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Dibarti

by BCI Aliyah 2022

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1.
L'Hitorer 02:10
הגיע זמן להתעורר לעשות לא לבקר לתת לזרם מים שקטים להוביל אותי בשיט בחיים האלה העולם יהיה לי בית Higiyah zman l’hitorer L’asot lo l’vaker Latet l’zarem mayim sh’ketim l’hovil oti bshait B’chaim ha’eleh ha’olam yihiye li bayit It's time to wake up To act, without criticism To let the easy flow of water carry me while sailing In this life, the world will be my home
2.
I see the light shining in front of my face I feel the light shining on me
3.
I found the one who my soul loves Arms up - Head up - Feet on the ground The way I pray looking up at the moon The way my ancestors prayed Arms up - Eyes closed - Feet on the ground I found the one who my soul loves Arms up - Head up - Feet on the ground I found the one who my soul loves Arms up - Head up - Feet on the ground The way I pray looking up at the moon
4.
Life Span 01:31
I'm like a person gone out of Egypt the Red Sea parts I cross on dry land Two walls of water On right hand and on my left Pharaoh's army and his horseman behind me Before me the desert Perhaps Promised Land too Pharaoh's army and his horseman behind me Before me the desert, before me the desert, before me the desert Perhaps Promised Land too That is my life span That is my life span That is my life span That is my life span
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Into the waters I go Face clean and heart red I show The pale moonlight it shines On the waters I know Adonai s'fatai tiftach Adonai s'fatai tiftach Adonai s'fatai tiftach Ufi yagid t'hilatecha Adonai open up my lips Shechina will you hear my voice Adonai will you guide my way Shechina hold me now Shechina hold me now Shechina hold me now
6.
Divine Spark 01:41
Divine Spark, I call to you Make me a place for holiness Share it
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Touch me, like falling rain Hold me, like a river's current Move me, like ocean waves Heal my broken soil Cracked Earth beneath my feet I have lost my solid ground Nourish these dry sands In the water I am found
8.
Free As I Am 04:28
I am as free as I let myself be I am as free as I am Say goodbye to fear and despair They're not needed anymore Say goodbye to things that were there And come back to shore
9.
Been here for just one week Bites and blisters on my feet Tryin’ to get my hands into the soil Came here same as everyone else Hopin’ I can find myself Amidst some sweat and good ol’ fashioned toil If these plants know what they’re doing Then maybe I do too In their DNA to find the sun Where I’m going next well I haven’t got a clue But if these plants know how to grow up strong, then maybe I do too Always been one for love Never seem to get enough Tryin’ to fill this void inside my heart Is it in the sky or sea? Maybe it’s inside of me Lovin’ myself is a good start If these plants know what they’re doing Then maybe I do too In their DNA to find the sun Where I’m going next well I haven’t got a clue But if these plants know how to grow up strong, then maybe I do too Add some sunlight Add some care Add some insight And you’re already halfway there... If these plants know what they’re doing Then maybe I do too In their DNA to find the sun Where I’m going next well I haven’t got a clue But if these plants know how to grow up strong, then maybe I do too If these plants know how to grow up strong, then maybe I do too If these plants know how to grow up strong, then maybe I do too
10.
One 03:51
My generation is plagued with questions and anxiety All of us tryin’ to figure out how to heal our society And we’re making our way But somethin’ here’s not working And the questions that remain Come to the surface Aren’t we all for peace? Aren’t we all for kindness? Aren’t we all for faith, even in the blindness? Aren’t we all forgiving? Aren’t we all for love? Aren’t we all one? I have a feeling of loneliness Kinda like my neighbor We’re bringin’ our broken hearts As party favors And yeah we’ll meditate, we’ll contemplate, and yeah we’ll sing about it But what’s it gonna take for you to hear, Do we have to shout it? Aren’t we all for peace? Aren’t we all for kindness? Aren’t we all for faith, even in the blindness? Aren’t we all forgiving? Aren’t we all for love? Aren’t we all one? Stuck in duality and I just wanna be free, oh Darkness it lingers and takes everything inside of me And as I see the stars shine so bright I remember that the bigger the shadow, the brighter the light Aren’t we all for peace? Aren’t we all for kindness? Aren’t we all for faith, even in the blindness? Aren’t we all forgiving? Aren’t we all for love? Aren’t we all one? Aren’t we all for peace? Aren’t we all for kindness? Aren’t we all for faith, even in the blindness? Yeah, we’re all forgiving Yeah, we are all love And yeah we’re all one
11.
Makom Kadosh 02:44
My mama once told me That she made the earth Out of breath, the fire, water And a woman's worth There was aleph for the air And the mem for the breath There was shin for the fire Eish to ward off death These are the forces of life The great powers of nature That keep the world from suffering From the allure of the "later" We only got one planet, only got one life Feel the water, air upon you Feel the motherly pride We are the priestesses priestessing feminine spirit We are propagating wisdom From the elders nomadic We are holding the divine Within our precious bodies We are singing songs of prayer We're being naughty Because the world was created By men for men only We're the crude accessory To their devotional story We're the ones who get the moon while they rule the earth We make rituals of our own And we start to rehearse For a world where the elements get their way -- The air clears up, the oceans swell, And the wildfires blaze To no one's dismay, no more calami-tay Cosmos restored by Shekhinah Hear her serenade. Once upon a time our temple Manifested in physical space We sacrificed to a god that had a masculine face He was violent and vengeful No I couldn't relate So I turned to Shekhinah to reimagine my fate See the masculine resides in a longstanding tradition But take a look around, your gonna see a lot of women Who are leading from their heart - yeah its a heart based position No matter your orientation Take a minute to listen See the temple exists in the feminine spirit There’s a lot of politicians who don’t wanna hear it But the last time I checked there's two things that give life It’s the earth that we stand on and the womb that’s inside No disrespect to any other gender among us There is no exclusion to the feminine wonder in and above us It permeates us all Whether we want it or not It’s the spaciousness inside It’s our god given lot So as we interact with wind, air and fire The feminine rises higher and higher We are co-collaborating with a compassionate God-dess She’s not asking you not to fear, just asking you to fear less Ahh, mmm, shhh Mother letters alive This is the coming of the third temple Get ready to arrive Amen And welcome home It’s the house of Shekhinah Withstanding destruction Eternal and true This temple is untouchable This temple is you This is holy landing Deeper understanding Connection of truths, no patriarchal excuse This is god without the need to atone This is heart-centered belonging This is Makom... Kadosh!
12.
שמע ישראל ה' אלהינו ה' אחד Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad
13.
Adon Olam 03:07
אדון עולם אשר מלך בטרם כל יציר נברא Adon olam asher malach b'terem kol y'tzir nivrah Gadol hu halailah velach mechayech chazarnu im boker el Sharm a-sheikh avarnu balailah, bayam uvahar uvanu im boker el toch hameitzar Hayam vehamelach yaru et hashir chazarnu eleichem, Tiran uSnapir otam hashamaim me'al levavech meitzar, yam umayim - at Sharm a-sheikh Oleh lo haboker bechof almogim ovrot shuv bamayim sfinot dayagim yored lo ha'erev, mevi od chalom mevi al hamayim tikvah leshalom
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Lecha Dodi 03:56
לכה דודי לקראת כלה פני שבת נקבלה שמור וזכור בדבור אחד השמיענו אל המיחד ה' אחד ושמו אחד לשם ולתפארת ולתהלה לקראת שבת לכו ונלכה כי היא מקור הברכה מראש מקדם נסוכה סוף מעשה במחשבה תחלה התעוררי התעוררי כי בא אורך קומי אורי עורי עורי שיר דברי כבוד ה' עליך נגלה בואי בשלום עטרת בעלה גם בשמחה ובצהלה תוך אמוני עם סגלה בואי כלה בואי כלה Lecha dodi likrat kala, p’nei Shabbat n’kabelah Shamor v’zachor b’dibur echad Hishmi’anu el ha’meyuchad Hashem echad u’shmo echad L’shem ul’tiferet v’l’tehila Likrat Shabbat l’chu v’nelcha Ki hi m’kor ha’bracha Me’rosh mi’kedem n’such Sof ma’aseh b’mach’shava t’chila Hit’oreri hit’oreri Ki va orech kumi uri Uri, uri, shir daberi K’vod Hashem alai’yich nigla Bo’i v’shalom ateret ba’ala Gam b’rina uv’ tzhala. Toch emunei am segula Bo’i chala bo’i chala
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The Waters 03:52
I feel your water coming back again
18.
The Place 01:59
This is the place where we call home

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Dibarti is an album of original songs written by participants of BCI Aliyah 2022 and recorded during the 2022 BCI Summer Session. We are incredibly grateful to AJU, BCI, and the BCI staff and artists for creating an amazing environment to write, share, and sing music. In particular, thank you to Jared Stein for helping to record and mix the album, and to Tal Amber for providing the recording equipment.

If you enjoyed listening, please consider a $10 donation to BCI at give.idonate.com/american-jewish-university/bci

Find out more about BCI here: www.aju.edu/ziering-brandeis-collegiate-institute

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released August 3, 2022

All music composed and written by BCI participants with the following exceptions: words for Bossa Nova Shema and Lecha Dodi from traditional liturgy, melody and words for Adon Olam adapted from Sharm El Sheikh by Yoel Dan and Ron Eliran, and words for Life Span adapted from a poem by Yehuda Amichai. Click on each track for more information and lyrics.

Produced By: Jared Stein and Joey Becker
Album Cover: Peninah Silverstein, Liz Finnessy, Rachel Zahava

Singers and Musicians:

Shiriel King Abramson - vocals, percussion, composition
Joey Becker - vocals, composition
Noa Bober - vocals, composition
Liam Howell - percussion
Josh Krug - vocals
Rachel Zahava - vocals, composition
Zoe Levin - vocals
Sara Marcus - vocals
Miranda Mower - vocals, composition
Daniel Parker - vocals, guitar, composition
Raina Shine - vocals, guitar, composition
Peninah Silverstein - vocals, composition
Jared Stein - vocals, guitar, strumstick
Emma Strumpf - vocals, percussion, composition
Jake Sullivan - vocals, strumstick, composition
Elana Weberman - vocals, composition

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