriam Margles

Melody by Shir Yaakov, Words by Rami Shapiro

Words:
We are loved, loved, loved, by unending love, an unending love 

We are embraced by arms that find us even when we are hidden from ourselves
We are touched by fingers that soothe us even when we are too proud for soothing
We are counseled by voices that guide us even when we are too embittered to hear

We are loved, loved, loved, by unending love, an unending love

We are supported by hands that uplift us even in the midst of a fall
We are urged on by eyes that meet us even when we are too weak for meeting

We are loved, loved, loved, by unending love, an unending love

Embraced, touched, soothed, and counseled, ours are the arms, the fingers, the voices
Ours are the hands, the eyes, the smiles
We are loved by an unending love

Singing Team - Friday Night Melodies

We Are Loved

Written by Aly Halpert on a summer morning 5778 at Eden Village Camp
Recorded on garageband spring 5779

original text:
modah/modet/modeh ani l'fanecha, ruach chai v'kayam 
(I am grateful before you, eternal living spirit)

english lyrics by aly halpert:
I was made for this morning
I was made to be here
All the life inside me is a gift
so we may heal

I was made for this morning
I was made to be here
All the life around me is a gift
so I may heal

I was made for this morning
I was made to be here
All the life inside me is a gift
so I may heal

I was made for this morning
I was made to be here
All the life around me is a gift
so we may heal

Aly Halpert's Album

Modah Ani (morning prayer)

You can purchase the Elul album, which was compiled, recorded & edited by Anat Hochberg & Matt Goldfield here:
https://elulmusicproject.bandcamp.com/releases
This album features a beautiful collection of original songs for Elul by various contemporary Jewish musicians.

This song came through in the forests of the Blue Hills, which is on the land of the Massachusett tribe. Sometimes it may seem that all of our leaves fall down, onto the forest floor, and our branches lie bare & exposed in the cold wind. Shedding tears and the things that no longer serve us, we are stripped down to our most basic selves. This leaves us vulnerable, and it naturally opens up a space for teshuva, a return to self. Because we are the water, earth, fire and wind, and we can call on these powers, to help us through.

LYRICS:
all the leaves have fallen down, have fallen down
all the leaves have fallen down, have fallen down

i am the water, earth, fire & wind
dig deep my roots and return again
i am the water, earth, fire & wind
return again

CREDITS:
from Elul: Songs for Turning, released September 7, 2017
Batya Levine: vocals
Anat Hochberg: vocals
Micah Shapiro: djembe, vocals
Album Art: Roz Freeman

Elul: Songs for Turning

All The Leaves

Gevurah ~ Strength
“Your loving kindness sustains the living, your great mercies give life to the dead*.” 

You wake us up
From our sleep
To fight for all humanity
‘Till everyone is free

Guided by our biggest light
Love is part of how we fight
Mechai meitim*

And I pray, pray, pray,
For our strength, strength, strength
And I pray, pray, pray,
For our strength

-- Molly Bajgot

[Other verse options:   Possibility    Our Community    Solidarity]

*to give life to the dead here is being specifically interpreted to mean:

to give life “to carry on the memory”
to the dead “people who died due to unjust systems":

583 people shot and killed by police in 2019
7,216 people have died crossing the US-Mexico border between 1998 and 2017
Israeli security forces killed 290 Palestinians, including 55 minors, in 2018
28 trans women killed in 2018
And many more deaths rooted in racism, sexism, class-based oppression, addiction, mental health, gender-based oppression, homophobia -- and more otherwise consequences of an oppressive society

we remember them & fight for them with love

for our strength | גבורה

how can I ...

be a little more soft today
feel a little more connected today
get a little more grounded today
be a little more free today 
___ a little more ____ today

A part of the melody inspired by and based on "Faith's Hymn" by Beautiful Chorus

How Can I

Kohenet (ecofeminist Jewish clergy)
multi-modal artist and digital storyteller
educator

fka Cedar Ranney

Ozi Vizimrat Yah Original Version

Kohenet Riv Shapiro