Nigunim, Vol. IV: Brooklyn Spirituals, by Joey Weisenberg & The Hadar Ensemble

Nigunim, Vol. IV: Brooklyn Spirituals

by Joey Weisenberg & The Hadar Ensemble

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1.	Yishakeini 04:21	lyrics	buy track
יִשָּׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ כִּי־טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ כִּי־טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ מִיָּיִן יֶעֱרַב לוֹ יְדִידוּתֶךָ מִנֹּפֶת צוּף מִנֹּפֶת צוּף וְכָל טַעַם 𝑌𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑘𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑖ℎ𝑢 𝐾𝑖 𝑡𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝐾𝑖 𝑡𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑦𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛 𝑌𝑒'𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑣 𝑙𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑧𝑢𝑓 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑧𝑢𝑓 𝑣'𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑡𝑎'𝑎𝑚
2.	Mozi’s Nigun - Ana B’Choakh 04:14	lyrics	buy track
אָנָּא בְּכֹחַ גְּדֻלַּת יְמִינְךָ תַּתִּיר צְרוּרָה, תַּתִּיר צְרוּרָה קַבֵּל רִנַּת, רִנַּת עַמְּךָ שַׂגְּבֵנוּ טַהֲרֵנוּ נוֹרָא 𝐴𝑛𝑎 𝑏'𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑔'𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡 𝑦'𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑧𝑒'𝑟𝑢𝑟𝑎, 𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑧𝑒'𝑟𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝐾𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡, 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑆𝑎𝑔𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝑡𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑎
3.	Lincoln’s Nigun - Yamin U’smol 04:53	lyrics	buy track
יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל תִּפְרוֹצִי וְאֶת־יְיָ תַּעֲרִיצִי עַל יַד אִישׁ בֶּן פַּרְצִי וְנִשְׂמְחָה וְנָגִילָה לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה בּוֹאִי בְשָׁלוֹם עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ גַּם בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְצָהֳלָה תּוֹךְ אֱמוּנֵי עַם סְגֻּלָּה בּוֹאִי כַלָּה, בּוֹאִי כַלָּה 𝑌𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑧𝑖 𝑉'𝑒𝑡 𝐴𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖 𝑡𝑎'𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑧𝑖 𝐴𝑙 𝑦𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑏𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑧𝑖 𝑉'𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚'𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑣'𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑙𝑎 𝐿'𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑑𝑖 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑃'𝑛𝑒𝑖 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝑛'𝑘𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑎 𝐵𝑜'𝑖 𝑏'𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑎'𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝐺𝑎𝑚 𝑏'𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑢𝑣𝑡𝑧𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑎 𝑇𝑜𝑐ℎ 𝑒𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑖 𝑎𝑚 𝑠'𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝐵𝑜'𝑖 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑎, 𝑏𝑜'𝑖 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑎
4.	Tzur Mishelo 05:36	lyrics	buy track
הַזָּן אֶת עוֹלָמוֹ רוֹעֵנוּ אָבִינוּ אָכַלְנוּ אֶת לַחְמוֹ וְיֵינוֹ שָׁתִינוּ עַל כֵּן נוֹדֶה לִשְׁמוֹ וּנְהַלְּלוֹ בְּפִינוּ אָמַרְנוּ וְעָנִינוּ אֵין קָדוֹשׁ כַּייָ צוּר מִשֶּׁלּוֹ אָכַלְנוּ בָּרְכוּ אֱמוּנַי שָׂבַעְנוּ וְהוֹתַרְנוּ כִּדְבַר יְיָ בְּשִׁיר וְקוֹל תּוֹדָה נְבָרֵךְ לֵאלֹהֵינוּ עַל אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה טוֹבָה שֶׁהִנְחִיל לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ מָזוֹן וְצֵדָה הִשְׂבִּיעַ לְנַפְשֵׁנוּ חַסְדּוֹ גָּבַר עָלֵינוּ וְאֱמֶת יְיָ יִבָּנֶה הַמִּקְדָּשׁ עִיר צִיּוֹן תְּמַלֵּא וְשָׁם נָשִׁיר שִׁיר חָדָשׁ וּבִרְנָנָה נַעֲלֶה הָרַחֲמָן הַנִּקְדָּשׁ יִתְבָּרַךְ וְיִתְעַלֶּה עַל כּוֹס יַיִן מָלֵא כְּבִרְכַּת יְיָ Hazan et olamo roeinu avinu Achalnu et lachmo v'yeino shatinu Al ken nodeh lishmo unhalelo b'finu Amarnu v'aninu ein kadosh kadonai Tzur mishelo achalnu bar'chu emunai Savanu v'hotarnu kidvar adonai B'shir v'kol toda n'varech leloheinu Al eretz chemda tova shehinchil lavoteinu Mazon v'tzeida hisbia l'nafsheinu Chasdo gavar aleinu v'emet adonai Yibaneh hamikdash ir tziyon t'maleh V'sham nashir shir chadash Uvirnana na'aleh Harachaman hanikdash yitbarech v'yitaleh Al kos yayin maleh k'virkat adonai
5.	Mikdash Melech 04:38	lyrics	buy track
מִקְדַּשׁ מֶלֶךְ עִיר מְלוּכָה קוּמִי צְאִי מִתּוֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָה רַב לָךְ שֶׁבֶת בְּעֵמֶק הַבָּכָא וְהוּא יַחֲמוֹל עָלַיִךְ חֶמְלָה לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה הִתְנַעֲרִי מֵעָפָר קוּמִי לִבְשִׁי בִּגְדֵי תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ עַמִּי עַל יַד בֶּן יִשַׁי בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי קָרְבָה אֶל נַפְשִׁי גְאָלָהּ לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה Mikdash melech ir m'lucha Kumi tz'i mitoch hahafecha Rav lach shevet b'emek habacha V'hu yachamol alayich chemla L'cha dodi likrat kala P'nei Shabbat n'kabela Hitna'ari meiafar kumi Livshi bigdei tifartech ami Al yad ben Yishai beit halachmi Karva el nafshi g'ala L'cha dodi likrat kala P'nei Shabbat n'kabela
6.	Sasa Nigun 04:44	info	buy track
7.	Higale Na 04:20	lyrics	buy track
הִגָּלֶה נָא וּפְרֹשׂ חָבִיב עָלַי אֶת סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמֶךָ תָּאִיר אֶרֶץ מִכְּבוֹדֶךָ נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָךְ מַהֵר אָהוּב כִּי בָא מוֹעֵד וְחָנֵּנִי כִימֵי עוֹלָם Higaleh na ufros chaviv Alai et sukat shlomecha Tair eretz mikvodecha Nagila v'nismecha vach Maher ahuv ki va moed V'chaneini chimei olam "Reveal, please, your place of peace... Light up the land..."
8.	Yah Ribon 05:15	lyrics	buy track
יָהּ רִבּוֹן עָלַם וְעָלְמַיָּא אַנְתְּ הוּא מַלְכָּא מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכַיָּא שְׁבָחִין אֲסַדֵּר צַפְרָא וְרַמְשָׁא לָךְ אֱלָהָא קַדִּישָׁא דִּי בְרָא כָּל נַפְשָׁא עִירִין קַדִּישִׁין וּבְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא חֵיוַת בָּרָא וְעוֹפֵי שְׁמַיָּא רַבְרְבִין עוֹבְדֵיךְ וְתַקִּיפִין מָכִיךְ רְמַיָּא וְזַקִּיף כְּפִיפִין לוּ יִחְיֶה גְבַר שְׁנִין אַלְפִין לָא יֵעוֹל גְּבוּרְתֵּךְ בְּחֻשְׁבְּנַיָּא לְמִקְדָּשֵׁךְ תּוּב וּלְקֹֽדֶשׁ קֻדְשִׁין אֲתַר דִּי בֵהּ יֶחֱדוּן רוּחִין וְנַפְשִׁין וִיזַמְּרוּן לָךְ שִׁירִין וְרַחֲשִׁין בִּירוּשְׁלֵם קַרְתָּא דְשׁוּפְרַיָּא Ya ribon olam v'almaya Ant hu malka melech malchaya Sh'vachin asader tzafra v'ramsha Lach elaha kadisha di vra kol nafsha Irin kadishin uvnei enasha Cheivat bara v'ofei sh'maya Ravr'vin ovdeich v'takifin Machich r'maya v'zakif k'fifin Lu yichyeh g'var sh'nin alfin La yeol g'vurtech b'chushb'naya L'mikdashech tuv ul'kodesh kudshin Atar di vei yechedun ruchin v'nafshin Vizamrun lach shirin v'rachshin Birush'lem karta d'shufraya “G-d, master of this world and all worlds... We will sing to you in the city of sapphire...”
9.	Rise Sweet Waters 05:26	lyrics	buy track
Rise, rise, rise, rise Sweet waters, let them rise Lately Leviathan has crept up from the south Up the River Jordan there with its ever thirsty mouth Drinks and drinks and drinks and drinks, it’s never satisfied Down below, the River has died Wild Ox, please my friend, don’t leave your droppings here Let the life-filled waters flow to the valley of tears Stand up with us - stand up - together we will see A land, alive and free Rise, rise, rise, rise Sweet waters, let them rise Rise, rise, rise, rise Sweet waters, let them rise Dark side of hope is that it keeps us paralyzed Waiting for the yonder man, savior from the other side Don’t you see that mystery unfolding over there So let’s cross, not sit and stare Rise, rise, rise, rise Sweet waters, let them rise Rise, rise, rise, rise Sweet waters, let them rise Forty years of searching shows one thing that’s surely true You’ve got to find the river first, before you can cross on through Prophets find the path but they can’t take us to the other side So let’s go, ourselves, don’t hide! Rise, rise, rise, rise Sweet waters, let them rise Rise, rise, rise, rise Sweet waters, let them rise

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These recordings capture Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble performing “Jewish Spirituals” live at Brooklyn’s oldest synagogue. You can hear older styles of Jewish music - nigunim (wordless melodies), z’mirot (Sabbath-table melodies), choral music, and traditional nusach (prayer chant) - organically melding with the spontaneous improvisation, liberated harmonies and indie soul music of the Brooklyn soundscape.

The words, mostly taken from traditional liturgy, all reflect a yearning to discover the eternal spirit that runs through the world.

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released August 6, 2014

All music composed and directed by Joey Weisenberg.

Recorded Live in the Choir Loft at the Kane Street Synagogue on May 6-7, 2014.

The Hadar Ensemble:

Joey Weisenberg: Lead Vocals, Telecaster, Cajon
Mattisyahu Brown: Harmony Vocals, lead on “Higale Na”
Deborah Sacks: Harmony Vocals, Lead Vocals on “Lincoln’s Nigun”
Eléonore Weill: Harmony Vocals, Wooden Flute
Yoshie Fruchter: Harmony Vocals, Upright Bass
Myk Freedman: Lap Steel
Sam Weisenberg: Tapan, percussion
Jake Shulman-Ment: Violin

With Special Guests:

Ilusha Tsinadze: Banjo
Jean Rohe: Harmony Vocals
Richie Barshay: Percussion

Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Don Godwin.
CD Design/Layout: Ilusha Tsinadze
Paper Cuts: Andrew Benincasa

All words are traditional, except “Rise Sweet Waters” by Joey Weisenberg.

Thank you so much to all of the singers and musicians who made this music - what a pleasure to get to play every week! Thank you to the Kane Street Synagogue for hosting the Choir Loft Music Series. Huge thanks to Don Godwin for his masterful engineering and mastering work, to Ilusha Tsinadze and Andrew Benincasa for the design and layout of this CD, and to Josh Freed for filming the live sessions. Thank you to all of our teachers, friends, supporters and students who have made this work possible, especially Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and the Hadar Institute, Dr. Chaim Kranzler, Rabbi Sam Weintraub, Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, and to some of the great Jewish singers who have inspired this music - in particular Rabbi Michel Twerski, and my teacher Cantor Noach Schall. Thank you especially to Molly Weingrod and to Lev, Mozi, and Bina Weisenberg, who continuously encourage and support these endeavors.

This album is a project of the Rising Song Institute, which cultivates Jewish spiritual life through song: www.risingsong.org

Filmed versions of these songs are available here: www.youtube.com/user/joeyweisenberg
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Virtuosic multi-instrumental musician, composer and teacher Joey Weisenberg is the founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, cultivating grassroots musical-spiritual creativity in Jewish community. He has released seven albums with the Hadar Ensemble and is author of The Torah of Music (2017 winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and Building Singing Communities. ... more

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