Selichot - Music and Prayer
Selichot 2010
For the 4th year, through historic cooperation of the rabbis and sponsored by the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, all of the Conservative Movement synagogues in Dallas come together to celebrate Selichot.
This year, the event is hosted by Congregation Shearith Israel and features Rabbi Robert Harris , Associate Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rabbi Harris will be our Scholar-in-Residence at Shearith Israel on Friday and Saturday, September 3 and 4, with the pinnacle of the weekend being the Selichot services Saturday, September 4 starting at 9:00 pm.
Friday Night, September 3
Rabbi Robert Harris will give the D’var Torah during evening services.
During services on Saturday morning, September 4
Rabbi Harris will discuss Context and Spirituality: Making Sense of God’s Torah.
After Kiddush
Rabbi Harris will discuss: I “Pshat” the Torah: Were the Rabbis Fundamentalists? How Jews Read the Bible.
For the Selichot service Saturday night, September 4 at 9:00 pm
The topic will be What’s in a Blessing? How to find and celebrate the meaning in your life.
Music and Prayer
The great Hasidic rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi wrote: "If words are the pen of the heart, then song is the pen of the soul." This year for Selichot, we are having a spiritually intense, more participatory service which will feature Nigguim and Carlebach melodies with guitars. Below are the melodies that we are using. Feel free to download to learn these beautiful niggunim, or to just listen to them to lift your spirits.
We will hold the Selichot service in the Beck Family Sanctuary. This year’s service will feature the spiritual melodies of Reb Shlomo Carlebach, guitar accompaniment and spirited singing. The inspirational melodies will stir our minds and hearts as we prepare to welcome a new year. We need your presence and participation.
Please click on any of the prayers below listen to the melodies. Click on the “PDF” link, to print out the prayers in Hebrew. If you wish to download them to your personal computer or mp3 player, right click on the file and save it to your computer.
| Melody MP3 | Hebrew Prayer PDF | Music PDF | |
| 1. Return Again | Return Again | Return Again-Eng | Return Again-Music |
| 2. Shir Hama'a lot | Shir Hama'a lot | Shir Hama'a lot |
Shir Hama'a lot-Music |
| 3. Nigun | Nigun | Nigun Intro-Music | |
| 4. Lishmoah | Lishmoah | Lishmoah |
Lishmoah-Music |
| 5. Shmah Koleinu | Shmah Koleinu | Shmah Koleinu |
Shmah Koleinu-Music |
| 6. Mi Sheanah | Mi Sheanah | Mi Sheanah |
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| 7. Shomer Yisrael | Shomer Yishrael | Shomer Yishrael |
Shomar Yishrael-Music |
| 8. Ose Shalom From Kaddish |
Ose Shalom | Ose Shalom |
Ose Shalam-Music |
MP3's on this page were recorded in Cantor Zhrebker's personal studio.
HIGH HOLY DAYS SELICHOT SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 4
Special Community-wide Selichot and Havdallah
Program at 9:00-10:30 p.m.
Followed by Selichot service at Congregation Shearith Israel
