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Enjoy the Songs of Our Community

On Shabbat our music is beautifully led by our member Michelle Lang Zalph. 

Our High Holiday music is also beautifully led by Anne Shonbrun, our member and song leader for nine years. Anne also sings for our Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations. We are excited to celebrate her CD, SONGS TO MOVE US, which is comprised of music that is sung at various celebrations and events at The City Congregation.  Click here to order the CD.

Order our TCC CD, SIDE BY SIDE, with music by Aram Rubenstein Gillis, who is accompanied by members of the congregation. Aram also leads music at Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations.  For more information on ordering this CD, please call 212-213-1002 or send us an email.

For information on purchasing Abe and Mickie Mandel's CD ONE CHORUS, ONE FAMILY, click here.
 

Click on the song title to hear the song.
You can download a PDF version of sheet music where indicated.

Amar Rabbi Akiva

 Traditional melody
Performed by Aram Rubenstein Gillis

A-mar Ra-bi A-ki-va (2)
V'a-hav-ta l'rey-ah-cha
l'rey-ah-cha ka-mo-cha.
Zeh k'lal ga-dol ga-dol ba-to-rah.
A-mar Ra-bi A-ki-va.

Said Rabbi Akiva: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"
This is the great principle of Torah.

Ayfo Oree

Click here to download sheet music

Words by Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine
Music by Mickie and Abe Mandel
Performed by Anne Shonbrun

This song, written by the founder of Humanistic Judaism, is sung in communities
throughout North America.

Where is my light? My light is in me.
Where is my hope? My hope is in me.
Where is my strength? My strength is in me.
And in you.

Ay-fo o-ree? O-ree bee.
Ay-fo tik-va-tee? Tik-va-tee bee.
Ay-fo ko-khee? Ko-khee bee.
V'gam bakh.

Blessing over the Candles, Wine and Challah

 Candle and Challah Blessings - Click here to download sheet music
Wine Blessings - Click here to download sheet music

HaMishpachah Sheli

 Words and music by Aram Rubenstein Gillis

A celebration of the many types of families that make up our community.

Looking for a Rock

 Words and music by Aram Rubenstein Gillis

This song was inspired by a visit to the Statue of Liberty and celebrates
the efforts that went into creating this symbol of freedom.

Lo Yisa Goy

 Traditional melody based on Isaiah 2:4
Performed by Mickie and Abe Mandel

Lo-yis-sah goy el goy heh-rev
Lo yil-m'doo ode mil-hah-ma (2X)

And everyone 'neath vine and tree,
Shall live in peace and harmony (2x)

And into ploughshares beat their swords,
Nations shall study war no more (2x)

Naasay Shalom

 Traditional melody
Performed by Mickie and Abe Mandel

The words for this familiar song have been adapted with Humanistic language
to express our responsibility to bring about peace

Nah-ah-say sha-lom bah-oh-lam
nah-ah-say sha-lom ah-lay-noo
v'al kol hah-oh-lam
v'eem-roo eem-roo sha-lom

Nah-ah-say sha-lom (2x) }
sha-lom ah-lay-noo } 2
v'al kol hah-oh-lam }

Let us make peace for us and for all the world.

Oy Vey Blues

 Words and music by Aram Rubenstein Gillis

Peace and Freedom

Words by Rabbi Peter Schweitzer
To the tune of Eliyahu HaNavi
Performed by Anne Shonbrun

Peace and freedom, let there be
Sha-lom v’hey-root loo-ya-hee
Peace and freedom, Peace and freedom
Peace and freedom and liberty

Beem-hey-ra v’ya-mey-noo
Let us build a world anew
In our days and speedily
It is up to you and me

Peace and freedom, let there be
Sha-lom v’hey-root loo-ya-hee
Peace and freedom, Peace and freedom
Peace and freedom and liberty

Peace Be With You

 Click here to download sheet music

Music by Anne Bartenfeld-Barrows
Words by Anne Bartenfeld-Barrows and Rabbi Daniel Friedman
Performed by Aram Rubenstein Gillis

Peace be with you wherever you go
Peace be with you whatever you do
Peace be with you 'til we meet again
Peace be with you my friend

Love be with you wherever you go
Love be with you whatever you do
Love be with you 'til we meet again
Love be with you my friend

Joy be with you wherever you go
Joy be with you whatever you do
Joy be with you 'til we meet again
Joy be with you my friend

Shalom Aleychem Shalom Shalom
Shalom Aleychem Shalom Shalom
Shalom Aleychem Shalom Shalom
Shalom Aleychem Shalom!

Seasons

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Words by Rabbi Peter Schweitzer
Music by Mickie and Abe Mandel

A time for winter, a time for spring
A time to celebrate, a time to sing
A time for summer, a time for fall
A time to enjoy life one and all. (2x)

Over and over, round and round
Seasons fade into seasons found
Over and over, round and round
The cycles of nature safe and sound (2x)

Again and again, it is nature's way
A time for planting brings time to play
A time to sow and a time to reap
A time to awaken, a time to sleep (2x)

It started long before we were here
On and on it goes, year by year
It matters not the reason why
We treasure each gift of earth and sky (2x)

A time for winter, a time for spring
A time to celebrate, a time to sing
A time for summer, a time for fall
A time to enjoy life one and all. (2x)

Side By Side

 Words and music by Aram Rubenstein Gillis

In 1963, Martin Luther King and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel walked arm in arm
from Selma to Montgomery to promote civil rights. This song celebrates their legacy,
and calls on all of us to continue the struggle for justice.