Some songs that may make an appearance for Annex Shul High Holy Days 5784 at Bickford Park

Annex Shul Yom Kippur 5784/2023

Mimitzrayim gei'altanu umibeis avadim pedisanu.

(Translation: From Egypt/from the narrow place You redeemed us, from the house of enslavement You delivered us.)

May we continue fighting for collective liberation, for an end to mass incarceration, white supremacy, transphobia, and all forms of oppression.

Mimitzrayim Ge'altanu (Chabad) — Melody for Passover

a new nigun and havdalah tune in honor of the March equinox and all that is changing.

Equinox Nigun: Hinei El Yeshu'ati

Psalm 136
Melody from Shomrim Hafked by Shlomo Carlebach

הודוּ לה' כִּי טוב כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
הודוּ לֵאלהֵי הָאֱלהִים כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
הודוּ לַאֲדנֵי הָאֲדנִים כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְעשה נִפְלָאות גְּדלות לְבַדּו כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְעשה הַשָּׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָה כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְרוקַע הָאָרֶץ עַל הַמָּיִם כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְעשה אורִים גְּדלִים כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת בַּיּום כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
אֶת הַיָּרֵחַ וְכוכָבִים לְמֶמְשְׁלות בַּלָּיְלָה כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְמַכֵּה מִצְרַיִם בִּבְכורֵיהֶם כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
וַיּוצֵא יִשרָאֵל מִתּוכָם כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
בְּיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרועַ נְטוּיָה כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְגזֵר יַם סוּף לִגְזָרִים כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
וְהֶעֱבִיר יִשרָאֵל בְּתוכו כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
וְנִעֵר פַּרְעה וְחֵילו בְיַם סוּף כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְמולִיךְ עַמּו בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְמַכֵּה מְלָכִים גְּדלִים כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
וַיַּהֲרג מְלָכִים אַדִּירִים כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
לְסִיחון מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמרִי כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
וּלְעוג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
וְנָתַן אַרְצָם לְנַחֲלָה כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
נַחֲלָה לְיִשרָאֵל עַבְדּו כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
שֶׁבְּשִׁפְלֵנוּ זָכַר לָנוּ כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
וַיִּפְרְקֵנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
נותֵן לֶחֶם לְכָל בָּשר כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:
הודוּ לְאֵל הַשָּׁמָיִם כִּי לְעולָם חַסְדּו:

Hodu, Psalm 136 (Shomrim Hafked Melody)

Hinei El Yeshuati-Nathaniel M & Jana J

Finding some comfort in the midst of the rockets, as we gathered together in Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo in Yerushalayim to sing and learn. This is an old melody from Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi a'h who left the world last week.

For more info, email us at info@shlomokatz.com

Hine Ma Tov - R' Zalman's Niggun

the long short path

Tishrei 5784: Awaken by Marni Loffman

We will repeat this between the three repetitions of Kol Nidre

Kol Nidrei Niggun Snippet (repeated by all between Kol Nidre) - Joey Weisenberg

Yosef Karduner - Ve'afilu be'hastarah / ואפילו בהסתרה

Tu Bshvat Nigun by Batya Levine sung live at Let My People Sing! 2018.

LMPS 2018

Tu Bshvat Nigun - Batya Levine - LMPS 2018

A slow song brought to you by the waters of the Webatuck swamp - Schagticoke / Mahican land. 

Water provides life. From the rain, the dew, the ocean, water heals and holds, and sings so many songs through us. I am grateful to the waters for being such a teacher, and invite you to honor them with this song.

The hebrew at the end is the traditional prayer said for a Mikveh, ritual immersion or bath:

Barukh atah Adonay Eloheynu ruach ha-olam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al ha-t'vilah.

Blessed are you, source of creation,  of the universe, who sanctifies us through mitzvot and has shown us immersion.

lizard popping bubbles

Great Waters

"The Sky's Reply" by Joshua Blaine
LYRICS:
מִֽן־הַ֭מֵּצַ֥ר קָרָ֣אתִי יָּ֑הּ עָנָ֖נִי בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב יָֽהּ׃
Psalm 118:5

To You I call, feeling scared and small.
And You reply with the vastness of the sky!

English verse/translation inspired by-the English translation from Siddur HaKohanot: A Hebrew Priestess Prayerbook:
"I called to Yah from the narrow place, and was answered with the sky's wideness"

The Sky’s Reply by Josh Blaine

Vi'hi Noam
Composed and Performed by Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel

Rabbi Hanna Tiferet is an Eshet Hazon/Woman of Vision and a Vatika/Grandmother in the Jewish Renewal tradition. She has recorded eight albums of original liturgical music that lift the spirit and soothe the soul. She has nurtured many communities in the US and Canada and currently serves as a Mashpi’ah Ruchanit/Spiritual Guide to the holy students in the ALEPH Ordination Program.

ABOUT PSALMSEASON
In response to the unfolding global pandemic and upheaval over racial injustice, the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College and Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) are launching a major digital initiative, PsalmSeason: An Online Encounter with the Wisdom of the Psalms. PsalmSeason will begin with an online concert, followed by 18 weeks of reflections, poetry, music, and words of inspiration by over 50 spiritual and cultural leaders. Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose envisioned the project and enlisted colleague Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Senior Advisor at IFYC, to help bring it to life.

Watch the concert on demand  at https://hebrewcollege.edu/psalmseason...

Learn more about the PsalmSeason project at http://ifyc.org/psalmseason

Or Shalom - Songs of the Heart

Hebrew College PsalmSeason: Vi'hi No'am

Origin:
Words from Selichot liturgy
Melody is a Chabad tune
This is a recording that Batya Levine made for NSP in preparation for co-leading High Holiday services with Rabbi Joseph in 2020

Words:
Rachamana d’anei (de’anei) la’ani’ei
oy vey! aneina(n) 

Rachamana d’anei l’tvi’rei lieba, 
oy aneina(n)! oy aneina(n)!

Translation:
Compassionate One, who answers/responds to the oppressed. 
Oy Vey! Answer/respond to us!

Compassionate One, who answers/responds to the brokenhearted. 
Oy! Answer/respond to us! 
Oy! Answer/respond to us!

Rachamana - Chabad Melody

HIGHLIGHTS: Sarah Pagé's illumination harp, Jason Sharp's earthtone saxophone, Dan Goldman's eternal guitar, Alex Lukashevsky-the-Ancient's voice in minyan. "Time, and we, must unvow or vow differently as truth reveals itself anew…" Rabbi Richard N. Levy

DESCRIPTION: 

“To vow in the face of change — yet to change the face of vows when time’s new knowledge has changed the meaning of the vow: that is the double courage we would ask tonight, this night of Kol Nidre” —Richard Levy.

Kol Nidre is an Aramaic text recited on the eve of Yom Kippur — a legal declaration that annuls all the vows we made to ourselves or to God in the past year that we could not fulfill. The Cantor, flanked by Torah scrolls held aloft as symbolic witnesses, recites the prayer three times with increasing intensity as those present are emboldened to transform themselves. This piece insists that we deserve the dignity of a clean slate, even if we have missed the mark.

According to Jewish tradition, Kol Nidre does not recuse us from the work of untying the knots we have made with others — if we have harmed another person, we must approach that person directly to make amends. If we try three times and the person’s heart will not budge, we can let it go. Kol Nidre is a cloud that floats near us, threatening rain when we've become lazy or neglectful of our authenticity. 



כָּל נִדְרֵי וֶאֱסָרֵי וּשְׁבוּעֵי וַחֲרָמֵי וְקוֹנָמֵי וְכִנּוּיֵי. וְקִנוּסֵי דִּנְדַֽרְנָא. וּדְאִשְׁתַּבַּֽעְנָא. וּדְאַחֲרִימְנָא. וּדְאָסַֽרְנָא עַל נַפְשָׁתָֽנָא. מִיּוֹם כִּפּוּרִים זֶה עַד יוֹם כִּפּוּרִים הַבָּא עָלֵֽינוּ לְטוֹבָה. בְּכֻלְּהוֹן אִחֲרַֽטְנָא בְהוֹן. כֻּלְּהוֹן יְהוֹן שָׁרָן. שְׁבִיקִין, שְׁבִיתִין, בְּטֵלִין וּמְבֻטָּלִין, לָא שְׁרִירִין וְלָא קַיָּמִין: נִדְרָֽנָא לָא נִדְרֵי. וֶאֱסָרָֽנָא לָא אֱסָרֵי. וּשְׁבוּעָתָֽנָא לָא שְׁבוּעוֹת:


All vows, bonds, devotions, promises, 
Obligations, penalties, and oaths
wherewith we have vowed, sworn
Devoted, and bound ourselves
From this Day of Atonement 
To the next Day of Atonement 
May it come to us for good 
All these we repent us of them
They shall be absolved, released, annulled
Made void and of no effect
They shall not be binding 
Nor shall they have any power 
Our vows shall not be vows
Our bonds shall not be bonds
And our oaths shall not be oaths

Daniela Gesundheit - All Our Vows / Kol Nidre  כל נדרי

"Olam haba" is a concept in Jewish thought that translates to "the world to come." This song emerged from a weave of inspirations but began as a niggun (wordless melody) that came through me in the early days of quarantine after some beautiful ritual with my beloved to honor the closing of Shabbat. 

Shabbat offers a respite from time itself, a gift of ancestral wisdom that invites us to dream into the world we long to know. The song is a meditation on that dream, one of "such great love" (ahava raba) where we can sing our praises for all that is Holy and be in deep, inter-relational connection with one another and with the Earth. 

The other inspirations for this song were Rebekah Erev & nomy lamm's "Golden Dreams of Olam Haba" 5781 Jewish calendar and Lisa Littlebird's call for songs for the "The World We Are Dreaming" Fall 2020 Playlist (links to both below). 

LYRICS:
olam haba עולם הבא / ahava raba אהבה רבה
Hallel הלל‎ / Halleluyah  הַלְלוּיָהּ

The world we're dreaming of
One of such great love
Sing out, sing out in praise 2x

LINKS:
Golden Dreams of Olam Haba Calender: https://rebekaherevstudio.com/all/golden-dreams-of-olam-haba-the-world-to-come-5781-magical-planner
The World We Are Dreaming playlist: https://thebirdsings.com/fall2020-playlist/

Hodu, Psalm 136 (Shomrim Hafked Melody)

Aaron Rotenberg

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