A Musical Moment - Pesach 5781 As we are all busily preparing for Pesach I am sharing some of my favorite holiday music, a combination of new songs and new versions of seder classics, to us get into the mood for the festival. I have included two versions of an old spiritual, “Go Down ” followed by two playful parodies of popular songs. (I couldn’t resist the second one.) There is a contemporary retelling of the Exodus narrative, a dance performed at the Albany Israeli Dance Festival depicting the Exodus from Egypt, a contemporary , and a song which speaks of the unknown that lies ahead. Moshe Salio de Misraim (Moshe Came out of Egypt), is from the Moroccan Ladino tradition, captures in song the major events of Moshe’s life from his flight from Egypt to his encounter with GOD on Mt. Horeb. Enjoy!

Shabbat Shalom –

Rabbi David M. Eligberg Go Down Moses

Alan Eder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpYqADuk The Maccabeats Jj0 Les Misérables - Passover Go Down Moses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmthKpnTHYQ&ind ex=8&list=RD09jmwmHJZgI Louis Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0 Passover Rhapsody

Go down Moses A Opera Way down in Egypt land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRWNrk7FxG4 Tell all pharaoes to Let my people go! Craig Taubman & Laurence Juber Dayenu When Israel was in Egypt land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8A75hwwQG Let my people go! E

Oppressed so hard they could not stand Miriam’s Song Let my people go! Debbie Freidman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZdSEsZ8b So the God said: go down, Moses Mo Way down in Egypt land Tell all pharaoes to Avadim Hayenu / Tell the Story Let my people go! Karen Daniel So Moses went to Egypt land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NoeBsBJnHE Let my people go! Make Those Waters Part He made all Pharahs understand Doug Mishkin Let my people go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz_d5--gUJM Yes the lord said: go down, Moses Way down in Egypt land Yetziat Mitzrayim Tell all Pharaohs to Eti Ankri (Hebrew with Let my people go! subtitles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_j5QpvR-pY OSHE SALIO DE MISRAIM

2010 Albany Israeli Dance MOSHE CAME OUT OF Festival Tzamarot EGYPT Yitzi'at Mitzrayim VANESSA PALOMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5jlG3i01HQ From the Moroccan Ladino tradition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM1qeR-NV30 Halo Noda - The Unknown Moses went out of Egypt Danny Sanderson fleeing from king Pharaoh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqKeWY1ml5U Went directly to the land of Midian We are going to the unknown and met Jethro The unknown, the unknown

We are going to what He was given his (Jethro's) daughter we don't really know because he was God-fearing, If it's good or bad, Moses tended to his flock there in the unknown which his father-in-law assigned to Not knowing our fate, or what is to him. be While working We all try to guess what lies ahead he came to the mountain of Horeb Each one of us the further they can see He seated himself on a rock waiting to see God. We are going to the unknown He heard a voice which said The unknown, the unknown "Moses, Moses, my servant" We are going to what we don't really know Take off your shoes If it's good or bad, You are in a Holy place. there in the unknown Go straight to Egypt Not knowing our fate, or what is to tell king Pharaoh be To send out my people We all try to guess what lies ahead my Hebrew people. Each one of us the further they can And if he will not let them go see I will punish him Unknown, unknown... With ten plagues which I will send him

so that he will know who I am. Give thanks to the Lord for His goodness for His everlasting graciousness. Praised be His name because of his continuing goodness.