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

Hinei El Yeshuati-Nathaniel M & Jana J

It is perfect / You are loved / All is clear, and / I am holy.

Into My Garden: Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi's Legacy of Songs and Melodies

It is Perfect - Reb Zalman

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

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

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

"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/

It is Perfect - Reb Zalman

Aaron Rotenberg