Erev Rosh Hashanah
Ozi V’zimrat Yah
English words and music: Becky Mann
Hebrew words: Psalm 118:14
Maker of all we feel, Maker of songs that heal,
Maker of hope in this heart that I know that this world cannot steal.
Maker of thos who rise, who get to work despite all that they’re feeling inside,
who remind us of blessings still to be found.
Maker of stars that light up the night,
that keep shining despite all the odds.
Maker of eyes that still look to the hills,
that find hope in the moment of God.
:עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ וַיְהִי־לִי לִישׁוּעָה
Ozi v’zimrat Yah vay’hi li lishuah.
God is my strength and my song; God has become my salvation.
Maker of changing tides, Maker of every wave we ride,
Oh we ebb and we flow, but we grow through the highs and the lows.
Maker of friends who smile,
Who walk with you beyond all of the miles of hurt and of suffering,
Who say I am staying right here.
Maker of stars that light up the night,
that remind us we’re never alone.
Rosh Hashanah Morning
Ya Ana Emtza’acha
Hebrew text: Yehuda Halevi (10th C.)
Music: Charles Davidson
.יָהּ, אָנָה אֶמְצָאֲך? מְקוֹמְךָ נַעֲלָה וְנֶעְלָם
.וְאָנָה לֹא אֶמְצָאֲךָ? כְּבוֹדְךָ מָלֵא עוֹלָם
,דָּרַשְׁתִּי קִרְבָתְךָ, בְּכׇל־לִבִּי קְרָאתִיךָ
.וּבְצֵאתִי לִקְרָאתְךָ, לִקְרָאתִי מְצָאתִיךָ
Ya ana emtza’acha, m’kom’cha na’alah v’ne’elam.
V’ana lo emtza’acha, k’vod’cha malei olam.
Darashti kirvat’cha, b’chol libi k’raticha,
Uv’tzeiti lik’raticha, lik’rati m’tzaticha.
Exalted, Hidden One, where might I go to find You?
And where would I not find You; Your holiness fills the world.
I pray that You draw near to me; I call out to You with all my heart;
In the moment that I go out to call for You, I find You reaching for me.
Kol Nidrei
Yih’yu L’ratzon
Hebrew text: Liturgy, Psalm 19:5
Music: Ernest Bloch
.יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶֽיךָ, יְיָ צוּרִי וְגוֹאֲלִי
Yih’yu l’ratzon imrei fi, v’hegyon libi l’fanecha, Adonai tzuri v’goali.
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You, Adonai, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Yom Kippur Morning
Mi Shebeirach for the Community
Words: Siddur Sim Shalom
Music: Benjie Ellen Schiller
May the One who blessed our fathers,
may the One who blessed our mothers,
bless us, too, bless us, too – this holy congregation.
,מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אִמוֹתֵינוּ
.הוּא יְבָרֵךְ, הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת כָּל הַקָהָל הַקָדוֹשׁ הַזֶה
Mi she-beirach avoteinu, mi she-beirach imoteinu,
hu y’-va-reich, hu y’-va-reich et kol ha-kahal ha-kadosh ha-zeh.
The families gathered here today, who make us what we are:
those who give funds for heat and light,
those who give help to the stranger and poor,
your sons and your daughters, your families yet to be –
may you know the blessing of peace.
Mi Shebeirach…
Forgive us and favor us, O God, remember what we are.
Prosper our worthy endeavors,
shower us all with good health and life,
and let us say: Amen.
Mi Shebeirach…
