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Friday, March 29, 2019
Welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi by Josh Warshawsky
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical poem written by Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz. The first letter of each stanza spells out the author’s name. It is a poem of love, commitment, hope, and Shabbat. We have shared 22 versions of this Kabbalat Shabbat song and we keep finding new ones.
This version is by Josh Warshawsky, created while he was the artist-in-residence at Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles. The young Jews in their 20s and 30s who came to his apartment on Corning Street. They embraced the melody and even after the building was torn down to build a new school, it is remembered as the Corning Street Niggun.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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thanks for a great version
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