two years ago, I did an 70's song fest for Purim and did the Aleynu prayer to John Lennon's Imagine--thats a good one also--and did the Adon Olam to "House of the Rising Sun" and "Sounds of Silence" in consecutive years.
Loop holes--Judaism is full of them--and it was an "advertisment" for our Shul's trip to Israel this summer. I do understand it preformed "off" broadway some time ago.....it sounded great.
I have done this for the past four years. Only on Purim--I take the evening service which we read and put the different prayers to "popular music"--one year it was 60"s tunes--the next 70's--this year was broadway--
the language is Hebrew--the music was put to a hebrew prayer--"Aleynu"--the event was Purim, the Jewish celebration of Haman's conquering and demise. And you are correct, they are not the original words, but the words of the prayer.
two years ago, I did an 70's song fest for Purim and did the Aleynu prayer to John Lennon's Imagine--thats a good one also--and did the Adon Olam to "House of the Rising Sun" and "Sounds of Silence" in consecutive years.
alandavidsperling 2 years ago
Wow! You have a very creative mind! Props to you.
rpvee 2 years ago
Loop holes--Judaism is full of them--and it was an "advertisment" for our Shul's trip to Israel this summer. I do understand it preformed "off" broadway some time ago.....it sounded great.
alandavidsperling 2 years ago
Ahhh ok. :)
Well, it's a beautiful melody. :)
rpvee 2 years ago
I have done this for the past four years. Only on Purim--I take the evening service which we read and put the different prayers to "popular music"--one year it was 60"s tunes--the next 70's--this year was broadway--
alandavidsperling 2 years ago
Yerushalayim Shel Zahav is Broadway?
rpvee 2 years ago
the language is Hebrew--the music was put to a hebrew prayer--"Aleynu"--the event was Purim, the Jewish celebration of Haman's conquering and demise. And you are correct, they are not the original words, but the words of the prayer.
alandavidsperling 2 years ago
haha I'm Jewish, I know all about Purim. :)
Interesting, I've never heard of people setting prayers to the melody of Yerushalayim Shel Zahav.
rpvee 2 years ago
What lyrics are these? Or what language? It's certainly not the same as the original.
rpvee 2 years ago