Jewish A Cappella Group

Kah echsof
noam shabbat
hamatemet u-mitachedet
bisgulatecha

M'shoch noam yiratecha
le'am mevakshey retsonecha.
Kadshem bikdushat hashabbat
hamidachedet b'toratecha

Patach lahem
noam v'ratson
liftoach sha'arey retsonecha

(Translation coming soon!)

Av harachamim
heytiva birtsoncha et tsion

Tivney chomot yerushalayim

Ki b'cha l'vad batachnu
Melech kel ram v'nisa
Adon olamim

Merciful Father!
May you willingly do good to Zion.

Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem;

For in You alone have we trusted,
King, God, elevated and exalted,
Master of the World.

Verse 1
Sheb'chol haleylot anu ochlin
chametz, u-matza,
halayla hazeh,
kulo matza.

Verse 2
Sheb'chol haleylot anu ochlin
shear yerakot,
halayla hazeh,
maror.

Verse 3
Shebachol haleylot ein anu matbilin
afilu p'am echat
halayla hazeh,
sh'tei p'amim.

Verse 4
Shebachol haleylot anu ochlin
beyn yoshvin u-bein m'subin
halayla hazeh,
kulanu m'subin.

Why is this night different
from all other nights?

On all other nights we may eat
chametz and matza,
but on this night,
only matza.

On all other nights we may eat
many vegetables
but on this night,
bitter herbs.

On all other nights, we do not dip
even once,
but on this night,
twice.

On all other nights we may eat
either sitting or reclining,
but on this night,
we all recline.

Ashira
laShem
b'chayay

Azamra
leylokai
b'odi

Ye-erav
alav
sichi

Anochi
esmach
baShem

Yitamu
chata-im
min ha-aretz

U-r'sha-im
od einam

Bar'chi nafshi
et Hashem
Halleluya

I will sing
to G-d
as (long as) I live

I will sing praise
to my G-d
as long as I be

May it be sweet
to him
- my meditation

I
will rejoice
in G-d

He will wipe out
the sinners
from the land

And the wicked
shall be no more

My soul will bless
G-d
Praise the Lord

Mochel avonot amo
ma'avir rishon
Marbeh mechila,
v'chata'im
u-slicha lefoshim

Oseh tsedakot
Im kol basar veru'ach
Lo chera'atam tigmol

(Translation coming soon!)

Haneyrot hallalu
anachnu madlikin
al hanissim,
v'al hatshuot,
v'al hanifla'ot
she'asita l'avoteinu,
al y'dei Kohanecha hakdoshim.

V'chol sh'monat y'mei Chanukah
haneirot hallalu kodesh.
V'ein lanu r'shut l'hishtamesh bahem
eila lirotam bilvad,
k'dei l'hodot l'shimcha
al nisecha, v'al yeshuatecha,
v'al niflotecha.

These lights
we kindle
because of the miracles,
the deliverances
and the wonders
which You performed for our fathers
through Your holy kohanim.

Through all eight days of Chanukah
these lights are sacred.
We are not permitted to use them
but only to look at them
in order to offer thanks to Your name
for Your miracles, Your deliverances,
and Your wonders.

Ashrei
yoshvei
veytecha

od
y’hal’lucha
selah

Ashrei
ha’am
shekacha lo

Ashrei
ha’am
she-Hashem
elokav

evermore
they will praise you
(selah)

Happy
is the people
who are in this way

Happy
is the nation
for whom Hashem
is their G-d

Eli Eli
she'lo yigamer l'olam
hachol v'hayam
rishrush shel hamayim
b'rak hashamayim
tfilat ha'adam

My God, my God
may these things never cease:
the sand and the sea,
the rushing of the waters,
the thunder of the heavens,
the prayer of man.

Chorus:
Shomer yisrael,
Sh'mor sh'eyrit yisrael,
V'al yovad yisrael
Ha-omrim sh'ma yisrael

Verse 1:
Shomer goy echad
Sh'mor sh'eyrit am echad
V'al yovad goy echad
Ha-m'yachadim shimcha
Hashem elokeynu Hashem echad
(Shomer Yisrael)

Verse 2:
Shomer goy kadosh
Sh'mor sh'eyrit am kadosh
V'al yovad goy kadosh
Ha-m'shalshim beshalosh
K'dushot l'kadosh
(Shomer Yisrael)

Guardian of Israel,
protect the remnant of Israel
Don't let Israel be destroyed
Those who say "Shma Yisrael"

Guardian of the unique nation
Protect the remnant of the unique people
Don't let the unique nation be destroyed
Those who proclaim the oneness of your name;
"Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is One"
(Guardian of Israel)

Guardian of the holy nation
Protect the remnant of the holy people
Don't let the holy nation be destroyed
Those who proclaim three-fold
Sanctifications to the Holy One
(Guardian of Israel)

Shoshanat Yaakov
tsahala v'sameicha
birotam yachad
t'chelet Mordechai

The rose of Jacob
cheered and rejoiced
when they saw
Mordechai in royal blue.

Ozi
vezimrat
kah
vayehi
li
lishua

Kol
rina
vishua
b'ohaley
tzadikim

Y'min
Hashem
osah
chayil
Y'min
Hashem
romema
Y'min
Hashem
osah
chayil

Lo amut
ki echye
va'asaper
ma'asey
kah

My strength
and song
is G-d
and he has become
my
salvation

The voice
of rejoicing
and salvation
is in the tents
of the righteous

The right hand
of Hashem
does
valiantly
The right hand
of Hashem
is exalted
The right hand
of Hashem
does
valiantly

I shall not die
but live
and I shall tell
of the deeds
of G-d

Machiti
cha-av
p'sha-echa
V'che
anan
chatotecha

Shuva
elai
ki
ga-alticha.

Ra-nu
shamayim
ki
asa Hashem
hariyu
tachtiyot
aretz

Pitzchu
harim
rina
ya-ar
vechol
eytz
bo

[God says…]
I have blotted out
as a cloud
your transgressions
and as
a mist
your sins

Return
to me,
for
I have redeemed you.

Sing
[o] heavens
because
Hashem has done it,
shout
[o] nethermost parts of
[the] land

Breakforth
[o] hills
[into] song,
[o] forest,
and every
tree
therein

Uv'nei yerushalayim
ir hakodesh
bimheyrah b'yameynu

May Jerusalem be rebuilt,
the holy city,
speedily in our days

Ilu finu
maleh
shira
kayam...

Were our mouths
as full of
song
as the sea...
[...still we could not praise God enough]

Ani ma-amin
be-emunah shlema
b'viat
hamashiach
(Ani ma-amin)

V'af al pi
she-yitmameyha,
im kol ze
achakeh lo
b'chol yom
she-yavo

I believe
with complete faith
In the coming
of the Messiah
(I believe)

And even though
he may tarry,
nevertheless
I wait for him
every day
- that he will come

Verse 1:
Ata
echad
V'shimcha
echad

u-mi
k'amcha
yisrael
goy echad
b'aretz?

Tiferet g'dulah
v'ateret
y'shuah

Chorus:
Yom
menucha
u'kedusha
l'amcha
natata

Verse 2:
Avraham
yagel
Yitzchak
y'ranen

Ya'akov
u'vanav
yanuchu
vo

Menuchat
ahava
u'n'dava
Menuchat
emet
v'emuna

and who
is like your people
Israel,
a unique nation
on earth?

Glorious greatness
and a crown
of salvation

A day
of rest
and of holiness
to your people
you have given.

Abraham
was glad
Isaac
rejoiced

Jacob
and his sons
rested
on [shabbat]

A rest
of love
and generosity
A rest
of truth
and belief