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

Annex Shul Yom Kippur 5784/2023

Origin:
Viznitz melody
Liturgy from Rosh Hashanah Musaf service
Sung by Batya Levine, Sol Weiss, Rena Branson & Chana Rusanov
Art by Naomi Weintraub & Etai Rogers-Fett

Words:
V’ye’etayu chol l’ovdecha
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’varchu shem k’vodecha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yagidu va’im tzidkecha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yidre’shucha amim lo yeda’ucha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’halelucha kol afsei aretz.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yomru tamid yigdal Adonai.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yizbechu lecha et zivchei’hem
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yachpe’ru im p’silei’hem.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yatu sh’chem echad le’avdecha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yira’ucha im shemesh mivakshei panecha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yakiru koach malcutecha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yil’midu to’im bina.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’mallelu et gevuratecha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’nasucha mit’nasei l’chol l’rosh.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’saldu ve’chila panecha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’at’rucha nezer tif’ara.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yiftzichu harim rina.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yitz’halu im b’malchecha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’kablu ol malchut’cha aleihem.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’romemucha bik’hal am.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
Vi’shme’u rechokim v’yavo’u.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.
    V’yitnu lecha keter melucha.

Translation:
Then all will come to be in sacred service. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty 
They will bless Your glorious Name. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
And declare Your righteousness in far-flung lands.
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
Peoples that didn’t know You will seek You out.
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty 
All the ends of the earth will praise You. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
And always say, ‘May Adonai be exalted.’
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
The will offer their offerings to You. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty 
They will reject their idols. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
And turn in unity to be in service to You.
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
Those who seek Your presence will be in awe of you as long as the sun exists.
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty 
They will be familiar with the power of Your sovereignty. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
And teach understanding to those who make mistakes
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
They will speak of Your strength. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty 
They will praise You, who is sovereign over every leader. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
In Your presence they will pray with sweetness.
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
And crown You with a crown of splendor. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty 
The mountains will burst forth with joyful song. 
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
Far-flung lands will celebrate Your Sovereignty.
   and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
They will accept the responsibility of Your Sovereignty upon themselves. 
    and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty 
And exalt you in the congregation of people. 
    and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
Distant ones will hear and they will come,
    and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty
And they will give You a crown of Sovereignty.
    and they will give You a crown of Sovereignty.

V'ye'etayu

I am of this Earth, I am of this sky
And the seasons turn, and so do I
I am made to change, I am made to bend
I am made to break and to grow again

Of This Earth

This song came out of me as a natural instinct to soothe my nervous system after engaging with secondhand and intergenerational trauma from the Holocaust. May it bring softness to our pain and courage to the resilient parts of us who still reach for the good in life.

Song For Soothing Trauma

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

asher lo hayam

this is a fragment of a longer phrase "asher lo hayam v'hu asahu" from psalm 95, which roughly translates as "g!d is/is of/has the sea and g!d made it"

collage by chani nicholas
https://chaninicholas.com/horoscopes/

Asher Lo (by Matthew Goldfield & Batya Levine)

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

LMPS 2018

Tu Bshvat Nigun - Batya Levine - LMPS 2018

You can purchase the Elul album, which was compiled, recorded & edited by Anat Hochberg & Matt Goldfield here:
https://elulmusicproject.bandcamp.com/releases
This album features a beautiful collection of original songs for Elul by various contemporary Jewish musicians.

This song came through in the forests of the Blue Hills, which is on the land of the Massachusett tribe. Sometimes it may seem that all of our leaves fall down, onto the forest floor, and our branches lie bare & exposed in the cold wind. Shedding tears and the things that no longer serve us, we are stripped down to our most basic selves. This leaves us vulnerable, and it naturally opens up a space for teshuva, a return to self. Because we are the water, earth, fire and wind, and we can call on these powers, to help us through.

LYRICS:
all the leaves have fallen down, have fallen down
all the leaves have fallen down, have fallen down

i am the water, earth, fire & wind
dig deep my roots and return again
i am the water, earth, fire & wind
return again

CREDITS:
from Elul: Songs for Turning, released September 7, 2017
Batya Levine: vocals
Anat Hochberg: vocals
Micah Shapiro: djembe, vocals
Album Art: Roz Freeman

Elul: Songs for Turning

All The Leaves

Artist: Miner
I learned this song at Let My People Sing 2019.

Sung at a song circle on September 15, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Let the wave wash over me
Let the wave wash over me
I am already under
Let the wave wash over me

Part 2:
There will be better days

**Photo credit: Sarah Snyder!

Let The Wave (Miner)

Origin:
Words are based on a poem by Wendell Berry
Melody is by Plum Village
This is a recording from NSP's Yom Kippur Community Singing Session in 2019

Words:
And when I rise
Let me rise
Like a bird, joyfully
And when I fall,
Let me fall
Like a leaf, gracefully,
And without regret

Singing Team - YK Melodies

When I Rise

Moses' prayer for his sister Miriam when she is sick -- Ana el na refa na la - "please Gd, heal her." 

Ancient Jewish words from Numbers 12:13. Music written and recorded in 2016 by Aly Halpert for a friend who was in need of healing.

Songs for Healing

Ana El Na

kol ha olam kulu gesher tzar meo'd 
the whole entire world is a very narrow bridge
and the main thing to recall 
is not to fear fear itself

<3

gesher tzar

Nishmat Kol Chai - Joey Weisenberg

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

Grateful for this little melody coming to me from the pages of my siddur one summer morning.

Ma tovu ohalecha Yaakov, mishk’notecha Yisrael
How lovely are your tents [people of] Jacob; your sanctuaries [people of] Israel.

Nishmat Kol Chai - Joey Weisenberg

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