Ma Gadlu (Psalm 92: 6, 9) מַה-גָּדְלוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ אדוֹני מְאֹד, עָמְקוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ וְאַתָּה מָרוֹם לְעֹלָם אדוֹני Mah gadlu ma-a-sekha, Adonai Meh-od amku mach-she-vo-tekha Ve-ata marom le-olam Adonai How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep! and...
Hashmi’ini (Song of Songs 2:14b, 8:13) הַשְׁמִיעִינִי אֶת קוֹלֵךְ כִּי קוֹלֵךְ עָרֵב וּמַרְאֵיךְ נָאוֶה. הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים חֲבֵרִים מַקְשִׁיבִים לְקוֹלֵךְ הַשְׁמִיעִינִי. Hashmi’ini et kolekh Ki kolekh arev, u’marekh naveh. Hayoshevet baganim haverim makshivim Hashmi’ini. Let me hear your voice; for...
Song of the Month This month's song is sung by Rabbi Dr. Minna Bromberg, who led and taught morning worship in Bat Kol, summer 2018. Bat Kol alumni will all be familiar with this melody for the last...
June Song This month we have chosen a song from one of Israel’s most beloved performers, Arik Einstein, teaching us that in relationship and partnership, we can make a difference in this world. The first 5 words repeat...
This month’s song is from Deuteronomy 26:8 – four words of thanks to God for the fruits of the land, as we celebrate Shavuot-Pentecost. Originally a pilgrimage feast to thank God for the early gleanings of the first fruits...
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) is commemorated in Israel and by Jews worldwide in the month of April, on the 28 Nissan in the Jewish calendar, the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising in 1943. For more on Yom...
עֲבָדִים הָיִינּו, הָיִינּו עַּתָהּ בְנֵי חֹורִין, בְנֵי חֹורִין עֲבָדִים הָיִינּו עַּתָה, עַּתָהּ בְנֵי חֹורִין, בְנֵי חֹורִין Avadim hayinu, hayinu Ata b’nei horin, b’nei horin Avadim hayinu Ata ata b’nei horin, b’nei horin. We were slaves, we were…...
JANUARY 2018 Hebrew:עברית:שיר השירים פרק ה, פסוקים י, י"א: דוֹדִי צַח וְאָדוֹם דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָה. רֹאשוֹ כֶּתֶם פָּז קְוֻצּוֹתָיו תַּלְתַּלִּים שְחֹרוֹת כָּעוֹרֵב.אנגלית: English: My beloved is clear-skinned and ruddy, Preeminent among ten thousand. His head is finest gold,...
HEBREW SONG OF THE MONTH – DECEMBER בָּאנוּ חוֹשֶךְ לְגָרֵש. בָּאנוּ חוֹשֶךְ לְגָרֵש. Banu choshech le’garesh בְּיָדֵינוּ אוֹר וָאֵש. Beyadenu or va-esh כָּל אֶחָד הוּא אוֹר קָטָן, kol echad hu or katan ו כוּלָנוּ אוֹר...
MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU FROM ZION יְבָרֶכְךָ ה' מִצִּיוֹן וּרְאֵה בּטוּב יְרוּשָלַיִם כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶיךָ. וּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ שָלוֹם עַל יִשְרָאֵל. תְּהִלִים, קכח ה-ו Yevare’checha hashem mi’tziyon ur’e betuv yerushalayim, Yevare’checha hashem mi’tziyon, kol yemey...
ִֹשישֹוּ וְשִמְחוּ בְּשִֹמְחַת תּוֹרָה וּתְנוּ כָּבוֹד לַתּוֹרָה. Sisu ve-simchu be-simchat tora u-tenu kavod la-tora Rejoice and be happy in Simchat Torah and give honor (respect) to the Torah https://batkol.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/october.mp3...
עַל שְלֹשָה דְּבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד- עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים. (מִשְנָה, מַסֶּכֶת אָבוֹת, פֶּרֶק א, מִשְנָה ב) Al shelosha devarim ha’olam omed- al ha-tora ,ve-al ha-avoda, ve-al gemilut chasadim On three things the world stands...
But Judah shall be inhabited forever And Jerusalem throughout the ages (Joel 4:20) This song is very well known in Israel nowadays, especially as a cannon in choirs. Sarah Israeli וִיהוּדָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵב וִירוּשָלִַם לְדוֹר וָדוֹר יוֹאֵל ד',...
We brought peace on you (to you). This is a very old song, (over 70 years), which is very popular today in Israel, especially on trips while going by bus and the whole group is singing together in public....
June Song HEBREW SONG OF THE MONTH – JUNE This a Hassidic song, which expresses a very important idea of the Hassidic groups: our life is a corridor to the world to come. As long as we are here...
May Song HEBREW SONG OF THE MONTH – MAY Song of Songs 2:8 Kol Dodi Hark, my beloved, there he comes leaping over mountains, bounding over hills. Kol is a voice, dodi is my beloved, medaleg is...
April Song HEBREW SONG OF THE MONTH – APRIL Psalm 92.12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. “This is quite a popular song today in Israel and it is...
March Song HINE MA TOV (תהלים, קלג, א) הִנֵּה מַה טּוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים שֶבֶת אַחִים גַּם יָחַד Hine ma tov u-ma na’im shevet achim gam yachad How good and how pleasant it is Where the people dwell as one...
