Name: Kabbalah Cafe' Class 5: R' Moses Cordovero by Romemu: Jewish Life, Elevated in view
Duration: 1 h 21 min 20 s
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Adon Olam is one of the most ancient Piyutim that is still widely known and sung throughout the communities of Israel. Some attribute this Piyut to R. Shlomo Ibn Gabirol (The Rashbag), although there is no proof that he is the author. It is customary to sing this Piyut before morning prayers. Medieval rabbis regarded this poem with high esteem. Rabbi Yehudah the Pious of Germany wrote: “I guarantee that the prayers of one who says Adon Olam with attention are heard, and that Satan shall not act against his prayers... some say that even the evil inclination within him will reside and not entice him” (Sha’arei Tﬁlah 308:10b). The reason for this reverence can be attributed to the rare combination of the most important principles of faith with a sense of natural, emotional closeness to the Divine.

Musical Direction and Arrangements: Yair Harel and Omer Avital
Production: Ari Priven, Yair Harel and Omer Avital
Mixing and editing: Daniel Freedman
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Masterdisk
Recorded at B’nai Jeshurun, New York City, July 2010

Musicians:
David Buchbut Percussion
Daniel Freedman Percussion
Saskia Lane Doublebass
Jessie Reagan Mann Cello
Roly Matalon Oud 
Amanda Monaco Guitar
Daphna Mor Nay and Recorders
Matt Turk Mandolin

Singers: 
Galeet Dardashti
Yair Harel
Roly Matalon
Ari Priven
Basya Schechter

Adon Olam from Yemen

Morning blessings. (traditional liturgy)

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 grants vision, 
who gives the weary strength.

Birkot Hashachar (Morning Blessings)

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Kabbalah Cafe' Class 5:  R' Moses Cordovero

We live in a world that is recreating itself one life and one digital connection at a time. On this landscape for which there are no maps, Seth Godin is a singular thought leader and innovator in what he describes as our post-industrial "connection economy." Rather than merely tolerate change, he says, we are all called now to rise to it. We are invited and stretched in whatever we do to be artists — to create in ways that matter to other people.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/seth-godin-on-the-art-of-noticing-and-then-creating/5000

Seth Godin — The Panhandler's Secret

Seth Godin — Practicing Discernment And Seeking Out Challenges

Seth Godin — The Abundance Economy

We live in a world that is recreating itself one life and one digital connection at a time. On this landscape for which there are no maps, Seth Godin is a singular thought leader and innovator in what he describes as our post-industrial "connection economy." Rather than merely tolerate change, he says, we are all called now to rise to it. We are invited and stretched in whatever we do to be artists — to create in ways that matter to other people.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/seth-godin-on-the-art-of-noticing-and-then-creating/5000

[Unedited] Seth Godin with Krista Tippett

We live in a world that is recreating itself one life and one digital connection at a time. On this landscape for which there are no maps, Seth Godin is a singular thought leader and innovator in what he describes as our post-industrial "connection economy." Rather than merely tolerate change, he says, we are all called now to rise to it. We are invited and stretched in whatever we do to be artists — to create in ways that matter to other people.

See more www.onbeing.org/program/seth-godin-on-the-art-of-noticing-and-then-creating/5000

Seth Godin — The Art of Noticing, and Then Creating

This melody's composer is unknown, but it originated in the town of Persa, now in Poland, once in the Pale of Settlement. 

Yedid nefesh, Av harachaman, 
meshoch Avdach el Retzonach. 
Yarutz avdach kemo ayal, 
yishtachave mul hadarach. 
Ye’erav lo yedidutach, minofet tsuf vechol ta’am. 

Hadoor naeh ziv haolam, nafshi cholat ahavatach. 
Anah El nah refah nah lah, b’harot lah noam zivach, 
Az titchazek v’titrapeh, v’hay’tah lah shifchat olam. 

Vatik yehemoo rachamecha v’chus na al ben ohavach. 
Ki zeh kamah nichsof nichsaf, lir’ot betiferet oozach. 
Anah Eyli, machmad leebee, chooshah nah v’al titalam. 

Higaleh nah uf’ros chaviv alai, et sukkat shelomach 
Tair eretz mikevodach, nagilah v’nismechah bach. 
Maher ahoov, ki va moed, v’choneni kimei olam.

Yedid Nefesh (Origin: Persa)

Sacred singing circle, HaBima Square, Tel Aviv. March 2016

מוביל השיר: רון נראיין ג׳יוטי פז

מזמור לדוד ה' רועי לא אחסר
בנאות דשא ירביצנו על מי מנוחות ינהלני
נפשי ישובב ינחני במעגלי צדק למען שמו
גם אם אלך בגיא צלמוות לא אירא רע כי אתה עמדי
שבטך ומשענתך המה ינחמוני
תערוך לפני שולחן נגד צוררי
דישנת בשמן ראשי כוסי רוויה

אך טוב וחסד ירדפוני כל ימי חיי
אך טוב וחסד ירדפוני כל ימי חיי
ושבתי בבית ה' לאורך ימים
ושבתי בבית ה' לאורך ימים

אך טוב וחסד

Love Your Neighbor As Yourself (this is the great principle of Torah- Rabbi Akiva). 

The words, straight outta Leviticus 19:18:
הריני מקבלת עלי את מצבת הבורא ואהבת לרעיך כמוך
Hareini m'kabel(et, if F-identified) alai et mitzvat ha'Borei
V'ahavta l'reyekha kamocha

Behold, I take upon myself the commandment from the Creator:
to love your neighbor as yourself

V'ahavta l'reyekha kamokha - Love Your Neighbor As Yourself

Rabbi Rami Shapiro's poem set to music by Shir Yaakov. Hear more: http://romemu.org

We Are Loved

Reb Dovid Karliner’s Nigun(from a 1914 Ukrainian wax cylinder recording)

written on the 1st of Nissan, 5780 // March 26th, 2020

The words for this song come from Earthseed: The Books of the Living out of Octavia Butler's Parable series. At a time when so much is rapidly changing around us, her words feel more present than ever.  I sought to try and write a song to capture this, and opened the book to a part in the story where a community member passes without time to do a proper burial.  Instead, this prayer is offered.  May this song offer some support and solace in a moment where there is so much loss without the ability to come together and properly mourn.

As wind,
As water,
As fire,
As life

God is Change.

God 
Is both creative and destructive,
Demanding and yielding,
Sculptor and clay.

original text:
As wind,
As water,
As fire,
As life,
God
Is both creative and destructive,
Demanding and yielding,
Sculptor and clay.
God is Infinite Potential:
God is Change.

dedicating this song to Edith Louise Goldberg, a"h, who I did not have the privilege to know but was dear to many and took her life on the very day this song came to life. may her memory be a blessing.

As Wind, As Water

Lecha Dodi 2 לכה דודי

This is a chant grounded in the resilience, courage, and hope of our Jewish ancestors, reminding us that when we fight for life and for justice, we are weaving ourselves with all justice-fighters who came before us. No fight is too big for our fierce and courageous hearts. 

As the story goes: In 1939, Nazis surrounded a group of Jews from Lublin, Poland, backed up against barbed wire and ordered them to sing to their own execution. One man began to sing: "Mir veln zey iberlebn, iberlebn, iberlebn” —"We will outlive them.” The song took hold among the entire people, who, as they awaited their deaths, began to dance. They danced with joy, with resilience, with a life that could not be destroyed by fascism, militarism, or genocide. The commander saw this resilience. He recognized their defiance. They continued, even as the SS troops charged at them. Most lost their lives that day. And some lived to tell this story. We are here. We will outlive them. We will join forces and voices with others to fight so we can all outlive them, together (thank you, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice!). 

Vocals: Avra Shapiro
Melody: Avra Shapiro
Arrangement: Avra Shapiro & Nadav Simon 
Bass: Matt Coglianese
Drums: Nadav Simon
Violin: Mallory Linehan
Production and Mixing: Nadav Simon
Mastering: Steve Marek 
Recorded and Mastered at Cybernetic Meadow
Art by Micah Bazant (poster can be bought here: https://www.micahbazant.com/buy-art/we-will-outlive-them).

Mir Veln Zey Iberlebn

Romemu is a welcoming, experiential, irreverently pious, intergenerational Jewish community that elevates and transforms individuals and communities into more compassionate human beings.

Committed to powerful prayer and transformative spiritual practices, Romemu attempts to engage the heart, mind and body in everything we do, helping us to foster greater levels of compassion.

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Kabbalah Cafe' Class 5: R' Moses Cordovero

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