Friday, December 16, 2022

Welcoming Shabbat with "Anim Zemirot" Sung by Yonina

We've been posting versions of Hebrew liturgical and popular songs by Yonina (Yoni and Nina Tokayer, a married musical duo who live in the small town of Pardes Chana, Israel.) They have been uploading home videos to Facebook and YouTube and reaching millions. 

They have both been singing and writing since they can remember, and have been making music together ever since they met. The name Yonina is a combination of both their first names, Yoni and Nina. 

Here they are singing the first verses of Anim Zemirot, a liturgical poem that is sung toward the end of the Musaf service in most congregations on Shabbat. The melody is a Chabad nigun, and Yonina recorded this version in honor of  Yat Kislev, the 19th day of Kislev, a Chabad holiday celebrated as the Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism. It was on this date, in the year 1798, that the founder of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), was freed from his imprisonment in czarist Russia.

Here are the lyrics, in Hebrew and English. 

אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת וְשִׁירִים אֶאֱרוֹג,
כִּי אֵלֶֽיךָ נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרוֹג.

נַפְשִׁי חָמְדָה בְּצֵל יָדֶֽךָ,
לָדַֽעַת כָּל רָז סוֹדֶֽךָ
 
I will chant hymns and weave songs,
for my soul pants after thee.
My soul longs to be in the shadow of thy hand,
to gain the knowledge of every secret of thy mysteries.
 
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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