Songs for Shabbat Services - Friday Evening and Shabbat Morning

Elizabeth Bolton (RRC '96), JRF Director of Music and Liturgy, serves as a resource for congregations wishing to enhance their musical and liturgical experiences.

Three professional recordings sung by Rabbi Bolton are available in CDs and cassette tapes. Keyed to the Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning services in Shabbat Vehagim, the recordings include all transliterated prayer texts. As shown in the lists below, traditional chant as well as multiple melody choices are included.

To hear some of these selections on line, click here.

Available on Cassette Tapes or CDs
Prices for JRF members are shown in parentheses.

Friday evening
Tape $10.00 ($9.00)
CD $16.00 ($14.40)
Shabbat morning: parts I and II
Tapes (2) $20.00 ($18.00)
CDs (2) $30.00 ($27.00)
Complete set: Friday evening and Shabbat morning
Tapes (3) $27.00 ($24.30)
CD's (3) $42.00 ($37.80)

Click on the underlined selections to listen to them on line.
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FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE JRFF 001
Kabalat Shabbat
1 Shalom aleyhem 2 Lehu neranena (Psalm 95) 3 Psalm 95 - opening and concluding phrase 4 Shiru ladonay (Psalm 96) 5 Psalm 96 - opening and concluding phrase	Israel Goldfarb (13) folk melody (21) nusah/traditional chant (21-23) Gary Ellison (25) nusah/traditional chant (25-27)
6 Yismehu hashamayim (Psalm 96) 7 Psalm 97 - opening and concluding phrase 8 Or zarua (Psalm 97) 9 Psalm 98 - opening and concluding phrase 10 Psalm 99 - opening and concluding phrase	Rabbi Leifer (Hasidic) (27) nusah/traditional chant (29-31) Hasidic (31) nusah/traditional chant (33) nusah/traditional chant (35)
11 Mizmor ledavid (Psalm 29) 12 Psalm 29 - opening and concluding phrase 13 Lehah dodi - Lehah dodi - Lehah dodi - Lehah dodi - Lehah dodi	Sephardic [Amsterdam] (37-39) nusah/traditional chant (37-39) Solomon Sulzer (41) folk melody (43) Hasidic (45) folk melody (47)
14 Tov lehodot 15 Tov lehodot 16 Psalm 92 - opening and concluding phrase 17 Tzadik katamar 18 Psalm 93 - concluding phrase 19 Hatzi kaddish	folk melody (49) Micky Shur (49) nusah/traditional chant (49-51) Louis Lewandowski (51) nusah/traditional chant (53) nusah/traditional chant (55)
Ma'ariv / Evening Service
20 Barehu 21 Uma'avir yom 22 Ahavat olam 23 Ve'ahavateha 24 Shema 25 Ve'ahavta	nusah/traditional chant (57) nusah/traditional chant (59) Eric Mandell (63) nusah/traditional chant (63) nusah/traditional chant (65) cantillation (65)
26 Adonay eloheyhem emet 27 Mosheh umiriam 28 Mi hamohah 29 Mi hamohah 30 Ufros aleynu Niggun 31 Hashkivenu - concluding phrase	nusah/traditional chant (73) nusah/traditional chant (77) folk melody/chant (79) © David Shneyer (79) Arthur Waskow (81) nusah/traditional chant (81)
32 Veshameru 33 Veshameru 34 Veshameru 35 Vayedaber 36 Yiheyu leratzon	Moshe Rothblum (85) nusah/traditional chant (85) Jacob Weinberg (85) nusah/traditional chant (85) © Elizabeth Bolton (107)
37 Oseh shalom 38 Oseh shalom 39 Vayehulu 40 Me'eyn sheva 41 Magen avot - opening and concluding phrase 42 Magen avot	Nurit Hirsh (107) © Debbie Friedman (107) Israel Goldfarb (109) nusah/traditional chant (109) nusah/traditional chant (111) Israel Goldfarb (111)
43 Eloheynu … Kadeshenu 44 Kaddish titkabal 45 Kiddush 46 Aleynu 47 Kakatuv	traditional/Hasidic (113) nusah/traditional chant (115) Louis Lewandowski (119) Solomon Sulzer (121-123) Israel Goldfarb (125)
48 Eden Once Again 49 Ahat sha'alti 50 Ana el na [5th line of Yedid Nefesh] 51 Adon olam 52 Yidgal	© Margot Stein (127) I. Katz (832) © Shefa Gold (7) folk melody (133) traditional/notated by O. Julius (135-137)

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE (part 1) JRFS 001
Birhot Hashahar / Morning Blessings
1 Mah tovu 2 Birhot Hashahar/Morning Blessings 3 Elohay neshamah 4 Elohay neshamah 5 Eleha adonay ekra	folk melody/ round (141) nusah/traditional chant (153-161) © Judy Kummer (165) © Shefa Gold (165) Hasidic (175)
Pesukey Dezimra / Verses of Praise
6 Baruh she'amar 7 Baruh she'amar 8 Yahid hey ha'olamim 9 Hatima / concluding phrase 10 Psalm 19 - opening and concluding phrase	nusah/traditional chant (77-179) © Shefa Gold (177) nusah/traditional chant (181) nusah/traditional chant (183) nusah/traditional chant (185-187)
11 Torat adonay temimah (Psalm 19) 12 Mi ha'ish (Psalm 34) 13 Oreh yamim (Psalm 91) 14 Hodu ladonay ki tov (Psalm 136) 15 Hodu ladonay ki tov (Psalm 136)	folk melody (187) B. Chait (189) folk melody (199) nusah/traditional chant (201) © Micah Becker-Klein (201-203)
16 Tov Lehodot (Psalm 92) 17 Ma gadlu (Psalm 92) 18 Tzadik katamar (Psalm 92) 19 Esa eynay (Psalm 121) 20 Lema'an ahay vere'ay (Psalm 122)	Micky Shur (209) © Shefa Gold (209) Louis Lewandowksi (211) © Shlomo Carlebach (215) © Shlomo Carlebach (217)
21 Halleluyah (Psalm 150) 22 Hallelu (Psalm 150) 23 Kol haneshamah (Psalm 150) 24 Nishmat kol hay 25 Nishmat kol hay	folk melody (231) folk melody (231) Michael Praetorius (231) nusah/traditional chant (235) Moshe Nathanson (235)
26 Ilu finu 27 Ilu finu 28 Nehalelha … Shohen ad 29 Barhi nafshi 30 Yishtabah 31 Hatzi kaddish	nusah/traditional chant (237) © Linda Hirschhorn (237) nusah/traditional chant (241) folk melody (241) nusah/traditional chant (243) nusah/traditional chant (245)
Keriyat Shema Uvirhoteha / The Shema and Its Blessings
32 As we bless 33 Barehu 34 Eyn ke'erkeha 35 El adon 36 El adon 37 Ha'aderet veha'emunah	© Faith Rogow (246) nusah/traditional chant (247) nusah/traditional chant (251) Rabbi S. Taub (Modzitz) (253) folk melody (253) folk melody (257-259)
38 Kulam ahuvim 39 Or hadash 40 Veha'er eyneynu 41 Vahavi'enu 42 Shema 43 Ve'ahavta	nusah/traditional chant (265-267) nusah/traditional chant (269) © Shlomo Carlebach (275) nusah/traditional chant (275) nusah/traditional chant (277) cantillation (277)
44 Vayomer 45 Adonay eloheyhem emet 46 Tehilot Mi Hamoha Shira hadasha	cantillation (285) nusah/traditional chant (285) nusah/traditional chant (291) Abraham W. Binder (291) nusah/traditional chant (291)

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE (part 2) JRFS 002
Amidah / Standing Prayer
1 Adonay sefatay 2 Avot ve'imot 3 Zohrenu (for Shabbat Shuvah) 4 Gevurot 5 Mi hamoha (for Shabbat Shuvah)	folk melody (295) nusah/traditional chant (295-297) Samuel Goldfarb (297) nusah/traditional chant (299) Hasidic and Samuel Goldfarb (299)
6 Kedushah Mimekomeha 7 Ashreynu Andrea 8 Ashreynu 9 Veshameru 10 Yismehu 11 Retzey	nusah/traditional chant (303) Moshe Nathanson (305) folk melody (307) nusah/traditional chant (307) nusah/traditional chant (307) folk melody (309) nusah/traditional chant (313-315)
12 Modim 13 U'h'tov (for Shabbat Shuvah) 14 Birkat hashalom - Priestly blessing 15 Birkat hashalom - Sim shalom 16 Besefer hayim (for Shabbat Shuvah) 17 Kaddish titkabal	nusah/traditional chant (315-317) Israel Goldfarb (317) nusah/traditional chant (319) folk melody (321) Israel Goldfarb (321) nusah/traditional chant (381)
Torah Service
18 Eyn kamoha Av Harahamim 19 Vayhi Binso'a 20 Ki mitziyon 21 Pithu li 22 Bey ana rahetz	Solomon Sulzer (383) A. Dunayevsky (383) adapted from S. Sulzer (385) Hasidic (385) © Shlomo Carlebach (385) traditional/attributed to Z. Rovner (387)
23 Torah adonay temimah 24 Shema Leha adonay Romemu 25 Ve'atem hadevekim Ve'atem hadevekim 26 Torah blessings	Moshe Nathanson (391) Solomon Sulzer (393) Gershon Ephros (393) folk melody (393) nusah/traditional chant (397) folk melody (397) traditional (399)
27 Mi sheberah 28 Hatzi kaddish 29 Vezot hatorah Vezot hatorah 30 Haftarah blessing - before 31 Haftarah blessings - after	nusah/traditional chant (403) nusah/traditional chant (405) adapted from A. Z. Idelson (407) Louis Lewandowski (407) traditional/cantillation (409) traditional (409-411)
32 Ashrey - opening and closing phrases 33 Yehalelu Hodo al eretz 34 Mizmor ledavid 35 Etz hayim 36 Etz hayim	traditional (429-431) folk melody (433) adapted from Solomon Sulzer (433) traditional (435) Solomon Sulzer (441) T. Portnoy (441)
Siyyum / Conclusion
37 Eyn keloheynu 38 Eyn keloheynu 39 Aleynu 40 Kakatuv	folk melody (443) Julius Freudenthal (443) Solomon Sulzer (445-447) Israel Goldfarb (449)
41 Adon Olam 42 Yigdal 43 Kiddush 44 Sheheheyanu	Eliezer Gerovitch (459) traditional/notated by O. Julius (461) Rothblum - traditional (465) traditional (531)