Jewish Renewal Songs

Jewish Renewal ll Now we start again start again, start again, to pick up from where we left off, Now we start again, start again, start again, And we notice we're not that far along. It's hard to start again after stalling out again, 'gain, 'gain, It seems futile and we ask what more can we do? We can start again, 'gain, 'gain start again, 'gain, 'gain 'ti! the progress shows that we've really moved Really see some gain, really take some ground And then we'll find the joy to start again. 2) We all comefromGod and unto God have we returned (2x) Like a stream flowing back to the ocean. Like a ray of light returning to the sun. We all live in God and Her love forever more.(2x) Like a wave on the sea, dissolve into eternity. Like a dream in the night, awake to the light. Songs 5) Open up our hearts to the miracleof Iove(3x) God is here, Love is here, Truth is here. Modah ani l'fanekha ruakh khai v'kayam shehekhezar'ta bi ni-sh'mati b'khemla. emunatekha. Raba Thank you Ehyeh, for bringing me to life once again, as the morning dawns, so sweetly. 7Yism'khu hashamayim (the heavens will rejoice). V'tagayl ha'aretz. (and the earth will be glad. 8) Maywe alwaysrememberwhere we comefrom May we see the whole in every part May your blessings pour down on every one As love pours from my heart. La la la... 9) Bless me and care for me. Send your energy to me and befriend me. Direct your energy towards me and give me peace. 3) Have faith, have faith in your true perfect nature Have faith, have faith, one light shines on everyone Have faith, have faith in your true perfect nature Have faith, have faith there is nothing to be done. 10) B'shaym hashem elohay Yisrael Let go, let go, let the universe embrace you Let go, let go, relax in the river of joy. Let go, let go, let the universe embrace you Let go, let go, your heart can never be destroyed. In name of Adonai, the God of Israel At my right hand Michael (angel of mercy), At my left hand Gavriel (angel of strength), Before me goeth Uriel (angel of light), Behind me Rafael (angel of healing), Above my head, above my head, Shekhinat-El (the presence of the Holy). Unfold, unfold, and open like a flower Unfold, unfold, the light comes shining through. Unfold, unfold, and open like a flower Unfold, unfold, all grace is surrounding you. Mi-mini Micha-el, u-mis'moli Gavri-el, U-mil'fanai Uri-el, u-may-akhorai Rafa-el, V'al roshi, v'al roshi, Shekhinat El. 11) May Michael, the energy of love, be on my right side. 4) This is the day {2x) That the Lord has made(2x) May Gabriel, the energy of courage, be on my left side. May Ariel, the energy of vision, be in front of me May Rafael, the energy of healing, be behind me. Shekhinat El: May your energy surround me. And may I feel your presence inside me. I love you andYou love me. We shall rejoice (2x) And be glad in it(2x) Oh this is the day that the Lord has made We shall rejoice and be glad in it This is the day ... They danced so hard they danced so fast They danced with movement strong Laughed and Cried Brought out alive They danced until the dawn. 12) $H'M.A\'ISRAELADONAI ELOHA)'.NU. ADONAIEKHAD Listen, ... you and I, we are one. Love me, with all your heart, all your soul, all your energy. Some carrying child Some breaking bread Weeping as they prayed But when they heard the music start They put their pain away. Open your heart to the teachings I am speaking to you today. They danced we dance Shekhina dance They danced the night away And all the women began to sing They're singing to this day. Transmit the teachings to your children, communicate them in your home, in your work, all day, all night. 14l Lord. I wantto do for You. Lord, I want to feel for You, Lord, I want to know for You, Lord, I want to be for You, Let them guide your actions and direct your consciousness. Let them be the foundation of your home and your community. You are action, You are feeling, You are knowledge, You are being. You are action, You are feeling, You are knowledge, You just are. Remember, and respond to My teachings. Be sacred to me. I free you from your burdens. I am present for you. 15) May the longtime sun shine upon you. All love surround you, And the pure light within you Guide your way home. I am present. Meet me. 16) Y'ani tefilati lekha adonai et ratzon 13)By the shores. by the shores of the Red. Red Sea, Accept my prayer to thee O Lord, And answer me in truth. By the shores of the Red, Red Sea. The light of day lit up the night The children they were free. 17)Once there was a king who was taken captive. Left to die in a high tower. One day he heard the voice of a faithful friend On whose wisdom the king would always depend. Otorus And Miriam took her timbrel out And all the women danced. He reassured the king that he had a plan With love and craft he began. To a beetle he tied a line of thread And sent it climbing to the tower's head. Vatikakh miriam- ha-n'vi-ah et hatof b'yadah Vatayzayna kol hanashim akhareha. They danced, they danced, Oh how they danced They danced the night away Gapped their hands and stamped their feet With voices loud they praised. When the thread had reached the king Down below he tied it to a line of string The king reeled in the thread with hope His friend then tied the string to a rope. ts>While living m;ylife They danced with joy They danced with grace They danced on nimble feet. Kicked up their heels Threw back their heads Hypnotic with the beat. in this world that's called home The more that I possess the less that I own. Then I recall a word with a glimmer of hope. Of a purpose beyond everything that I've known ... Heal our bodies, open our hearts, awaken our minds, Shekhina. While walking down life's path, And singing out life's song, I'm saying to myself 23}Garn.ld a;yla;ykhb'ga;y.b'ga;ytzalmavet, lo, lo, ira ra. 2X hagadol hagibor v'hanora L'ma'an shmo, B'ahava (For the sake of her Great, Powerful and Awesome Name. For the sake of her name, with love.) (from the opening of the Amida) Ki atah imadi. 6X Though I walk in the valley of death I will fear, I will fear no evil. For You are with me. 24) Ki khilatzta nafshi mimavet, Here my friend the Tzaddik sits, She waits there content, for she does not expect, For she in her heart knows for certain and clear That all will turn out right as its time draws near. Et ayni min dima, et ragli midekhi, 2X Et'halaykh lifnay adonai, b'artzot hakahayyim. 2X For you have saved my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my foot from slipping, I will walk, 0 before God, in the lands of the living, in the lands of the living .... While walking down life's path, ... While standing at the mountain awaiting the dawn. Where the lamp and its oil do constantly burn. For there you know well no despair's to be found. You're sure Moshiach's right there as you turn around. While walking down life's path, ... 2s>Hanitzanin niru va'aretz, a;ythazam.irbigia V'kol hator nishma b'artzynu Kumi lakh rayati,rayati, yafati, ul'khi lakh. Ki hinay hastav avar, Hageshem khalaph halakh lo. Flowers appear on the earth, The time for song has come And the voice of the turtle dove is heard in the land. Get you up my dear friend, my beautiful one, and come away, For now the winter has passed, The rains are not yet over and gone. 19)Youknow my love. this song's been sung before You know my love, by me and many more. Sing my love this ancient melody Come my love join in the harmony. There's a place inside your soul There's a place beyond your mind Together we can walk, together we can climb. 26) Bashitzer fun Yisrael Hit der shayriss fun Yisrael Un fardarb nisht Yisrael Fardarb nisht bayta Yisrael Mir alle zagen, Mir alle zingen, Mir alle betten, Sh'ma Yisrael 2mSha'alu, Sha'alu, Sholom, Shalom, Shalom. Sha'alu, Sha'alu, Sholom, Shalom, Yerushalayim. L'ma'an akhai-L'ma'an akhai v'rayai L'ma'an akhai v'rayai-Adabra na shalom bakh. Guardian of Israel, Protect the remnants of Yisrael And don't destroy Yisrael Don't destroy Bayt Yisrael Do we not all say, Do we not all sing, Do we not all pray, Sh'ma Yisrael 2n Pit'khu Ii, pit'khu Ii, sha'aray tzedek, A vo vam, avo vam avo vam, odeh yah. 2X Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will enter and praise God. 2X Zeh hashar ladonai, tzadikim yavo'u vo. This is the gateway to God, the righteous enter here. 27) Haysban Yit'kbada;ysb V'hakhadash Yit'kadaysh The old will be made new And the new will be made sacred. 22>Fromdeep within the home of my soul, Now let the healing, let the healing begin. Ana el na, r'fa na la. 6 PSALMS APPROACHING THE HOLINESS OF SHABBAT 28) Ish Yehudi haya b'shw;han habira f3X, U'shmo Mordekhai 35)Listening: (Psalm 95) Today. Ben Yair, Ben Shirni, Ben Kish, Ish Yemini. Ben Yair, Ben Shirni, U'shmo Mordekhai Today, if only, Today, if only, you will hear Today, if only, you will hear the sound of God. Hayom im b'kolo tishrna-oo 29) Sos tasis v'tagayl ha'akara 4X b'kibutz baneha l'tokha b'sirnkha. L'samayakh tziyyonb'vaneha. 36)Responding in Toy:(Psalm 96) Yismakhu hashamayim (The heavens will rejoice) V'tagel ha-aretz (and the earth will be glad) You know my love, this song's been sung before You know my love, by me and many more. Sing my love this ancient melody Come my love join in the harmony. 37) Planting the Seed:(Psalm 97) Or zarua latzadik, ul'yishray lev sirnkha (Light is sown for the righteous, joy for the upright heart.) There's a place inside your soul There's a place inside beyond your mind Together we can walk, together we can climb That your abundance may be a supply for their lWlL That their abundance may be a supply for your want, That there may be equality, as it is written, "He that hath gathered much hath nothing over, He that hath gathered little, hath not lack." 38) Birthing Newness and Wonder: (Psalm 98) Shiru L'adonai shir khadash (3X) ki niflaot asah. (Sing to God a new song, for he has done wonders.) 39) Living the Song: (Psalm 104) Ashira l'yah b'khayai. (I will sing to God with my life). 31) Ask for what you want but don't demandit, Accept whatever happens for now, Turn up your love even if you don't get what you want 40) Surrendering, Becoming a Vessel for God's Presence: Hineni osah et atzrni merkava l'sh'khina. (Here, I am making myself a chariot for your presence.) 32>Loveis letting go of fear Forgiveness is the key to happiness This moment is the only time there is. The past is over, it can't touch me now. 41) Han'shamah. yoredet. L'tokh haguf Akh, tzo-eket, Vai, Vai, (2X) Yerida zo l'tzorekh aliyah Ad shekol zeh hu k'dai (2X) 33>God is in everywhereI see, for God is in my mind CANDLELIGHTING: The soul descends to become a body And it wails, Ai YAi YAi (2X) This descent is for an ascent Which will make it all, worthwhile (2X) 34>I see the light within all things shining out to me I feel the light within all things shining out to me I know the light within all things shining out tome God is the light within all things shining out to 42)Elijah the prophet began to channel;Master of all me. that is! You are a unity, not a mathematical unity. You are behind the deepest thoughts, You are hidden from subtle ideas, no thoughts can grasp you at all. You brought out of yourself ten garments and we call them ten Sefirot,through which to channel your power, your energies. You unite them and bind them and no one may separate them ultimately from one another. You direct them but nothing directs You. You have made for the Sefirotbodies, and they are described in the following manner. Khesed is the right arm, Gevurah, the left. Tiferet is the center of the body, Netzakh and Hod, the two lower limbs, Yesod the tip of the body and Malkhut, the mouth. Khokhmah is the brain and Bina the mind of understanding. Keteris the aura above them all. Within them flows Your Name. Each Sefirah has a specific angelic designation. You water this tree with your flow which is the fountain and the soul of the Sefirotic body. You are as no one can be. You are wise but not with a knowable wisdom You are understanding but not with a fathomable understanding. You are kind but not with a common kind of kindness. You are strong but not with a measurable strength. You are beautiful but we cannot perceive your beauty. You are enduring but who will ever appreciate your endurance? You are sophisticated but you have no audience to appreciate you. You contact everyone but who can contact you?. You are firmly rooted but no one will ever meet you at your depths. Barukh Adonai L'Olam, Amen V'Amen. May the Holy One bridge from every dimension to its opposite. anthe therapies, tried all our strategies.Help us to make a new stm ff) We'vedone We've read all our liturgies, cried out quite bitterly We're trying to make a new start. We stated our cause. We studied some laws How can we make a new start We shokelled in davvening, blew Shofar and tried to sing How can we make a new start? We've done lots of process, and mourned many losses Help us to make a new start We accepted each other as sister and brother We want to make a new start For a whole day we fasted, You see we have lasted How do we make this new start You can figure a way, yet to transform this day And let us know where do we start? We've tried hard to grow, learned to say, "I don't know" How to make a new start We've beaten our breast and prayed facing West Which way now to make a new start We want to know now, is there anyway how How to make a new start? Open the gates before it's too late While we start to make a new start. 43} I will sing unto the Lordfor all the GraceHe's showntome and I will weep unto the Lord for those who have not tasted of this grace. I will sing unto the Lord for all the Strength He's shown to me and I will weep unto the Lord for those who have not tasted of this strenghth. I will sing unto the Lord for all the Truth He's shown tome and I will weep unto the Lord for those who have not tasted of this truth. I will give sing unto the Lord for all the Tools He gave tome and I will weep unto the Lord for those who have no access to these tools. I will sing unto the Lord for all the Beauty He's shown tome and I will weep unto the Lord for those who have not tasted of this beauty. I will sing unto the Lord for the Vigor He's shown tome and I will weep unto the Lord for those in need of this vigor. 45) I love to tell you that I loveyou. Love of God each day renewed. In each eye I look into the light comes pouring through Grace comes dancing too, For everything is you wherever I go my God I feel your love around me Feel your love surround me Like the sea surrounds the shore 0 God I love you more And I love to tell you ... 46) Ufrosalaynusukat shalom Spread over us, wings of peace, shalom. Draw water in joy, from the living well 2X Mayim Khayim, Waters of life, Shalom 47) L'khi Lakh to a land that I will show you Lekh l'kha to a place you do not know L'khi lakh, on your journey I will bless you And you shall be a blessing (3x) L'khi lakh. Ml Eiihayu Hanavee, Elihayu Hatishbee, Elihayu Hagiladi (Ha-your place-i). Bim'hayra v'yamaynu yavo aylaynu Im M'shiakh ben David Im M'shiakh bat David 49)A goodweek!A week of peace! May gladness reign and joy increase! Shavua Tov! Shavua Tov! Your people will be my people, and your God will be my Where you die, I will die. There will I be buried. Only death will come between us. (2X) Al tif'g'i tifg'i vi L'azvaykh lashuv mayakharayikh. Ki el asher tayl'khi, aylaykh. Uva'asher talini, alin, Amaykh, ami, v'Elohayikh, Elohai. Ba'asher tamuti amut, v'sham ekaver. Ki hamavet yafrid bayni, uvaynaykh. SQ) Mi shebayrakhavotaynu,m'kor hab'rakha I'imotaynu. May the source of strength who blessed the ones before us, help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing and let us say amen. Mi shebayrakh imotaynu, m'kor hab'rakha, l'avotaynu, Bless those in need of healing, with refuah shelaymah, the renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, and let us say amen. 51, L'olamVa-ed, mi dorl'dor 52, B'rukha At Barukh Atah 53, Ya Haya Ya Hoveh Yah Yih'yeh 54, TinshomSh'maR'ay Khush 55,R'a;yU'sh'ma olamot olomot, Khush U'sh'ma ... Khush Ur'ay ... Sh'ma Ur'ay 56) Elohai, n'shama shenatata bi. t'hora, t'hora, t'hora hi. 58) I was walking in the wilderness a thousand years ago I was lookin' for my freedom but I knew not where to go, When all of a sudden I seen this bush- it was on fire It was burning out of nowhere Lord you know I ain't no liar. Voice came from within And said "Now, son of man You're going to take a journey to a faroff promised land I woke up in that moment And I gathered up to try. Told 'em of my vision, That we're going to walk on side by side We came upon the sea and the waves was rollin' high Their chariots was a-comin' And we thought 'We're gonna die." Then there was thunder hey, and lightnin' And that is when we sang the blues And we crossed upon the dry land and the waters split in two. Freedom doesn't call Until you take a stand And walk out to the wilderness with his helpin' hand. Freedom doesn't call, my friends Until you really take your stand And walk out to the wilderness with his helpin' hand. I am as God created me, in the light, in the love, in the glory. 59) L'ma'an akhai-L'ma'anakhai v'ra;yai L'ma'an akhai v'rayai-Adabra na shalom bakh. 57)Do not ask,ask me to leave,to leaveyou Nor to return from following after you. For where you go, I will go, Where you lodge, I will lodge. Ml May-lJ[in;yavo,yaw em, Ezri may-im hashem (3X) Osay shamayim va'aretz 64) Centerof all thinas With attractive power Bind us together. Al yitayn lamot ralgekha Al yanum, yanum shomrekha. Living adventure Form variations on Your variations. Evolve with us 61>I carr,yall my worrieslikea burden on m;ysoul. When Shabbos comes I lay them down and come in from the cold. Now I light two candles, drink my wine and eat my bread, I turn and greet my lover, now, tonight, we will be wed Bo'ee kallah, bo'ee kallah, bo'ee shabbat, malk'ta. Mysterious Shaper As we change our ways Recognize Your Self. Sensitive One Absorbus We become one another. Storehouse of memory 62)Tzama Iekha naf'shi. kama Iekha b'sari, b'eret:z t:zi'a v'a;yef.bli mayim. Remember our progress. You know our secrets. My heart and soul thirst for Thee. My body longs for Thee. In driest desert parching wasteland, without water. Expanding One Continue your celebration Kayn bakodesh khazi-tikha lirot uz 'kha u 'khvodekha. Infuse us with joy. Would that my yearning remain like fire even as I quench my thirst in Thee. 65) Y'lsulamm'kablim ala;yhemol malkhut shamayim, o beautiful forspaciousskies. For amber waves of grain, For mystic mountain majesties Above the fruited plain. America, America, G-d shed Hir grace on thee, And crown thy good with brother-sister-hood From sea to shining sea. 66lEnter Shekhina's presence,I feel Shekhina's love, We taste Shekhina's essence merging with the One above. L'shaym yikhud kud'sha brikh hu, u'Shekhin'tay (2X). Ima, Shekhina, lover, we welcome you this day, Rejoicing in your spirit, inspire our hearts to pray Yud Hav Vov Hay (4X). 0 Beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stem impassioned stress, A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness. America! America! G-d mend thine every flaw. Confirm thy soul in self-control Thy liberty in law. Beloved Shabbat malka, radiant delight, IDuminate our being, guide us with your light L'shaym yikhud kud'sha brikh hu, u'Shekhin'tay (2X). Holy matronit Lilit, dark lady of the moon, Create meshiakh's vision, a world of peace soon Yud Hav Vov Hay (4X) 0 Beautiful for native strength of many thousand years. And children of the dispossessed Shed their humble tears. America! America! Remember now the trust To be a light in all human sight, A rain to cleanse the dust