Shabbat Shalom

Birgitta Veksler shares her rendition of Yedid Nefesh. A lovely welcome to Shabbat at the end of a tumultuous week.

Shabbat Shalom.

Shabbat Shalom

Here is a version of Oseh Shalom you probably have not sung yet. This is Nefesh Mountain sharing their bluegrass version of Oseh Shalom. Enjoy- and Shabbat Shalom

Shabbat Shalom

Cantor Azi Schwartz and Cantor Rachel Brook adapt Ose Shalom to the song Shallow- a beautiful duet for peace-Shabbat Shalom

Shabbat Shalom

Ana BeKoach – a beautiful melody to welcome Shabbat built on the prayer that weaves around the 42 letter name of God.

Shabbat Shalom

To welcome Shabbat I share this niggun by Yosef Guttman Levitt.

The wordless melody of the niggun can help us capture the mood, connection, and change that Kabbalat Shabbat ushers in.

Shabbat Shalom

Josh Aaron helps us welcome Shabbat to our homes with this lovely tune

Shabbat Zachor Shalom

In the wake of yet another inhuman tragedy, we stand in silence and solidarity mourning lives senselessly taken in the name of hate and pray this Shabbat that we may someday find peace and wholeness.

Shabbat Shalom

Dror Yikra, Proclaim Freedom, is a part of our Shabbat tradition. A poem written in Arabic by Dunas ben Labrat, a Sephardic Jew who lived in the 10th Century, it is brought to the Shabbat table by the extraordinary Maccabeats.

Shabbat Shalom

Thanks to JewishReflections.org for the background on this wonderful part of our cultural heritage.

Shabbat Shalom

Shabbat Shalom!

I found this acapella rendition of Psalm 29 sung by the Beth Shalom Ruach Singers! I hope you enjoy as we welcome Shabbat.

Shabbat Shalom

Rav Kook, considered the father of religious Zionism, penned this poem Ben Adam, Son of Man:

Son of Man rise up For you have great strength
You have wings of spirit the wings of great eagles
Don’t deny them lest they deny you
Claim them Son of Man and they shall be immediately found

Here it is performed by Orot in a singing circle in 2015:

Shabbat Shalom