Songs from SHALOM RAV: KOL B’SEDER IN CONCERT

 

1. Or Zarua (Klepper)

 

Or zarua latzadik ul’yishrei leiv simchah

 

אוֹר זָרֻֽעַ לַצַּדִּיק וּלְיִשְׁרֵי לֵב שִׂמְחָה

 

Light is sown for the righteous; joy for the upright heart. 

(Psalm 97:11)

 

2. Lo Alecha (Klepper-Freelander)

 

Lo alecha hamlachah ligmor, lo alecha ligmor 

V’lo atah ben chorin l’hibateil mimenah

V’lo atah ben chorin 

 

לֹא עָלֶיךָ הַמְלָאכָה לִגְמֹר וְלֹא אַתָּה בֶּן-חוֹרִין לְהִבָּטֵל מִמֶנָה

 

It is not your duty to complete the work, but neither are you free to refrain from beginning it.

(Pirkei Avot 2:16)

 

3. Shavua Tov, May You Have a Good Week (Klepper-Nanus)

 

The twisted candle brightens our hearts 

As together we watch the Sabbath depart

We smell the spices, taste the wine

As the stars in the sky begin to shine

 

Shavua Tov, may you have a good week

May you find the happiness you seek

Shavua Tov, may your week be fine

May it be as sweet as the Sabbath wine

 

We say good bye to a special friend, 

Another Shabbat has come to an end

Shavua Tov are the words we speak

To say, may you have a happy week

(Jeff Klepper and Susan Nanus)

 

4. Mi Y’maleil (Friedman)

 

Mi y'maleil g’vurot Yisraeil, otan mi yimneh

Hein b’chol dor yakum hagibor, goeil ha am

Sh’ma!  Bayamim haheim baz’man hazeh 

Macabi moshia ufodeh

Uvyameinu kol am Yisraeil 

Yitacheid yakum l’higa eil

 

מִי יְמַלֵּל גְּבוּרוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל, אוֹתָן מִי יִמְנֶה

הֵן בְּכָל דּוֹר יָקוּם הַגִּבּוֹר, גּוֹאֵל הָעָם

שְׁמַע!  בַּיָמִים הָהֵם בַּזְמַן הַזֶּה

מַכַּבִּי מוֹשִׁיעַ וּפוֹדֶה

וּבְיָמֵינוּ כָּל עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל יִתְאַחֵד יָקוּם לְהִגָּאֵל

 

Who can recount the heroism of Israel, who can count them? In every age, a hero or sage shall come to our aid. Hear! In those days and in our time, a Maccabee to rescue us arrives. And in our days, all of Israel shall stand united and be redeemed.

(Menashe Ravina)

 

5. Dreidl (Goldfarb, as sung by Tayku)

 

I have a little dreidl, I made it out of clay

And when it’s dry and ready, then dreidl I shall play

Oh dreidl, dreidl, dreidl, I made it out of clay

Oh dreidl, dreidl, dreidl, now dreidl I shall play

 

It has a lovely body, with legs so short and thin

And when it is all tired, it drops and then I win

O dreidl dreidl dreidl, with legs so short an thin

O dreidl dreidl dreidl, it drops and then I win

(Samuel Goldfarb)

 

6. Hey-Man (Richards)

 

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey man (Hey-Man!)

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey man (Hey-Man!)

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey man

Hey hey man, hey hey man!

 

He wanted everyone to bow down 

He wanted everybody to serve 

That big big big boss man from Shu shu shan

The loudest big mouth in the land

Hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey man

(Stephen Richards)

 

7. Goodbye Uganda, Israel Shalom (Glazer)

 

It was on a Sunday morning, without a word of warnin’

Those big Israeli birds swooped from the sky

And a hundred years from now I’ll bet they’ll still be telling how

That deed was done the fourth day of July

 

My friends you should have seen the face on General Amin

When he heard those hostages was flyin home

He ranted and he roared, but they were safe aboard

Goodbye Uganda, Israel shalom (hey, hey)

Goodbye Uganda, Israel shalom

 

They were lyin’ on the ground, guerillas all around

Prayin’ for a miracle to come

They heard shootin’ they heard noise

‘Twas those brave Israeli boys

Flew twenty five hundred miles to bring them home

 

There was dancing there was singing, folks were yellin’ bells were ringing

When those airplanes hit the ground in Tel Aviv

Some were laughin’ some were cryin’, bands were playing, flags were flyin’

A July fourth you never would believe

(Joe Glazer)

 

8. Modeh Ani (Klepper-Freelander)

 

Modeh ani l’fanecha, melech chai v’kayam

Shehechezarta bi nishmati

B’chemlah, b’chemlah, rabah emunatecha

מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ, מֶלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם
שֶׁהֶחֱזַרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְּחֶמְלָה רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ

 

I give thanks to the living God for returning my soul to me in faithfulness. 

(Morning liturgy)

 

9. Sin’u Ra (Klepper-Freelander)

 

Sin’u ra v’ehevu tov, sin’u ra v’ehevu tov

V’hatsigu bashaar, bashaar mishpat

 

Uk’ratem d’ror baa retz l’chol yoshveha

 

שִׂנְאוּ־רָע וְאֶהֱבוּ טוֹב וְהַצִּיגוּ בַשַּׁעַר מִשְׁפָּט

וּקְרָאתֶם דְּרוֹר בָּאָרֶץ לְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶיהָ

 

Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate. Proclaim freedom throughout the land and to all its inhabitants.

(Amos 5:15; Leviticus 25:10)

 

10. Ushmor (Klepper-Freelander)

 

Ush’mor, ush’mor  tzeiteinu uvoeinu, 

L’chayim u’l’shalom, l’chayim u’l’shalom

Meiatah v’ad olam, l’chayim u’l’shalom, 

Ush’mor, ush’mor tzeiteinu uvoeinu

 

Uf’ros aleinu, sukat sh’lomecha 

 

וּשְׁמוֹר צֵאתֵנוּ וּבוֹאֵנוּ, לְחַיִּים וּלְשָׁלוֹם

 מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם

וּפְרֹשׂ עָלֵינוּ סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמֶךָ

 

Guard our coming and our going for life and peace, from now and forever. Spread over us a shelter of Your peace. 

(Evening liturgy)

 

11. Shalom Rav (Klepper-Freelander)

 

Shalom rav, al Yisraeil amcha, tasim l’olam

 

Ki atah hu melech adon, l’chol hashalom

 

V’tov b’einecha l’vareich, et amcha Yisraeil

B’chol eit u’vchol shaah, bishlomecha

 

שָׁלוֹם רָב עַל-יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמְּךָ תָּשְׂים לְעוֹלָם

כִּי אַתָּה הוּא מֶלֶךְ אָדוֹן לְכָל הַשָּׁלוֹם

וְטוֹב בְּעֵינֶיךָ לְבָרֵךְ אֶת-עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכָל-עֵת וּבְכָל-שָׁעָה בִּשְׁלוֹמֶךָ

 

Grant a lasting peace to Your people Israel; for You are the master of peace, and it is good in Your sight at all times to bless Your people with peace. 

(Evening liturgy)

 

Songs from THE BRIDGE 

 

12. Ani V’atah (Gavrielov)

 

Ani v’atah n’shaneh et haolam

Ani v’atah, az yavou k’var kulam

Amru et zeh kodem, l’fanai (ze) lo m’shaneh

Ani v’atah n’shaneh et haolam

 

Ani v’atah n’naseh meihatchalah

Y’hiyeh lanu ra ein davar zeh lo nora

Amru et zeh kodem, l’fanai (zeh) lo m’shaneh

Ani v’atah n’shaneh et haolam

 

אֲנִי וְאַתָּה נְשַׁנֶה אֶת הָעוֹלָם, אֲנִי וְאַתָּה אָז יָבוֹאוּ כְּבָר כֻּלָם

אָמְרוּ אֶת זֶה קֹדֶם לְפָנַי, לֹא מְשַׁנֶה, אֲנִי וְאַתָּה נְשַׁנֶה אֶת הָעוֹלָם

אֲנִי וְאַתָּה נְנַסֶה מֵהַתְחָלָה, יִהְיֶה לָנוּ רַע אֵין דָבָר זֶה לֹא נוֹרָא

 

You and I will change the world, you and I, then all will join with us. Though it’s been said before, it doesn’t matter, you and I will change the world. You and I will start from the beginning,  It may be difficult, but it’s nothing, it’s not so terrible. 

(Arik Einstein)

 

13. Jerusalem Is Mine (Karen)

 

I am the sun, Jerusalem, You are a painted sky 

I am a bird, Jerusalem, You have the wings to fly 

You are the father of my dreams, I am a gift of time 

I am your child, Jerusalem, Jerusalem is mine

 

You are an orchard in the sand, I am the fruit you bear 

You are the glove that warms my hand, I am the smile you wear 

You are the music of the hills, I am the words that rhyme
I am your song, Jerusalem, Jerusalem is mine

 

You are my shelter from the storm, I am your guiding light 

You are a book whose leaves are torn, I am the page you write 

You are the branches of a tree, I am a clinging vine 

I am your prayer, Jerusalem, Jerusalem is mine 

I have come home, Jerusalem, Jerusalem is mine

(Kenny Karen)

 

14. Leaving Mother Russia (Solomon)

 

They call me Anatol, in prison do I lie

My little window looks out on a Russian sky

I've been arrested here for crimes they have not named

But all my people know the charge will be a frame

See my accuser standing in the hall

He points his finger at us all

"You now must pay the penalty, for the crime of daring to be free!"

 

We are leaving Mother Russia. We have waited farr too long

We are leaving Mother Russia. When they come for us, we'll be gone

 

These ancient prison walls have watched them all pass by

And many of them were much stronger ones than I

For they lived without hope alone inside their cell

but I've a vision of my home in Yisrael

My friends, we know what silence brings

another Hitler waiting in the wings

So stand up now and shout it to the sky

They may bring us to our knees, but we'll never die

(Robbie Solomon)

 

15. Holy Land Special (Klepper)

 

You know we boarded this plane, I think it was yesterday

And we haven’t even taken off from J.F.K

But there’s only one thing that I really want to know

Is when the Holy Land Special is ready to go

 

Holy Land Special on a bargain fare

Holy Land Special takes you up in the air

Holy Land Special really knows how to fly

But it doesn’t even matter when your high in the sky

 

Tell him in security to let me go

He thinks that I’m a member of the PLO

He’s smashing my guitar, cause he says it’s a gun

I just want to play my music, it won’t hurt anyone

 

From the moment that we landed I was doin’ fine

Fourteen hours later I was still on line

You know they mixed up all the luggage, it was quite a surprise

So now I’m wearin’ skirts and dresses, but at least they’re my size

(Jeff Klepper)

 

16. You Are Stormwind (Klepper)

 

You are stormwind, You are haven, You are my rock

You are earthcry, You are skysong, You are my wings

You are thunder, You are silence, You are my calm

You are aleph, You are fullness, You are my way

 

You are darkness, You are comfort, You are my life

You are winter, You are shelter, You are my heart

Now at last I’ve found you 

Now at last I am found 

(Chaim Stern)

 

17. Hanitzanim Niru Ba’aretz (Klepper)

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Hanitzanim niru va’aretz, eit hazamir higiya

Ki hineih hastav avar, hageshem chalaf halach lo 

V’kol hator, kol hator nishma b’artzeinu 

 

הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ 

כִּי־הִנֵּה הַסְּתָו עָבָר הַגֶּשֶׁם חָלַף הָלַךְ לוֹ

וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵנוּ

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The blossoms have appeared in the land, the time of singing has come. For now the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The song of the turtle is heard in our land.

(Shir HaShirim  2:11-12)

 

18. Wonderful Time Down Here (Abernathy)

 

Well now, everybody gonna be reading their Bibles, 

Everybody's gonna be smashing their idols

Everybody gonna have a wonderful time down here, O glory Halleluyah

Everybody gonna be davening shachris, everybody gonna be talking tachlis

Everybody gonna have a wonderful time down here.

  

Now listen everybody cause I'm talking to you

To keep a kosher kitchen is the thing to do

Now listen everybody cause I'm telling you why

It's written in the Talmud and the Talmud don't lie

Now if you want to help me bring the king Messiah

Then after Friday evening don't you light no fire

Cause if he sees you working on the Sabbath day

Messiah stays away—wella, wella, wella

 

Everybody gonna be making Havdalah

Starting off the Shabbos with the wine and the challah

Everybody gonna have a wonderful time down here, O glory Halleluyah

Everybody gonna be lighting their menorah

Everybody gonna be studying Torah

Everybody gonna have a wonderful time down here

 

Now you can take it easy, let him pass you by

But when Messiah comes you'll be the one to cry

So if you think Messiah's worth suffering for

Eating is a no no on Yom Kippur

You gotta put tefillin on your arm and head

At Pesach time then you don't eat bread

The book is lying open with your name on a page

In the Messianic age—wella, wella, wella

 

Everybody gonna be comforting mourners

Keeping far away from the scoffers and scorners

Everybody gonna have a wonderful time down here, O glory Halleluyah

Everybody gonna take their children to cheider

Everybody gonna love their Bubbie and Zaide

Everybody gonna have a wonderful time down here

 

Everybody gonna be going to the mikvah  everybody gonna be singing Hatikvah

Everybody gonna have a wonderful time down here, O glory Halleluyah

Everybody gonna be a real believer—members of Lubavitch and B'nei Akivah

Everybody gonna have a wonderful time down here

(Parody lyrics by Cliff Cohen)

 

19. Hold Fast to Dreams (Klepper)

 

I am the bridge, over my neck 

The people pass from shore to shore

To the happy days in store, to the happy days in store

I am the bridge, endlessly the people pass over me

To the land of joy and might, and day and night

Night and day, God

This is my prayer, this is my prayer

give me strength their weight to bear, give me strength their weight to bear

(Yehoash)

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die

Life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly

Hold fast to dreams for when dreams go

Life is a barren field frozen with snow, hold fast to dreams

(Langston Hughes)

 

BONUS TRACKS

 

20. Oseh Shalom (Klepper)

 

Oseh shalom, shalom bimromav

Hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu

V’al kol Yisraeil v’imru amein

Hu ya’aseh shalom, aleinu v’al kol Yisraeil, amein

 

עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם 

עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן

 

May You who causes peace to reign in the high heavens, let peace descend on us, on all Israel, and all the world. 

(Liturgy)

 

21. Adon Olam (Hitman)

 

Adon olam asher malach b’terem kol y’tsir nivra

L’eit naasah v’cheftzo kol azai melech sh’mo nikra

 

V’acharei kichlot hakol l’vado yimloch nora

V’hu hayah, v’hu hoveh v’hu yihyeh b’tifarah

B’yado afkid ruchi b’eit ishan v’airah

V’im ruchi g’viati Adonai li v’lo ira

 

אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ, בְּטֶרֶם כָּל יְצִיר נִבְרָא: לְעֵת נַעֲשָׂה בְחֶפְצוֹ כֹּל, אֲזַי מֶלֶךְ שְׁמוֹ נִקְרָא 

וְאַחֲרֵי כִּכְלוֹת הַכֹּל, לְבַדּוֹ יִמְלוֹךְ נוֹרָא. וְהוּא הָיָה, וְהוּא הוֶֹה, וְהוּא יִהְיֶה, בְּתִפְאָרָה

בְּיָדוֹ אַפְקִיד רוּחִי, בְּעֵת אִישָׁן וְאָעִירָה. וְעִם רוּחִי גְּוִיָּתִי, יְיָ לִי וְלֹא אִירָא

 

The Eternal One, who has ruled since the beginning of time, we call God our Ruler. After all has passed, God alone will reign in majesty;  the Eternal One was, is, and will be in glory. In God’s hand I entrust my spirit, when I sleep and when I wake;  and with my spirit, my body also, the Eternal is with me, I will not fear.

(Liturgy)

 

23. Hodu LAdonai (Trad)

 

Hodu LAdonai

 

הוֹדוּ לַיָי

Give thanks to God.

(Psalm 118)

 

24. Y’varechecha (Klepper-Freelander)

 

Y'varechecha Adonai v'yishm'recha 

Yaeir Adonai panav eilecha vichuneka 

Yisa Adonai, yisa Adonai panav eilecha 

V'yaseim l'cha, v'yaseim l'cha, v'yaseim l'cha shalom, shalom

 

יְבָרֶכְךָ יְיָ וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ

יָאֵר יְיָ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִיחֻנֶּךָּ

יִשָּׂא יְיָ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם

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May God bless you and keep you. May God’s presence shine upon you and be gracious to you. May God’s presence be with you and give you peace.

(Numbers 6:24-26)

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(Note: “V’yashvu Ish,” “Yism’chu,” “Oseh Shalom” and “Adonai Oz” may be found on the lyric page for Snapshots Vol. 1)