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Veshamru

from Abitah by Yosef Goldman

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On the seventh day, the Torah says, God stopped creating and was refreshed again. "Vayinafash." The Source of Life exhaled, and that out-breath becomes our in-breath. On Shabbat we are re-inspired. The rabbis teach that each Shabbat we are filled with a "second soul," a "neshamah yetreirah." On Shabbat we can feel the full expanse of the Aliveness within us that is a piece of Infinite.

Jewish wisdom teach that our souls expand, so to speak, on Shabbat. It is our job to care for our expansive soul, our neshamah yeterah by immersing and delighting in Shabbat through embodied pleasures like eating and drinking and singing. Through the lens of our neshamah yeteirah, every bit of joy on Shabbat is an opportunity for connection with the Source of Life that is within all of creation. And in our joy and encounter with God, we bring joy to God as well.

Shabbat is an enduring sacred venue to contain the encounter of humans and the divine, wherever we might find ourselves. In celebrating and keeping Shabbat, we reconnect with the Presence of the divine in our midsts; the day itself becomes a sanctuary for the indwelling of the Shekhinah.

Shabbat forever contains a spark of connection with God and with our own soul roots that can never be destroyed. Wherever we may wander, The Holy Shabbat is there for us.

May we learn to receive the gift of Shabbat with joy, to pause and step into spaciousness where we reconnect with the ever-renewing Source of Life and taste the Infinite.

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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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from Abitah, track released July 28, 2023
Words: Shabbat Liturgy (Exodus 31:16-17)
Music: Yosef Goldman

Yosef Goldman - lead vocals
Yahala Lachmish - vocals
Eliran Mazoz - vocals
Hila Mazoz - vocals
Yoni Battat - viola, vocals
Gal Hever - oud & qanun
Hanani Zayit - ney
Orel Oshrat - piano
Omri Ido Bar Giora - acoustic guitar
Roy Smila - kamanche
Roni Iwrin - percussion
Yoni Sharon - percussion
Yankale Segal - electric bass

Arrangement & Production: Yankale Segal
Vocal Arrangement: Yosef Goldman
Engineering & Mixing: Shlomi Gvili
Recorded at Ogen Studios, Kibbutz HaOgen, Israel
Artwork: 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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