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Yetzira

by Deborah Sacks Mintz

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1.
Hodu 04:26 video
הוֹדוּ לַיהֹוָה כִּי־טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ יֹאמְרוּ־נָא בֵית־אַהֲרֹן כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ יֹאמְרוּ־נָא יִרְאֵי יְהֹוָה כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ 𝐻𝑜𝑑𝑢 𝑙'𝐻𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑘𝑖 𝑡𝑜𝑣, 𝑘𝑖 𝑙'𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑑𝑜 𝑌𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑟-𝑛𝑎 𝑦𝑖𝑠𝑟𝑎𝑒𝑙, 𝑘𝑖 𝑙'𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑑𝑜 𝑌𝑜𝑚𝑟𝑢-𝑛𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑡-𝐴ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑛, 𝑘𝑖 𝑙'𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑑𝑜 𝑌𝑜𝑚𝑟𝑢-𝑛𝑎 𝑦'𝑟𝑒𝑖 𝐻𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑘𝑖 𝑙'𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑑𝑜 Give thanks to the Eternal, for God is good, God's loving kindness is forever. Let Israel say, “God's loving kindness is forever.” Let the house of Aaron say, “God's loving kindness is forever.” Let those who are in awe of the Eternal say, “God's loving kindness is forever.”
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שַׁחַר אֲבַקֶּשְׁךָ צוּרִי וּמִשְׂגַּבִּי אֶעְרֹךְ לְפָנֶיךָ שַׁחְרִי וְגַם עַרְבִּי לִפְנֵי גְדֻלָּתְךָ אֶעְמֹד וְאֶבָּהֵל כִּי עֵינְךָ תִּרְאֶה כָל מַחְשְׁבוֹת לִבִּי כִּי עֵינְךָ תִּרְאֶה כָל מַחְשְׁבוֹת לִבִּי מַה זֶּה אֲשֶׁר יוּכַל הַלֵּב וְהַלָּשׁוֹן לַעְשׂוֹת וּמַה כֹּחַ רוּחִי בְּתוֹךְ קִרְבִּי רוּחִי בְּתוֹךְ קִרְבִּי רוּחִי בְּתוֹךְ קִרְבִּי 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑡𝑧𝑢𝑟𝑖 𝑢'𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑔𝑎𝑏𝑖 𝑒'𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑘ℎ 𝑙'𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑖 𝑣'𝑔𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑖 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑛𝑒𝑖 𝑔'𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡'𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑒'𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑑 𝑣'𝑒'𝑏𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑙 𝑘𝑖 𝑒𝑖'𝑛𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑟'𝑒ℎ 𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑖 𝑘𝑖 𝑒𝑖'𝑛𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑟'𝑒ℎ 𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑖 𝑀𝑎ℎ 𝑧𝑒ℎ 𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑢𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑣 𝑣'ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑎'𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑡 𝑢'𝑚𝑎ℎ 𝑘𝑜'𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑖 𝑏'𝑡𝑜𝑘ℎ 𝑘𝑖𝑟𝑏𝑖 𝑟𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑖 𝑏'𝑡𝑜𝑘ℎ 𝑘𝑖𝑟𝑏𝑖 𝑟𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑖 𝑏'𝑡𝑜𝑘ℎ 𝑘𝑖𝑟𝑏𝑖 In the morning I seek you, my rock and support I pour before you my morning and evening prayers Before your greatness, I stand and am stunned For your eyes see all the thoughts of my heart For your eyes see all the thoughts of my heart What can the heart and mouth do? And what is the power of my spirit within me? My spirit within me My spirit within me
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וְשָׁמְר֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֛ת לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃ בֵּינִ֗י וּבֵין֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל א֥וֹת הִ֖וא לְעֹלָ֑ם כִּי־שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים עָשָׂ֤ה ה' אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י שָׁבַ֖ת וַיִּנָּפַֽשׁ׃ V’shamru v’nei Yisrael et hashabbat La'asot et haShabbat l’dorotam b’rit olam Beini u'vein b’nei Yisrael Ot hi l’olam Ki sheishet yamin, asah Adonai,
 Et hashamayim v’et haaretz U'vayom hashvi'i, shavat vayinafash, The people of Israel shall keep Shabbat, observing Shabbat throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It is a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel. For in six days God made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God ceased from work and rested.
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שְׁבוּ וְנֽוּחוּ בְּיוֹם שַׁבָּת שְׁמוֹר שַׁבַּת קָדְשֶֽׁךָ 𝑆ℎ’𝑣𝑢 𝑣’𝑛𝑢ℎ𝑢 𝑏’𝑦𝑜𝑚 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝑆ℎ’𝑚𝑜𝑟 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑜𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 Repose and rest on Shabbat. Observe Shabbat, your holy day.
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הֱיֵה נָא קָרוֹב לְשַׁוְעָתֵנוּ יְהִי־נָא חַסְדְּךָ לְנַחֲמֵנוּ כִּי אַתָּה יְהֹוָה הָעוֹנֶה בְּעֵת צָרָה פּוֹדֶה וּמַצִּיל בְּכָל־עֵת צָרָה וְצוּקָה 𝐻𝑒’𝑦𝑒𝑖ℎ 𝑛𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑣 𝑙’𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝑌𝑒ℎ𝑖-𝑛𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑠’𝑑𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑙’𝑛𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎’𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝐾𝑖 𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑚 ℎ𝑎-𝑜𝑛𝑒ℎ 𝑏’𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑃𝑜𝑑𝑒ℎ 𝑢’𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑧𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑏’𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙-𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑏’𝑡𝑧𝑢𝑘𝑎ℎ Please be near to our cry Let Your loving kindness console us For You, God, are the One who answers in time of trouble Who redeems and rescues in all times of trouble and distress
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Karev Yom 02:44
קָרֵב יוֹם אֲשֶׁר הוּא לֹא יוֹם וְלֹא לַיְלָה׃ תָּאִיר כְּאוֹר יוֹם חֶשְׁכַּת לַיְלָה׃ Karev yom, asher hu lo yom v'lo layla Tair k'or yom heskat layla Karev yom... Bring near the day that is neither day nor night... Illuminate like day, the dark of night.
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Kamayim 04:16
כַּ֭מַּיִם הַפָּנִ֣ים לַפָּנִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן לֵֽב־הָ֝אָדָ֗ם לָאָדָֽם׃ Kamayim hapanim lapanim, ken lev ha'adam la'adam. Just as the face of water reflects a face, so does the human heart reflect the person.
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זָכְרֵנוּ לְחַיִּים מֶלֶךְ חָפֵץ בַּחַיִּים וְכָתְבֵנוּ בְּסֵפֶר הַחַיִּים לְמַעַנְךָ אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים 𝑍𝑜𝑘ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝑙'ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑦𝑖𝑚 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑘ℎ 𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑧 𝑏𝑎'ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑦𝑖𝑚 𝑣'ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝑏'𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎'ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑦𝑖𝑚 𝑙'𝑚𝑎'𝑎𝑛𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑒𝑙𝑜ℎ𝑖𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑦𝑖𝑚 Remember us for life Sovereign Who delights in life And write us into the Book of Life for Your sake, living God
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הֱיֵה נָא קָרוֹב לְשַׁוְעָתֵנוּ יְהִי־נָא חַסְדְּךָ לְנַחֲמֵנוּ כִּי אַתָּה יְהֹוָה הָעוֹנֶה בְּעֵת צָרָה פּוֹדֶה וּמַצִּיל בְּכָל־עֵת צָרָה וְצוּקָה 𝐻𝑒’𝑦𝑒𝑖ℎ 𝑛𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑣 𝑙’𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝑌𝑒ℎ𝑖-𝑛𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑠’𝑑𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑙’𝑛𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎’𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝐾𝑖 𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑚 ℎ𝑎-𝑜𝑛𝑒ℎ 𝑏’𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑃𝑜𝑑𝑒ℎ 𝑢’𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑧𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑏’𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙-𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑏’𝑡𝑧𝑢𝑘𝑎ℎ Please be near to our cry Let Your loving kindness console us For You, God, are the One who answers in time of trouble Who redeems and rescues in all times of trouble and distress credits

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Yetzira is a collection of new melodies paired with evocative texts from diverse corners of Jewish liturgical tradition. This record dances and journeys through themes of wonder and blessing, rest and redemption, yearning and sorrow, integration and compassion, memory and renewal. And in the middle - one wordless nigun, the unboundaried and untethered notes of a melody, soaring unhindered by the limitations of text.

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released June 5, 2023

All music composed and produced by R. Deborah Sacks Mintz
All texts traditional
Music direction by R. Deborah Sacks Mintz and Chava Mirel

Musicians:
Deborah Sacks Mintz - lead vocals, mandolin
Chava Mirel - guitar, vocals
Elana Arian - violin, vocals
Michael Winograd - clarinet, vocals
Ilusha Tsinadze - banjo, upright bass, percussion, vocals
Yoshie Fruchter - upright bass, oud, vocals
Sam Weisenberg - percussion, guitar, vocals

Recorded live at B’nai Jeshurun in New York City
Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Don Godwin
Filmed by Shmulie Lowenstein
Artwork by Nireh Or

Live recording videos can be viewed here: bit.ly/YetziraVideos

A Project of Hadar's Rising Song Institute: Cultivating Jewish spiritual life through song.

www.deborahsacksmintz.com
www.risingsong.org

In gratitude to the musicians and tech artists who brought this music to life, to the entire team at Hadar and the Rising Song Institute for their ongoing support of this project — from workshopping early versions of the songs, to reviewing the intricacies of the texts, to integrating the music into Torah learning, to supporting programs that brought this music into countless communal voices around the country and beyond - the voices that shaped the soundscape of this music from the beginning. Particular thanks to Joey Weisenberg, Josh Fleet, Rabbi Miriam-Simma Walfish, and the Yeshivat Hadar faculty and students for their ongoing presence and investment in this music being part of a Jewish world that is so, so very much alive.

Thank you to B'nai Jeshurun in NYC for hosting us in their sacred space with such care, providing rich layers of visual inspiration for much of this music and its artwork.

Heartfelt thanks to our track sponsors for their generosity in supporting this chapter of the ongoing story of new Jewish music and creative, spiritual expression.

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Deborah Sacks Mintz New York, New York

An educator, practitioner, and facilitator of Jewish communal music and prayer, Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz supports those who seek to deepen, sharpen, and unlock their practice of empowered song and tefila. An artist and composer, she has collaborated on over two dozen albums of new Jewish music with treasured colleagues. She serves the Hadar Institute as Director of Tefillah and Music. ... more

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