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Abitah

by Yosef Goldman

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1.
Veshamru 05:30
Ve-shameru Venei Yisrael et Ha-Shabbat la’asot et Ha-Shabbat le-dorotam berit olam Beini u-vein Benei Yisreal ot hi le-olam ki sheshet yamim assah Adonai et ha-shamayim ve-et ha-aretz u-vayom ha-shivi'i shavat vayinafash. וְשָׁמְרוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּת לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּת לְדֹרֹתָם בְּרִית עוֹלָם בֵּינִי וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹת הִוא לְעֹלָם כִּי־שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שָׁבַת וַיִּנָּפַשׁ The Children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath, to make the Sabbath-observance throughout their generations as a covenant for the ages. Between me and the Children of Israel it is a sign for the ages, for in six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day, ceased and paused-for-breath. (Translation by Everett Fox)
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Ochilah 04:59
LYRICS: Ochilah la’El, achaleh fanav, esh'alah mimmenu ma'aneh lashon. Asher beek'hal am ashirah uzo, abbi'ah renanos be'ad mif'alav. Le'adam ma'archei lev, u'mei-Hashem ma'aneh lashon. Hashem sefasai tiftach u-fi yaggid tehillasecha אוֹחִילָה לָאֵל אֲחַלֶּה פָנָיו אֶשְׁאֲלָה מִמֶּנּוּ מַעֲנֵה לָשׁוֹן אֲשֶׁר בִּקְהַל עָם אָשִׁיר עֻזּוֹ אַבִּיעָה רְנָנוֹת בְּעַד מִפְעָלָיו לְאָדָם מַעַרְכֵי לֵב וּמֵה׳ מַעֲנֵה לָשׁוֹן ה׳ שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח וּפִי יַגִּיד תְּהִלָּתֶךָ I put my hope in You, Dear One, That I may come into Your presence. Grant me proper speech, that I may sing of Your strength Amidst this gathering of our community and utter praises describing Your deeds. All that we can do is align our hearts; God alone can grant us eloquence of speech. God, open my lips that my mouth may speak Your praise. _________________ During a long period of chronic illness and pain, when I was uncertain that my body could sustain the stress of leading Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, this is is how I expressed the prayer of Ochilah in my own words: Holy One, Beloved One. As I sit here trembling, vulnerable, scared, preparing to open my mouth, my heart, my soul, to stand before my sacred community as a conduit of prayer, and feeling wholly unworthy of the task, I pray that You grant me the softness of heart and expansiveness of breath; that the words and sounds that come from within me-- from within us-- weave together so that we become the prayers we never even knew we needed to be. Even when my joints and muscles hurt. Even when my heart and soul ache. Even if my abdomen swells so that I can hardly inhale. Even if I can barely rise to stand before Your Awesome presence. I promise that I will step into Your presence, into the heart of community. It is in You that I will find the ever-renewing strength to open myself and those who gather with me, to express our innermost yearnings.
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Nireh Or 04:43
כִּי־אַתָּה תָּאִיר נֵרִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהַי יַגִּיהַּ חָשְׁכִּי כִּי־עִמְּךָ מְקוֹר חַיִּים בְּאוֹרְךָ, בְּאוֹרְךָ נִרְאֶה־אוֹר אֱלֹהִים יְחָנֵּנוּ וִיבָרְכֵנוּ יָאֵר פָּנָיו, יָאֵר פָּנָיו אִתָּנוּ סֶלָה 𝐾𝑖 𝑎𝑡𝑎ℎ 𝑡𝑎’𝑖𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖 𝐴𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖 𝑒𝑙𝑜ℎ𝑎𝑖 𝑦𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑎ℎ 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑘𝑖 𝐾𝑖 𝑖𝑚’𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑘𝑜𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑚 𝐵𝑒-𝑜𝑟𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑟’𝑒ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝐸𝑙𝑜ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑦𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑢 𝑣𝑒𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝑌𝑎’𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑣 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑢, 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑎ℎ For it is You Who lights my lamp The Lord my God will reflect light in my darkness. For with You is the source of life In Your light, we see light. May God be gracious to us and bless us May God show us the light of God's countenance, selah (Psalms 18:29, 36:10, 67:2)
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Dim'ati 04:47
Nodi safartah atah. simah dim’ati ve-nodekha, ha-lo be-sifratekha. נֹדִי סָפַרְתָּה אָתָּה שִׂימָה דִמְעָתִי בְנֹאדֶךָ הֲלֹא בְּסִפְרָתֶךָ
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Deror Yikra 04:45
דְּרוֹר יִקְרָא לְבֵן עִם בַּת וְיִנְצָרְכֶם כְּמוֹ בָבַת נְעִים שִׁמְכֶם וְלֹא יֻשְׁבַּת שְׁבוּ נוּחוּ בְּיוֹם שַׁבָּת דְּרֹשׁ נָוִי וְאוּלַמִּי וְאוֹת יֶשַׁע עֲשֵׂה עִמִּי נְטַע שׂוֹרֵק בְּתוֹךְ כַּרְמִי שְׁעֵה שַׁוְעַת בְּנֵי עַמִּי אֱלֹהִים תֵּן בַּמִּדְבָּר הַר הֲדַס, שִׁטָּה בְּרוֹשׁ, תִּדְהָר וְלַמַּזְהִיר וְלַנִּזְהָר שְׁלוֹמִים תֵּן כְּמֵי נָהָר דְעֶה חָכְמָה לְנַפְשֶׁךָ וְהִיא כֶתֶר לְרֹאשֶׁךָ נְצֹר מִצְוַת קְדֹשֶׁךָ שְׁמֹר שַׁבַּת קָדְשֶׁךָ 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑖𝑘𝑟𝑎 𝑙𝑒-𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑚 𝑣𝑎𝑡 𝑉𝑒𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑧𝑜𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑘𝑒𝑚𝑜 𝑣𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑡 𝑁𝑒’𝑖𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑣𝑒’𝑙𝑜 𝑦𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑣𝑎𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑣𝑢 𝑣𝑒-𝑛𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑢 𝑣𝑒-𝑦𝑜𝑚 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠ℎ 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖 𝑣𝑒-𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑖 𝑉𝑒-𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑎 𝑎𝑠𝑒ℎ 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖 𝑆ℎ𝑒’𝑒ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑣’𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑖 𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑖 𝐸𝑙𝑜ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑎-𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑏𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑟 𝐻𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑎ℎ, 𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠ℎ, 𝑡𝑖𝑑ℎ𝑎𝑟 𝑉𝑒-𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧ℎ𝑖𝑟 𝑣𝑒-𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧ℎ𝑎𝑟 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑣𝑒-𝑚𝑒𝑖 𝑛𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑟 𝐷𝑒’𝑒ℎ 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑎ℎ 𝑙𝑒-𝑛𝑎𝑓𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑉𝑒-ℎ𝑖 𝑘ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒-𝑟𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑧𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑧𝑣𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑜𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 Freedom shall He proclaim For His sons and daughters And will keep you As the apple of His eye Pleasant is your name And will not cease to be Repose and rest on the Sabbath day. Seek my home and my Temple And give me the sign of deliverance Plant a choice vine in my vineyard Heed the cry of my people Elohim, let the desert bloom like a mountain Myrtle, acacia, cypress, and elm To those who counsel and to those who are cautious Give peace as flowing as a river’s waters Know wisdom for your soul And it shall be a crown upon your head Keep the commandment of your Holy One Observe the Sabbath day
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Abitah 05:55
מִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלוׁהַּ גַּל עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה נִפְלָאוֹת מִתּוֹרָתֶךָ —כָּל עַצְמוֹתַי תֹּאמַרְנָה ?יְהוָה, מִי כָמוֹךָ 𝑀𝑖-𝑏𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑧𝑒ℎ 𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑎ℎ 𝐺𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑖 𝑣𝑒-𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑎ℎ 𝑁𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑎’𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑖-𝑇𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝐾𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡𝑧𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑖 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑎ℎ 𝐴𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖, 𝑚𝑖 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑎 From my flesh I will have visions of the Divine. Open my eyes, that I may perceive the wonders of Your teaching. All my bones shall say, “Adonai, who is like You?”
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יְעִידוּן יַגִּידוּן כֻּלָּם כְּאֶחָד ה' אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד שְׁלוֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם נְתִיבוֹת שְׁבִילָךְ לְכָל מֵבִין סוֹדָם יְסַפְּרוּ גָדְלָךְ מֵהֶם יַכִּירוּן כִּי הַכֹּל שֶׁלָּךְ וְאַתָּה הָאֵל הַמֶּלֶךְ הַמְּיֻחָד לְבָבוֹת בְּחָשְׁבָם עוֹלָם בָּנוּי יִמְצְאוּ כָל יֵשׁ בִּלְתְּךָ שָׁנוּי בְּמִסְפָּר בְּמִשְׁקָל הַכֹּל מָנוּי כֻּלָּם נִתְּנוּ מֵרוֹעֶה אֶחָד מֵרֹאשׁ וְעַד סוֹף יֵשׁ לְךָ סִמָּן צָפוֹן וָיָם וְקֶדֶם וְתֵימָן שַׁחַק וְתֵבֵל לְךָ עֵד נֶאֱמָן מִזֶּה אֶחָד וּמִזֶּה אֶחָד הַכֹּל מִמְּךָ נִזְבַּד זָבוֹד אַתָּה תַעֲמֹד וְהֵם יֹאבְדוּ אָבוֹד לָכֵן כָּל יְצוּר לְךָ יִתֵּן כָּבוֹד כִּי מֵרֹאשׁ וְעַד סוֹף הֲלֹא אָב אֶחָד יְעִידוּן… 𝑌𝑒’𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑛, 𝑦𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑛 𝐾𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑘𝑒-𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝐴𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖 𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑜 𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑚 𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝐿𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑚 𝑦𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑙𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑀𝑒𝑖ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑦𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑘𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑜𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑉𝑒-𝑎𝑡𝑎ℎ ℎ𝑎-𝐸𝑙, ℎ𝑎-𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑎-𝑚𝑒𝑦𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑀𝑒𝑖-𝑟𝑜𝑠ℎ 𝑣𝑒-𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑇𝑧𝑎𝑓𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑒-𝑦𝑎𝑚, 𝑣𝑒-𝑘𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑚 𝑣𝑒-𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑆ℎ𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑘 𝑣𝑒-𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑒𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑒’𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑖-𝑧𝑒ℎ 𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑢-𝑚𝑖-𝑧𝑒ℎ 𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝐻𝑎-𝑘𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑑 𝐴𝑡𝑎ℎ 𝑡𝑎’𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑑 𝑣𝑒-ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑𝑢 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑑 𝐿𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑘𝑜𝑙 𝑦𝑒𝑡𝑧𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑦𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑘𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑑 𝐾𝑖 𝑚𝑒-𝑟𝑜𝑠ℎ 𝑣𝑒-𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑎-𝑙𝑜 𝑎𝑣 𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑 All creatures, above and below Testify and proclaim as one “YHVH is one and their Name is one.” Your way is made of thirty-two paths All who understand their mystery, proclaim your greatness From them, they know That all is yours You are El, majestic one Your signs are everywhere, Beginning and End North, South, East and West Heaven and Earth Are faithful witnesses Together they are, “One” Everything is yours A gift to cherish You exist eternally While humans perish Therefore all creatures To you give respect From end to beginning Is there not one Parent?

about

“Gal einai ve-abitah.” Open my eyes, I pray. Expand my vision that I may know the life-giving wonders hidden in your Torah.

This album of original Jewish music is a personal prayer for healing, wisdom, and integration. “Abitah” means to behold; to see the wonders hidden all around us. The sacred texts and music of this album are focused on healing and integration — of body, mind and soul. The music is about finding clarity and expanded consciousness, of self and of our relationship with the Source of Life.

***Visit bit.ly/abitah-listening-guide for complete liner notes and accompanying Torah***

The music came from my own prayer life and healing practices, including in times of darkness, of illness and suffering. In moments of feeling distant from the source of life but still asking, “Where is God in this moment?” I kept turning toward the mystery and allowed myself to be there with curiosity and attention. There, in the mystery, I found that I stood on sacred ground. The music that I channeled is the very medicine that I needed on my own journey for healing, growth and integration. This music was the sacred wisdom I needed to live.

Abitah is a soundtrack for spiritual journeying, offered with the hope that it can help us prepare for deep encounter and focus our intention to experience the hidden depth in the Torah and Jewish ritual practice.

Drawing on the wisdom I’ve inherited from my Mizrahi and Ashkenazi ancestors, as well as my own creative inspiration, the music of Abitah is about awakening to the divine light that surrounds and fills us even in moments of struggle. It’s about recognizing that being present in each moment to the fullness of our experience connects us powerfully to the expansiveness of our spirits, our hearts, and minds and opens us to greater connection.

A rich and multilayered soundscape, the music of this album is rooted in my hybrid Mizrahi and Ashkenazi heritage and my diverse spiritual and musical influences: from the devotional music of the Middle East to contemporary Israeli chant circles, classic cantorial compositions to contemplative jazz, mystical Hassidic nigunim to psychedelic folk-rock; traditional and experimental, old and new, sacred and secular. The album was produced in Israel and mostly recorded there. It features stellar musicians and singers from the American Jewish music scene, alongside some of the finest artists in Israeli music today, who together brought American and Israeli spiritual/cultural expression into dialogue on Abitah, creating something greater than the sum of its parts.

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released September 21, 2023

Yosef Goldman - lead vocals
Yankale Segal - electric & acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, tar, oud, programming
Amit Sharon - frame drum (10)
Annie Lewis - backing vocals (5)
Chava Mirel - backing vocals (2, 5, 8)
Daniel Freedman - drums (6)
Eitan Kantor - vocals (2)
Eliran Mazoz - vocals (1, 8, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (9, 10)
Gal Hever - oud & qanun (1, 3, 4, 8)
Hanani Zayit - ney (1, 4, 8, 10)
Hila Mazoz - vocals (1, 8, 9, 10)
Itamar Borochov - trumpet (5)
Marni Loffman - backing vocals (2)
Max ZT - dulcimer (6)
Megan Gould - violin, strings (6)
Michael Winograd - clarinet (2)
Noah Diamondstein - backing vocals (5), acoustic guitar (7)
Omri Ido Bar Giora - acoustic guitar (1, 5, 8)
Orel Oshrat - piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 8), synth (8)
Roy Smila - kamanche (1, 4, 7, 8)
Rony Iwrin - percussion (1, 2, 8)
Salit Lahav - accordion (5)
Shahar Haziza - drums (2)
Shai Bachar - organ, melodica (6)
Yahala Lachmish - vocals (1, 8, 9, 10)
Yoed Nir - cello, strings (2, 4)
Yoni Battat - viola (2), vocals (1, 8)
Yoni Sharon - percussion (10)
Zach Fredman - oud (6)

Music written by Yosef Goldman (except 9 & 10)
Produced by Yankale Segal
Recorded & Mixed by Shlomi Gvili, Ogen Studios, Kibbutz HaOgen, Israel

Mastered by Matthew Agoglia, The Ranch Mastering
Artwork by Lizzie Sivitz, Nireh Or

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Yosef Goldman Gaithersburg, Maryland

A composer, prayer leader and rabbi, Yosef writes sacred music for heart opening and healing, weaving rich tapestries out of the threads of his Mizrahi and Ashkenazi ancestry.

His songs are sung at synagogues, schools, and camps across the country.

A sought-after vocalist, and harmony specialist Yosef performs and records with a wide range of Jewish artists.
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