Name: Niggun Ha'Tnu'ah by marni loffman | original music
Duration: 2 min 31 s
Description: Let yourself fall into the seesawing of this melody and fall into a soft movement or body release through its repitition. Inspired by the feeling of journeying and embodied practice.

sung by R' Mónica Gomery, Batya Levine, and Ilana Lerman

V’hareinu nigun

Origin:
Chabad melody
Sung by Batya Levine
Art by Naomi Weintraub & Etai Rogers-Fett

Rosh Chodesh Kislev Nigun - Chabad

a few weeks ago, I joined a nature walk with a Celtic spirituality group at the invitation of my friend​. As we walked in silence through an old growth forest in Connecticut, I felt wonder, joy, presence and calm. I felt deep connection with the plants and people around me. I wanted it to last forever. I immediately thought to myself, "I NEED to come back here as soon as possible and as often as possible." Then a wise voice in my head started singing this song to me, reminding me that this, right here, right now is enough, no matter how much I want to hold on. Even if I returned over and over again, this experience would never come again. So it is in life.

The following week, Fatima Abbasi​ and I went to the ocean to say goodbye to a local establishment closing down. As we sat, looking at the water, I asked if I could share this song, and she said yes. We got very emotional, singing it together by the water, reflecting on the year that has passed and the end of our program that is nearing. She insisted we record an "unplugged" rendition by the water. Here it is.

When I feel a deep sense of connection to a place, person or experience, my immediate urge is to want to return to it over and over again. Whether it is the coffee shop I had one great experience at, a dish I cooked and it worked, a route I walked, or a person I met and loved --when I feel connected, I want to be able to replicate that experience, to keep coming back. The comfort of feeling rooted and returning feels like a guarantee. But it is not. Nothing is. Everything is moving, changing, transforming.
May we all have the continued strength to say the little goodbyes that happen in each moment, and to face the big ones as we traverse through an ever-changing life. May this song provide comfort to you when it is hard to reconcile that something you love very very much is fleeting and remind you that you have the strength to hold it as it is, be present with it and then say hello what is next.

Image Description: Person wrapped in a scarf with dark hair and white skin, stands in front of ocean and sings.

let it be enough (unplugged)

A reimagined cover of the Al hanisim folk tune for your Hanukah playlists!

Hannukah is coming and we are here to sanctify the darkness, welcome the light, heal, give gratitude, connect, reflect and grow. Welcome in the season of #miracles with us in song. How can we connect to the past while also reimagining and rediscovering it, in song and in story? Stirring vocal and guitar by rachel chang.

al hanisim (reimagined) cover

Bina Niggun (Joey Weisenberg)

Ashreichem, piyyut from Persian tradition, sung by MJ Gilbert 
written in Judeo-Persian 
זְכוּתֶה תוּרֶה יֶה מוּשֶׁה
זְכוּתֶה גַ'מְעֵה חֲבֵרִים 
בָּר מָה רֶסַאן בְּשׂוֹרָה 
אָז אוֹמַאדַנֶה יְשׁוּעָה 
אַשְׁרֵיכֶם אַשְׁרֵיכֶם אַשְׁרֵיכֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל 
אָז צֶ'שְׁמֶה יֶה הָיֶיה יְשׁוּעָה 
אָוֹבֶּה הָייָאתִי בָּרוֹרִים 
בָּר מָה רֶסַאן בְּשׂוֹרָה 
אָז אוֹמַאדַנֶה יְשׁוּעָה 
אַשְׁרֵי אֲשֶׁר אַשְׁרֵי 
הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹה 
אַשְׁרֵיכֶם אַשְׁרֵיכֶם אַשְׁרֵיכֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל

Zekhuteh tureh ye Musheh
Zekhuteh jam’eh haverim
Bar mah resan besorah
Az omadaneh yeshu’ah
Ashreikhem, ashreikhem, ashreikhem Israel
Az cheshmeh yeh hayeh yeshu’ah
A-obe hayati barorim
Bar mah resan besorah
Az omadaneh yeshu’ah
Ashrei, asher ashrei 
Hashirim asher li-Shlomo
Ashreikhem, ashreikhem, ashreikhem Israel

By the merit of the Torah of Moses
By the merit of this gathering of friends
Send us the good news
Of the coming of our redemption.
Happy, happy, happy are you O Israel
From the wells of redemption we draw the water of life
Happy, happy, happy are you O Israel



Artwork by Sivan Tratt

Ashreichem - piyyut from Persian tradition, sung by MJ Gilbert

:שִׁוִּיתִי יְהוָה לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד (Shiviti Adonai L'negdi Tamid) “I place God before me always.” –Psalms 16:8
Havayah, Ahavah (Experience, Love... aka alternative words for God)

Shiviti  (Nava Tehila)

Birkat Kohanim/Duchening Niggun

Baby Bird Nigun (Aly Halpert)

Kol Tzedek sings Avinu Malkeinu - Elul 5780

Let yourself fall into the seesawing of this melody and fall into a soft movement or body release through its repitition. Inspired by the feeling of journeying and embodied practice.

Niggun Ha'Tnu'ah

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Niggun Ha'Tnu'ah

marni loffman | original music

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