Min Hameitzar (Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz)

Margot's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/margotseigle

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

Spider / Araña Nigun - Margot Seigle

Zolst shtarkn mayn harts 
say tsu klogn say tsu kemfn 

Zolst shtarkn mayne hent 
di vent tsu brekhn, 
di brikn tsu boyen

Un mayne fis tsu shtarkn, 
af di gasn tsu geyn, 
a frayer velt tsu shafn 

May you strengthen my heart
to move through grief and also take action

May you strengthen my hands 
to tear down walls 
and rebuild bridges 

And may you strengthen my feet 
to take to the streets, 
to create a freer world

זאָלסט שטאַרקן מײַן האַרץ 
סײַ צו קלאָגן סײַ צו קעמפֿן 

זאָלסט שטאַרקן מײַנע הענט
די װענט צו ברעכן 
די בריקן צו בויען

און מײַנע פֿיס צו שטאַרקן 
אויף די גאַסן צו גײן
אַ פֿרײַער װעלט צו שאַפֿן

Inspired by “Tkhine of the Matriarchs for the New Moon of Elul” | תחנה אמהות מן ראש חודש אלול by Seril Rappaport, published in Vilna, 1874, available on The Open Siddur Project with transcription by Aharon N. Varady and translation by Tracy Guren Klirs. https://opensiddur.org/?p=14039
Melody and text by Ariel Shapiro.

Zolst Shtarkn * זאָלסט שטאַרקן * Strengthen Me by Ariel Shapiro

Or zaruah latzadik, viliyishrei lev simcha. Simchu tzadikim ba-Adinai, vehodu lizecher kadsho.

Or Zarua- slow tune

All Music by Micah Shapiro
Words from Kabbalat Shabbat
Micah Shapiro (Guitar, Vocals), Rebecca Schatz (Vocals), Myra Meskin (Vocals), Shira Gluck (Vocals), Sam Blustin (Vocals), Jenn Queen (Vocals), Geo Poor (Vocals)

Psalms 92:6; 93:4 - Mah Gadlu/Mikolot Mayim מה גדלו/מקולות מים

L’kha, dodi, likrat kallah 
p’nei Shabbat n’kab’lah


Likrat Shabbat l’khu v’nel’kha
Ki hi m’kor ha’b’rakhah
Mei’rosh mikedem n’sukhah
Sof ma’aseh b’mach’shavah t’chilah

Mikdash melekh ir m’lukhah
Kumi tz’i mitokh ha’hafeikhah
Rav lakh shevet b’emek habakhah
V’hu yachamol alayikh chemlah

Davening Team

L'Cha Dodi Lincoln's Niggun(Joey Weisenberg)

melody from a Sephardic liturgical poem asking for forgiveness.

Adon HaSelichot Niggun

Melody by IfNotNow member Arielle Korman and her father, Jerome Korman. This English translation is by Arielle. 
Rabbi Hillel, Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Ancestors 1:14. 
?אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי, מִי לִי? וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי, מָה אֲנִי? וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁיו, אֵימָתַי

Im ein ani li, mi li? 
Uchshe’ani l’atzmi ma ani? 
V’im lo achshav, ematai?
Im lo achshav, ematai?

If I am not for me, who will be? 
If I am just for me, what does that make me? 
And if not now, then when? 
If not now, then when

Im Lo Achshav / If Not Now

Recorded by Aliza Abolafia and Rena Branson

Lecha Dodi (Rena Branson)

Marei Cohen niggun

Ein Od Milvado

Tkhines are Ashkenazee prayers in Yiddish that that were written and prayed by, and centered the experiences of women, trans, and gender-non-conforming people.  Their words stretch forward to today when we read and engage with them as a sacred prayer practice. This soundcloud is dedicated to reclaiming traditional tkhines liturgy, and makes tkhines accessible through song.  

If you are interested in learning more about tkhines, or want to write new melodies to them, please stay tuned for more workshops!

Visual art at the top of this page is by Rena Yehuda Newman.  

check out www.spontaneousprayer.com for more info

Zolst Shtarkn * זאָלסט שטאַרקן * Strengthen Me by Ariel Shapiro

Tkhines in Song * תחינות לידער

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