Ehud banai coming to the light
Going to the Light/Ehud Banai
This path begins here
between the bank branch and the fountain
It's not paved, not always marked
This path begins here.
It crosses town
Goes up the mountain
Continues to the sea
Continues tomorrow as well
Cuts the air, between the houses
It's paved out to the light, to new life.
Walk on it, walk on it now
Angel birds from above
follow your steps
From far a light is turned on
Don't digress so you can get back.
This song begins here
Blue on a white page
Not complete, not always devised
This song begins here
It crosses town
Goes up the mountain
Continues to the sea
Continues tomorrow as well
Cuts the air, in between people
It's paved out to the light, to new life.
Walk on it...
We'll Pour Wine and Recite the Blessing
We shall bless over the vine and the fruit of the vine, and the produce of the field, and over the delightful, good and expansive land, over the accomplishments of the passing year and the opening of the new year.
Let us hope it will be beautiful and different, a year of regeneration and growth, creativity and peace.
To life!
Based on the Shabbat blessing of Kfar Szold
(Narration) At the Moment /Vered Mosenson
At the moment
The new year
touches the heels of
the passing year –
the trees change their formation
to a tense stand at attention
and for a short moment
the world restores to a state of chaos
and the spirit of the Lord hovers
over the passing year
that is gone
Due to the hand of the new year
holding on to its heel,
trying to detain for a moment
the moment of truth
the minute it would take on
the responsibility
to everything that occurs
from now on.
It's an immense undertaking
to be a new year –
To commit to the chance,
to invalidate the terrible forecasts
that were predicted
by all those who experienced
misfortune in the previous year.
What EB=MC² - A New AlbumMICHAEL CHAPMAN & EHUD BANAIAbout Ehud BanaiSongs The Field On My Own in the Wadi The Star of country Dan - Live Show Michael Chapman & Ehud Banai - The Mallard Bird Man Brooklyn Army gig Hebrew Man Tip Tipa ילדי הלילה Hurry Up The Movie's Running Black work G-D' The Master Of All I Will Sing Your Praises Peace Upon You Come Let Us Sing - Come My Beloved I Will Thank The Lord A Woman Of Valor The Soul Is Yours A Psalm Of David Time To Open The Gates Of Will "The Rock" That Feeds Us Jamali Forush - Live Show Hurry Up - Live Show Canaanite Blues - Live Show City Of Refuge - Live Show Ha'agas 1 Street - Live Show Siman Tov & Mazal Tov As I Waited for You on the Bench The Golden Calf - Live Show Don't Be Afraid - Live Show Florentine - Live Show I'll Bring You - Live Show Black Work - Live Show Coming to Light - Live Show Your Time is Over - Live Show Northern Winds - Live Show Mix the Cement - Live Show The Star of County Dan - Live Show Like a Bird and Singing Sapphire I'm Walking Tale of Four The Rhythm Butterflies Ramat Gan - Givatayim Magic Moments Temporary Song Keep Moving Your Time is Over The Golden Calf Black Work - Ehud Banai and The REFUGEES City of Refuge Mix The Cement Stage Worker I'll Bring You “Tale of the Four” by Ehud Banai One Shabbat night This trail starts here Between a bank and a spring Unpaved And not always marked This trail starts here It crosses the town And climbs up the hill Goes on over the sea Stretches into tomorrow It cuts through the air Between houses Comes into the light Into new life Travel it, set foot on it right now Bird messengers above you Accompany your steps In the distance a light turns on, don't stray, so you can come back This song starts here Blue on a white sheet Unfinished And not always tuned This song stars here It crosses the town And climbs up the hill Goes on over the sea Stretches into tomorrow It cuts through the air Between people Comes into the light Into new life Travel it, set foot on it right now Bird messengers above you Accompany your steps In the distance a light turns on Don't stray, so you can come back Tarbut: Jewish Identity and Contemporary Israeli Culture
the heavens opened up
a great flash of lightning
Electric Givatayim!
Four lads, whose parents were abroad,
set off for the Orchard;
they crossed over the border.
A tale of the four
who entered the Orchard…
The first said,
“Me, I’ve got experience.
Keep your heads so we avoid disaster.
After we pass over to the gates of heaven,
when we stand before the marble stones,
don’t say ‘Water, water.’”
A tale of the four
who entered the Orchard…
The second said, “I’m touching and not touching,
and I have a feeling that I’m going mad–
things are slippery,
there’s no clear shape
one moment it’s there, next moment it’s not–
reality seems to be dissolving.”
A tale of the four
who entered the Orchard…
The third was taken up,
left this world,
shucked off his body like a coat
and disappeared.
And they say that now
he is the head gardener of the Green Paradise
on the outskirts of town.
A tale of the four
who entered the Orchard…
The fourth returned
but became other.
He hardly talks with his friends,
he travels silently into the black night
and to the house and to the light
He can never return.
One Shabbat night
the heavens opened up
A great flash of lightning
Electric Givatayim!
Four lads, whose parents were abroad,
set off for the Orchard
They crossed over the border…
Four entered the Orchard (Pardes). They were Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Aher [literally, "the Other", referring to Elisha ben Abuya], and R. Akiva.
R. Akiva warned them, “When you enter near the stone of pure marble, do not say ‘water, water,’ since [there is actually no water there at all, and] it is written, ‘He who speaks falsehood will not be established before My eyes’ (Psalms 101:7).”
Ben Azzai gazed and died. Regarding him it is written, “Precious in God’s eyes is the death of His pious ones”(Psalms