Lo Yaavod- A great music video based on the commentary of Rabbi Obadia by Yaakov Shwekey. A translation of the lyrics is below.
It is a message of brotherhood, love and Klal Yisrael- a great way to start Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom
Lo Yaavod- A great music video based on the commentary of Rabbi Obadia by Yaakov Shwekey. A translation of the lyrics is below.
It is a message of brotherhood, love and Klal Yisrael- a great way to start Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom
It’s A Wonderful World-
Performed on the pier in Tel Aviv by Beit Tefilah Israeli.
There is something special about hearing this song with lyrics in Hebrew, reminding us that it is a wonderful world.
Shabbat Shalom
Ana Bekoach (Please by the power of Your great right hand) a mystical prayer/meditation/song said to contain the 42 letter name of God. Written as seven lines of six words each the prayer miraculously connects us to the pure spiritual light and energy that created the world. A sublime introduction to the evening prayers of Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom
A beautiful rendition of Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat by Nava Tehila.
It is good to give thanks-
Shabbat Shalom
https://youtu.be/6BlH8G2UkvY?list=PL14709B48E41399C0&t=1
Bring in Shabbat with Take Me Higher from the Solomon Brothers
Shabbat Shalom!
The last line of Psalm 150 shared by Cantor Harold Messenger
Let all that breathe praise God
Hallelujah
Shabbat Shalom
This Shabbat, rather than a musical selection, I want to offer a moment to reflect on the recent tragedies and acts of horrible violence we have experienced.
Tonight the words Shamor v’Zachor will dance in my mind as the light from the flickering flames of the Shabbat candles fill the room. It will not be a joyful beautiful dance this evening. Tonight I will somberly reflect on what it means to remember and preserve Shabbat. So much violence, so many lives needlessly taken by fear and violence. How will I react?
I hope to rise above my own anger and frustration. Instead of hate, I want to resolve to be part of something better. I will look to my community and join with them as my community joins with others. I hope to become part of something greater that aligns with the message of hope instead of despair, of love instead of hate, of joy instead of pain.
Join me in committing to something better. Find your caring community and become part of it. Embrace and share the values that will transform our communities, our nation, and our world the place it ought to be. On this Shabbat let us dedicate that we will be an active part of bringing peace and wholeness to the world. May it begin with this Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom
Shalom Aleichem, the welcoming of Shabbat and the Angels of Peace, sung to Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” by the wonderfully talented Rabbi Andrew Hahn, the Kirtan Rabbi.
Shabbat Shalom
We have lived through another horribly difficult week where hatred and violence scarred us deeply. With Shabbat let us find comfort and the strength to rise above these things and work for a time when we can live in safety and love, security and peace.
Ufros Aleinu Sukkat Shlomekha, taken from the Hashkiveinu prayer, Spread over us Your Shelter of Peace.
ופרש עלינו סכת שלומך Ufros Aleinu Sukkat Shlomecha
Spread over us your canopy of peace
ותקננו בעצה טובה מלפניך Vetaknenu B’aytza Tovah Milfanecha
And repair us with good council before you
והושיענו Vehoshiaynu
And rescue us