I Am A Circle

I am a circle
I am healing you
You are a circle
You are healing me
U-oo-oo-nite us, be one
U-oo-oo-nite us, be as o-u-u-ne

sung at Rainbow Camps and many other places..

Beautifully sung here by Gila Antara:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTe-HSaFToM

Additional lyrics provided by www.welcomehome.org here:

We are the circle
Love is healing us
(4x)

I am one as you are one
And we are altogether One.
I am one as you are one
And we are all together One.

United people be... as One.
United people become as One.

Guitar chords Dm, C

Niggunim

A niggun is a Jewish religious wordless tune that is chanted over and over. There is power to the melody, hidden meanings conveyed nonverbally.

The word 'niggun' means tune or melody; niggunim is the plural in Hebrew.

They hold a special place for gatherings of Jews the world over, and have a special place among the Chassidic communities especially. The belief is that when you sing a niggun, the soul of the rabbi who created it appears in the room. On festive occasions the niggunim have particularly joyful melodies.

Some other niggunim are used in individual prayer or devekut. Plenty more to read, listen to on this subject!

Divine Sparks

Just heard yesterday about an amazing concert that took place in Boston last Saturday as part of the Boston Jewish Music Festival:

Here's the blurb: It's a once-in-a-lifetime event where world class singers and musicians use traditional Jewish chant and religious song as the springboard for musical improvisation and spiritual expression.

With an all-star ensemble led by Frank London of the Klezmatics on trumpet, Anthony Coleman on keyboards, 26-year-old Orthodox cantorial sensation Yaakov Lemmer, and Moroccan Cantor /Oudist Aaron Bensoussan. The program will also feature local cantors
Gastón Bogomolni and Elias Rosemberg and Hebrew College rabbinical student, Jessica Kate Meyer.

Hope we get to hear them this way (UK) sometime soon!