Reconstructionist KAP

Recordings from Congregation T'chiyah's 2020 High Holiday services, broadcast from The Light Box. 
https://www.lightboxperformance.org/ 

Recorded from livestream by Three Lyons Creative 
https://www.threelyonscreative.com/

PERSONNEL:
Jake Ehrlich - vox + guitar
Raya Samet - vox
Kendra Watkins - vox

17. Hashiveinu

Ratzo V'Shov (Demo)

Ein Od Milvado/Love Is All There Is/Barchu

A new song for young children this Rosh Hashanah!

The Year Goes Round And Round - 220914.MP3

Justin's first lesson on Reconstructionist Judaism in 2017

Recon Lecture 1

Reconstructionist class lecture for the date of February 26th

Reconstructionist Lecture Two

we are good.
we are flawed.
we are the breath of an imperfect god.

returning to self. returning to source.
god is change. god is growth. the process, in all it's beauty and all it's mess, is god.

collage art by Chani Nicholas

we are good we are flawed

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)

A song for self-compassion and healing. 

Inspired by this quote from Parker Palmer: "Wholeness does not mean perfection. It means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life."

In My Brokenness

Show Up

I Am Willing by Holly Near

Tune: an adaptation of the song 'Galeh' by Moshe Shur
Concept from Joseph Berman, Words by Joseph Berman & Batya Levine for the Neilah service on Yom Kippur

Open, open up the gates for 
All who gather here
Open up the gates for
all who seek your presence

Open, open up the gates of
Kindness and compassion
Open up the gates of
Wholeness and peace 
 
Open, open up the gates of 
Freedom and justice
Open up the gates of
Liberation

Open, open up the gates of
Change and release
Open up the gates of 
Transformation

Open, open up the gates of 
Healing and forgiveness 
Open up the gates of
Reconciliation

Open, open up the gates of
Listening and patience 
Open up the gates of 
Humility 

Open, open up the gates of 
Prayer and wisdom 
Open up the gates of
Intuition

Open, open up the gates of 
Equity and honor
Open up the gates of
Dignity
 
Open, open up the gates of
Torah and blessing
Open up the gates of
Gratitude and learning 

Open, open up the gates of
Love and connection
Open up the gates of 
Giving and receiving

Open, open up the gates of 
Trust and pleasure
Open up the gates of
Abundance

Open, open up the gates of    
Joy and resilience 
Open up the gates of 
Liberation

Open Up the Gates - Melody: 'Galeh' by Moshe Shur// english words by Joseph Berman & Batya Levine

Harmonies by Eitan Kantor, Rebekka Goldsmith, Batya Levine, Gedalia Penner, and R' Ariel Root Wolpe

Linke Fligl Nign — Elohai Neshama

Ozi VeZimrat Yah (Shefa Gold): I’m recording and posting one Jewish prayer (almost) each weekday morning for the duration of this health crisis. (You can access all of them at.https://www.facebook.com/MusicalPrayerPandemicProject/, and now also at this Youtube playlist: https://bit.ly/PianoPrayerPandemicProjectPlaylist ) This seemed to be an appropriate prayer to record in honor of Juneteenth: words from the Song at the Red Sea, when enslaved people, now liberated, finally knew that their oppressors could no longer have power over them. “Yah -- my strength and my song -- has now become my salvation.” עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ וַיְהִי לִי לִישׁוּעָה. The music is by Shefa Gold and has become ubiquitous in most non-Orthodox synagogues in recent years.

Ozi Vezimrat Yah

אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ יַעְזֹרוּ וּלְאָחִיו יֹאמַר חֲזָק  
הֲלוֹא תֵדְעוּ הֲלוֹא תִשְׁמָעוּ הֲלוֹא הֻגַּד מֵרֹאשׁ לָכֶם  

Ish et re'eihu ya'azoru ul'achiv yomar chazak
Halo ted'u, halo tishma'u, halo hugad merosh lachem [shekulchem b'lev echad]

Sister, will you let me lean on you
Together we'll be strong
Don't you know? Haven't you heard? 
Weren't you told from the very start
We are all a part of this great heart

Friend, I will help you, lean on me
Together we are strong
Oh yes I know, oh yes I've heard
Yes I've been told from the very start
We are all a part of this great heart

Visions From A Changing Earth (Excerpt) by Daniel Kieval

How Long
Music and Lyrics, Maor Greene

Background:
Still a work in progress (this is a snapshot of a living song)
Imagined it as a contemporary psalm of lament

Lyrics:

Another day and I feel incomplete
God I want to know that you still hear me when I call
I use my hands hardworking for my dreams
God I want to know that you will see me through it all

And I ask, how long O Lord? How long O Lord?

Another day more suffering in the street
God I want to know that you still hear us when we call
We stand for justice praying with our feet
God I want to know that you will see us through it all

And we ask, how long O Lord? How long O Lord?

So as I sing about another way
God I want to know that you still hear me when I call
I use my voice with my whole heart I pray
God I want to know that you will see us through it all

And we ask, how long O Lord? How long O Lord? How long O Lord?

How Long by Maor Greene

By Miner
Recorded by Sol Weiss & Margot Seigle

let the wave wash over me
let the wave wash over me
I am already under
let the wave wash over me

17. Hashiveinu

T'chiyah

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