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  • Chag Urim Sameach

    I usually post music to help welcome Shabbat.  But today, halfway through Hanukah, I could  not resist sharing the incomparable Cantor Azi Schwartz’s Hanukah medley.  Enjoy and Chag Sameach!

     

  • Chag Urim Sameach and Shabbat Shalom

    It is the second night of Hannukah and Shabbat.  These two holidays coincide this year (yes, they coincide EVERY year- Hannukah is an eight-day holiday after all.)  I share this fun song from Six-13, Feliz Chanukah, as a way to lighten and brighten Shabbat and the second night.

    (How do you transliterate חנכה?)

    Chag Urim Sameach and Shabbat Shalom

     

  • Shabbat Shalom

    We start the day with the prayer Modeh Ani L’fanecha, an intention setting Thank You to get the day started right.  The joy of the song and the campers seems like a great way to welcome Shabbat.

    Shabbat Shalom

  • There is work we can do

     

     

  • Between the Holy and Profane

    I live between the Holy and Profane

    a moving song that describes the space we find ourselves  A song that helps us understand the need for the sacred protective space that is Shabbat.

    Shabbat Shalom.

    (The English lyrics are below the song.  )

    Between the Sacred and the Profane

    I live between the sacred and the profane
    With the truth that rages within me
    With a thousand habits
    With every scar on my face
    I go out again to scatter the words
    Between reality and madness, it’s all coming back to me
    The place from whence I came has no peace in it
    And this journey is heavy and a little too much for me
    I need to grow out of it and that’s it
    To grow out of it and that’s it
    I live between the sacred and the profane
    Between the truth that rages within me
    With a thousand habits
    With all the fear upon my shoulders
    I go out again to scatter the words
    Between reality and madness, it’s all coming back to me
    The place from whence I came has no peace in it
    And this journey is heavy and a little too much for me
    I need to grow out of it and that’s it, to grow out of it and that’s it
    Please, keep me safe
    So that my feet shall not fail
    Between reality and madness, it’s all coming back to me
    Even the place from whence I came has no peace in it
    And this journey is heavy and a little too much for me
    I need to grow out of it and that’s it
    To grow out of it and that’s it
    I live between the sacred and the profane

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  • A pre-Thanksgiving reflection

    Hoping you enjoy a happy Thanksgiving

  • Ripple- Shabbat Shalom

    Shabbat Shalom

    A classic tune and lyric that remains timely

  • To a very good Thanksgiving!

     

  • Shabbat Shalom

    Shevet Achim V’achayot is is a collaboration of Doron Madali and Idan Raichel.

    The idea of living together as brothers and sisters is a powerful dream that I hope we can work towards as we welcome Shabbat.

    Shabbat Shalom

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