Name: Nitzotz Eloha Mima’al with Cantor Ze'evi Tovlev by Sarina Elenbogen-Siegel
Duration: 2 min 1 s
Description: Nitzotz Eloha Mim'a'al - there is a divine spark embedded within us. When we do Teshuva from our mistakes and towards wholeness, we can liberate that divine spark and return to each other and to Hashem. Written for Cantor Ze'evi Tovlev.

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Photo by Jess Benjamin, taken at Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2023

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Shalom Aleichem

Nitzotz Eloha Mim'a'al - there is a divine spark embedded within us. When we do Teshuva from our mistakes and towards wholeness, we can liberate that divine spark and return to each other and to Hashem. Written for Cantor Ze'evi Tovlev. 

Nitzotz Eloha Mima’al with Cantor Ze'evi Tovlev

recorded by Batya Levine & Noam Lerman
November 9, 2016

Noam Lerman learned this song during a morning water ceremony that took place at standing rock reservation when they were there during sukkot. It was taught by someone named Lia.

Water Heal My Soul

Artist: Laurence Cole
I learned at the 2017 Rewild Conference from Rose and Heron Brae.

Sung at a (mini) song circle on August 1, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
Trees grow slow
And trees grow strong
And trees sway with the wind
Their whole lives long

And trees hold the ground
As they reach for the sky
And fallen trees still feed the seeds
They cast before they die

Trees Grow Slow (Laurence Cole)

Artist: MaMuse
I learned at a MaMuse concert in August 2018.

Sung at a song circle on August 18, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Findin' my way (x5)
Findin' my way back home
Findin' my way (x5)
Findin' my way back home

Part 2:
Oh river
I hear you feel you callin' me
Oh river
Who will I be when I reach the sea

Part 3:
I am, I am home
I am, I am home

Finding My Way / Oh River (MaMuse)

Music: Miriam Margles
Words: Ary Solomon
I learned at Hava Nashira (singing retreat at OSRUI in Wisconsin) from Noam Katz. Original words are in Hebrew (zeh hayom asah adonai nagilah v'nis'm'cha vo) and have been changed (not a translation).

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

Lyrics:
Raise your eyes look up to the sky
Feel the rain as it falls down

*Note: I originally thought the music was by Noam Katz - thank you Baci Weiler for the correction!

Raise Your Eyes (Music: Miriam Margles, Lyrics: Ary Solomon)

This song is by Miner, and this recording is from a Let My People Sing teach-back gathering in DC, in Sept 2019

Words:
Let the waves wash over me
Let the waves wash over me
I am already under
Let the waves wash over me

There will be better days...

LMPS Teachback 2019

Let the Waves Wash Over Me

Bostoner Rebbe niggun

Artist: Saro Lynch-Thomason

Lyrics:
There are more waters rising
This I know, this I know
There are more waters rising
This I know
There are more waters rising
They will find their way to me
There are more waters rising
This I know, this I know
There are more waters rising
This I know

There are more fires burning...

There are more mountains falling...

I will wade through the waters
This I know, this I know
I will wade through the waters
This I know
I will wade through the waters
When they find their way to me
I will wade through the waters
This I know, this I know
I will wade through the waters
This I know

I will move with the fires...

I will rebuild the mountains...

*Note: Saro's lyrics are "I will walk through the fires" - I changed them to "I will move with the fires"

Nitzotz Eloha Mima’al with Cantor Ze'evi Tovlev

Sarina Elenbogen-Siegel

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