l'cha dodi - kabbalat shabbat

[itzikraul]

מה זה?

הפכו את זה לביזיון.

בושה למי ששר פה.

[kug123coxnet]

This is a beautiful melody for Lecha Dodi. There are thousands of new melodies for this prayer. In time, some of them will be called traditional. For example: hundreds of Shlomo Carlebach's songs are already called traditional and used weekly in most shuls. Thanks for posting.

[cantorandopera]

@kug123coxnet Very well said. I believe that it is thought that there are more musical settings of L'Cha Dodi than of any other prayer. But in my experience, there are tons of Mi Chamocha's as well.

[birmington]

This is not anything like Jewish music. "Traditional music" my foot!

First time I've ever heard the author, Shelomo Alkabetz, called "Halevi." Although that is indeed the acrostic.

[cantorandopera]

@birmington I don't like to be contentious, but since Jewish people around the USA sing this as a traditional piece on Friday evening, I call it traditional. There is no composer attribution on the printed sheet of music. As for the authorship you are correct. I am not an authority on anything, let alone Jewish liturgy - I just love it and wish to bring the good joy it brings to my heart and soul to others. Rowna

[birmington]

@cantorandopera Of Jews around the world sing Lekha Dodi as part of Qabalat Shabbat. But not to this tune, which has no Jewish roots.

[cantorandopera]

@birmington where are are the Jewish roots to the Sh'ma heard around the world? It is a Viennese Waltz!!!!!!! and how bout B'yom HaHu. Its Farmer in the Dell over here. A lot of "traditional Jewish music" was actually German drinking songs, reworked! But let's call a truce - you can have the last word, which I welcome and will note reply to :)) Let's just enjoy music - I love this piece whether or not you think it is "traditional" - i have at least one other L'Cha Dodi posted . . . .

[birmington]

@cantorandopera "Sh'ma heard around the world? It is a Viennese Waltz!!!!!!! "

Interesting. Have you a source for that claim?

"and how bout B'yom HaHu. Its Farmer in the Dell over here"

Not onlythe tune (which is not quite Farmer in the Dell) but theologically it must be rejected. (Hashiliush haqadosh)

"A lot of "traditional Jewish music" was actually German drinking songs, reworked! "

I know of only one, and again many synagogues do not use it -- either for that reason or another one.

[birmington]

@cantorandopera But let's call a truce - you can have the last word, which I welcome and will note reply to :)) Let's just enjoy music - I love this piece whether or not you think it is "traditional" - i have at least one other L'Cha Dodi posted "

Where?

[levyfest]

The term "cantor" refers to an individual who has been ordained by an accredited institution, per information on the ACC's or Cantor's Assembly's websites. Your appropriate title would be "cantorial soloist".

[cantorandopera]

@levyfest that is the term I refer to as myself although here and there I may have made a typing error - i will try to fix that.

[levyfest]

This is not a "traditional" tune, and as a cantor, you should know that. This is based on a Native American tune brought to Israel by a Progressive Rabbi.

[cantorandopera]

@levyfest @levyfest First, I am not an ordained cantor and have never claimed to be. I learned this piece from the printed version published by Transcontinental Publishers which give the attribution at the top of the first page, the way I printed it on the video clip. I know many other soloists who also use this version, and they all give the same attribution. However, if you have evidence to the contrary you should notify Transcon so they can emend the error. Anyway, thanks for listening.

[linktrivium]

not too keen on the tune, prefer the more traditional ones, neither the reform/liberal stance. Oh well at least ur not messianic

[cantorandopera]

There are probably more settings of L'Cha Dodi than of any other Jewish prayer. I love this one and about another dozen! There is a wonderful Ashkenazic one I will be posting soon, I hope.

[yaakovreuven]

@linktrivium reform/liberal?? We sang this exact tune in a hassidic shul (Tri Sulom, Denver) taught to us by Grand Rabbi Mordechai Twersky, the Hornsteipl-Denver Rebbe of Flatbush, Brooklyn; (no longer in Denver), which was taught to him by his father. As far as I am concerned, you can't get much more traditional than this tune! We all sang this tune with a passion, pounding on the bimah to the beat. We sang it at the rabbi's house on shabbat, and during all benching.

[yaakovreuven]

(that said, I know it's still likely an Ashkenazic tune, so it's not TRULY traditional if we're talking thousands of years ago traditional.)

[cantorandopera]

@yaakovreuven what music is 2000 years old?  Many congregants think that the Oseh Shalom by Hirsch is Mi Sinai! It was written in the 1960s.

[yaakovreuven]

@cantorandopera I meant traditional as in from Israel pre-exile, lol.

[cantorandopera]

@yaakovreuven - hehe :))

[buddmar]

Lovely tune, Rowna! I really enjoyed listening to this. Good luck to you and G-d bless you!!

[cantorandopera]

Thanks, Bud :))

[Lohengrin]

-As always very very interesting Music

-I imagine pictures while listening to it...

[CurzonRoad]

((((((((((( Thank You ! ))))))))))))

[Herur22]

Quite different from the others, but also enjoyable. Thank you, Rowna.

[callasdimitrova]

amazing rendition to this master piece

very touching....

wonderful voices

thanks for sharing!

[Glenmed]

Thanks for the happy tune, Rowna!