Sheb’Shifleinu (Psalms 136:23-24)

A new melody for your Pesach Seder!

שֶׁ֭בְּשִׁפְלֵנוּ זָ֣כַר לָ֑נוּ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃
וַיִּפְרְקֵ֥נוּ מִצָּרֵ֑ינוּ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Sheb’shifleinu zakhar lanu ki l’olam khasdo
Va’yifrekeinu mi’tzareinu ki l’olam khasdo

When we were in the lowest of places, G!d/Existence remembered us, because there is always goodness and compassion in the world. We were separated from our sorrows and constriction because the Divine's goodness and compassion is eternal.

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Sheb'Shifleinu - Joey Weisenberg (Nigun for Passover)

Ho Hey Cover

Those who sew
Who sew in tears
Will reap in joy

psalm 126

recorded at Let My People Sing! Summer 2016, led by Margot Seigle

Those Who Sew

recording of Od Yenuvun by Hannah Shefsky & Batya Levine, sung at the Saturday night participatory concert of Let My People Sing!

Od Yenuvun - Hannah Shefsky & Batya Levine (sung live at Let My People Sing!)

irises bloom

Music: Orion Johnstone and Nehemiah Luckett
Lyrics: Based on the Lilla Watson quote:
"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound in mine, then let us work together." 

I learned from Orion and Nehemiah when they were in Portland leading workshops in spring 2019. They wrote the song on Mt. Tabor in Portland that week. (PS the picture for this track was taken on Mt. Tabor!)

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

Part 1:
Then let us work together
Let us work together
O-o-o-oh
Let us work together

Part 2:
If you have come here to help me
You are wasting your time
O-o-oh
Let us work together

Part 3:
Let us work together
If you have come
Because your liberation is bound in mine
Let us work together

Let Us Work Together (Music: Orion Johnstone and Nehemiah Luckett, Lyrics: Lilla Watson)

Artist: Ayla Nereo

Sung at a (mini) song circle on December 11, 2018 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
I feel the winds of the west, outbreath
Letting go of my leaves, all I do not need
Into the darkness of the fall sunset
I release, receive, getting ready for the 
Silence

Winds Of The West (Ayla Nereo)

Release: Songs for Shmita

V’akhalta ואכלת - R. Hannah Tiferet Siegel, sung by Adamah Fellows 2014

K'mei Nahar

D'ror Yikra - Yemeni melody, sung by Magevet

A zemer (song) for Shabbat, a time of slowness, rest, and rejuvination. A zemer usually sung on Shabbat afternoon. Attributed to Dunash ibn Labrat, a 10th century Babylonian paytan (liturgical poet), whose name is spelled acrostically in verses 1,2,3 and 6.
sung by Mónica Gomery & Batya Levine

D'ror yikra l'ven im bat, v'yintzorchem k'mo vavat, n'im shimchem v'lo yushbat, sh'vu v'nuchu b'yom shabbat.

D'rosh navi v'ulami, v'ot yesha aseh imi, n'ta sorek b'toch karmi, she'e shavat b'nei ami.

D'roch purah b'toch batzrah, v'gam bavel asher gavrah, n'totz tzarai b'af v'evrah, sh'ma koli b'yom ekra.

Elohim ten b'midbar har, hadas shitah b'rosh tidhar, v'lamazhir v'lanizhar, sh'lomim ten k'mei nahar.

Hadoch kamai, el kanah, b'mog levav uvamginah, v'narchiv peh unmalenah, l'shonenu l'cha rinah.

D'eh chochmah l'nafshecha, v'hi cheter l'roshecha, n'tzor mitzvat k'doshecha, sh'mor shabbat kodshecha.

Translation:
 God will proclaim freedom for all God's children
And will keep you as the apple of God's eye
Pleasant is your name and will not be destroyed
Repose and rest on the Sabbath day.

Seek my sanctuary and my home.
Give me a sign of deliverance.
Plant a vine in my vineyard.
Look to my people, hear their laments.

Tread the wine-press in Bozrah,
And in Babylon that city of might
Crush my enemies in anger and fury.
On the day when I cry, hear my voice.

Plant, Oh God, in the mountain waste
Fir and acacia, myrtle and elm
Give those who teach and those who obey
Abundance peace, like the flow of a river.

Repel my enemies, Oh zealous God.
Fill their hearts with fear and despair.
Then we shall open our mouths,
And fill our tongues with Your praise.

Know wisdom, that your soul may live,
And it shall be a diadem for your brow.
Keep the commandment of your Holy One
Observe the Sabbath, your sacred day.

Dror Yikra - Ashkenazi Traditional

Ayelet chen b’galut tis’m’cheini
U-valaila b’toch cheika m’loni
L’chos yeyna ani tamid m’zuman
v’-nit’arav chamad yeyna b’-yeyni
Sh’tu dodim l’umati v’-shichru
v’-hairu l’sechek ra’ayonai
B’-heychal bat m’lachim ha-k’vuda
v’-shulchana m’zuman la-hamoni
z’man hifrid l’chol re’im v’dodim /
aval dodi b’-ahava yimsh’cheini
Y’kasher chen v’-chesed al g’veret /
b’-ma’agal chen v’-chesed yizk’reini
M’farshez ba’anan avey sh’chakim /
l’-ra’ayati v’-hi tafik r’tzoni
Sh’areyha chamushim hem k’vuim /
z’chut Leah b’vina tis’adeini
T’orer ahavat Rachel l’-vanim /
b’-sod malchut asirit ta’aleini
Elokim chish l’amcha y’shua /
b’et ratzon t’tzach’tze’ach g’roni
Sh’lumey lev b’rov shalom t’sovev /
b’ney ish tam s’gulat av hamoni

Translation:
A graceful doe supports me in exileAnd here in her bosom she’ll lodge me.To drink from her cup I am always prepared,She mingles her wine with my lees.Before me, my friends, drink and be drunk,Rouse the reason that’s sleeping within me.There in her palace sits the daughter of kings,Her table ready for those who are with me.For every lover there comes a time to part,But with ardor my love shall recall me.He adorns his lady with grace and with kindness,In paths of grace and of kindness he leads me.For my beloved I spread out the clouds of the heavens,My desire she never denies me.Fifty are her gates, solid and firm, and withThe favor of Leah her wisdom sustains me.She arouses Rachel’s love for her children,Unto the tenth kingdom’s secret she’ll raise me.God, hasten to bring unto thine people salvation,And may my tongue be made pure within me.Thy great peace shall encompass those whole of heart,The sons of the pure man, a charm unto thee.

V’akhalta ואכלת - R. Hannah Tiferet Siegel, sung by Adamah Fellows 2014

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