SHABBAT PROGRAM AUGUST 13-14, 2021 / 6 ELUL 5781 COMMEMORATING THE NIGHT OF THE MURDERED YIDDISH POETS PARSHAT SHOFTIM צ ֶדֶ ק צ ֶדֶ ק, תִּ �דֹּף--לְמַעַן תִּ חְי�ה ו�י��שׁ�תָּ אֶת-הָאָ�ץ, אֲשׁ�ר-ה׳ ֱא -הֶי נֹתֵ ן לָ. “Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live, and inherit the land which Adonai your God gives to you.” (Deuteronomy 16:20) Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, D.D., SENIOR RABBI 130 West 30th Street Sabrina Farber, PRESIDENT New York, NY 10001 Yolanda Potasinski, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (212) 929-9498 // Contact us Rabbi Yael Rooks Rapport, ASSOCIATE RABBI cbst.org Rabbi Marisa Elana James, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL facebook.com/BeitSimchatTorah JUSTICE PROGRAMMING twitter.com/CBST Rabbi Mike Moskowitz, SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE 0 i /b Joyce Rosenzweig, MUSIC DIRECTOR CBST Welcomes Our Hebrew-Speaking Guests! ברוכים וברוכות הבאים לקהילת בית שמחת תורה! קהילת בית שמחת תורה מקיימת קשר רב שנים ועמוק עם ישראל, עם הבית הפתוח בירושלים לגאווה ולסובלנות ועם הקהילה הגאה בישראל. אנחנו מזמינים אתכם\ן לגלות יהדוּת ליבראלית גם בישראל! מצאו את המידע על קהילות רפורמיות המזמינות אתכם\ן לחגוג את סיפור החיים שלכן\ם בפלאיירים בכניסה. לפרטים נוספים ניתן לפנות לרב נועה סתת: [email protected] “The CBST community knows what it takes to live through a plague. 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This Week’s Shabbat Services Friday, Aug. 13 / 6 Elul Saturday, Aug. 14 / 6 Elul Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:30pm Shabbat Morning Services, Commemorating the Night of the 9:30am; Zoom link here - Murdered Yiddish Poets Ba’al Tefillah: Cantorial Intern Sam Ba’alei Tefillah: Cantorial Intern Rosen Sam Rosen & Amanda Seigel Service Leader: Rabbi Sharon Piano: Music Director Joyce Kleinbaum Rosenzweig D’var Torah: Ari Monts Service Leader & Drashah: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Havdalah, 9 pm; Zoom link here Service Leader: Cantorial Intern Sam Rosen 1 AUGUST 13, 2021 / 6 ELUL 5781 PARASHAT SHOFTIM COMMEMORATING THE NIGHT OF THE MURDERED YIDDISH POETS הֲכָנַת הַלֵּב OPENING PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS Program Yidish Iz Mayn Loshn M. Rauch *Shabbes Zol Zayn Folk Song שבת זאל זיין 36 Program Di Tfile / The Prayer Lazar Weiner (1897-1982) Text: Moyshe Kulbak (1896-1937) (Candle Blessings Abraham Wolf Binder (1895-1967 הַדְלָקַת נֵרוֹת שׁ�ל שׁ�בָּת 38 *(Shalom Aleichem Israel Goldfarb (1879-1956 שׁ�לוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם 40 קַבָּלַת שׁ�בָּת KABBALAT SHABBAT / WELCOMING SHABBAT *(L’chu N’ran’nah (Psalm 95) Reuben Sirotkin (Born 1933 לְכוּ נְ�נְּנָה (תהלים צה) 52 *Yism’chu Hashamayim (Psalm Chasidic י�שׂ�מְחוּ הַשּׁ�מַי�ם (תהלים צו) 54 96) *(Mizmor L’David (Psalm 29) Yiddish Melody (Shnirele Perele מִזְמוֹר לְדָו�ד (תהלים כט) 62 *L'chah Dodi (Shlomo Alka- Kehilat Zion לְכָה דוֹדִי 66 betz) Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994)* *(Tov L’hodot (Psalm 92) Peter Halpern (Born 1958 טוֹב לְהֹדוֹת (תהלים צב) 72 מַעֲ �יב MA’ARIV / THE EVENING SERVICE Bar’chu Nusach בָּ�כוּ 78 Hama’ariv Aravim Nusach הַמַּעֲ �יב עֲ �בִים 80 *(Ahavat Olam Eric Mandell (1903-1988 אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם 86-87 (Sh’ma Yisrael Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890 שׁ�מַע י�שׂ��אֵל 88 (V’ahavta Torah Cantillation (Trope ו� אָ ַה בְ תָּ 89 *(Mi Chamocha Isadore Freed (1900-1960 מִי כָמֹֽכָה 94 *Hashkiveinu Modzitz Chasidim הַשׁ�כִּיבֵֽנוּ 98 *(V’shamru Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994 ו�שׁ�מְרוּ 102 Chatsi Kaddish Nusach חֲצִי קַדִּ ישׁ 104 Silent Amidah עֲ מִ ידָ ה 106 (Shterndl / Little Star Lazar Weiner (1897-1982 שטערנדל Program Text: Moyshe Kulbak (1896-1937)* *(Oseh Shalom Jeff Klepper (Born 1954 עֹשׂ�ה שׁ�לוֹם 118 Prayer for Our Country תְּפִלָּה לַמְּ דִ ינ ָה Program Kaddish Shalem Nusach קַדִּישׁ שׁ�לֵם 138 DRASHAH: RABBI SHARON KLEINBAUM Service cont. 2 (An Alter Nign/An Old Song Words: Leib Kvitko (1890-1952 אַן אַלטער ניגון Program Music: Emil Gorovets (1923-2001)* (Ikh Bin a Yid / I am a Jew Words: Itsik Fefer (1900-1952 איך בין אַ יי�ד Program Music: Emil Gorovets (1923-2001)* סִיּוּם הַתְּפִילָה CONCLUDING PRAYERS (Aleinu Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890 עָלֵֽינוּ 140 Mourner’s Kaddish קַדִּישׁ י�תוֹם 150 ANNOUNCEMENTS: CBST PRESIDENT SABRINA FARBER Program Yidish Iz Mayn Loshn M. Rauch (excerpt) (Kiddush & Motzi Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894 קִידוּש &הַמּוֹצִיא 156 *Arranged by Joyce Rosenzweig Tonight we remember the Jewish writers, poets, artists, musicians, and actors executed on August 12, 1952, in the Lubianka Prison in Moscow. Some were survivors of the 400 Jewish artists rounded up with their families in the winter of 1948-49 and banished to the gulag, where many perished in labor camps. No word of the August 1952 massacre reached the world until after Stalin’s death three years later, when the full implication of that dark day finally became clear. COMPOSER FEATURE Lazar Weiner (1897 - 1982) was born in Cherkassy, Belosrussia. He received his early music training at the choir school of the Brodsky Synagogue in Kiev and at the Kiev Conservatory. He immigrated to the United States in 1914, settling in New York City where he worked as a vocal coach, accompanist and piano teacher. He was one of the most active Jewish musicians of this century in the United States, where he organized and conducted hundreds of people in the Workmen's Circle Choirs throughout the United States, served as the music director of Central Synagogue in New York City for more than 40 years and served on the faculties of the Schools of Sacred Music, both at Hebrew Union College and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He composed more than 300 works in all genres. He was often referred to as the "Schubert of Yiddish Art Song." 3 די תפילה - Di Tfile / The Prayer Music: Lazar Weiner Text: M. Kulbak The prayer of a poor man was concealed, But for God he poured out his heart. Why is my life so tormented, oh God? Wherever I stand, I am in the way. Wherever I go, I bring the odor of darkness. I envy the bird – it is better off – And the soil its lot is best of all. What should I do with my hand? I don’t need it. What should I do with my heart? I have no use for it. 4 יידיש איז מיין לושן - Yidish Iz Mayn Loshn Music: M. Rauch Text: Z. Weinper My tongue is Yidish, Simplicity itself and expansive, Opulent – Warm as the sun. Continuance is my privilege, Survival is my song, My singing – exaltation Of mankind and Jew. People and tongues – A person is their tongue, Humanity is the crown, Sing to it in praise. Nations in harmony, Sharing in their love, Resplendent symphony – Of which I am a part. Lamp still not extinguished, Behold, it still glows. Yidish is my tongue, Yidish is my song. 5 שטערנדל - Shterndl / Little Star Music: Lazar Weiner Text: M. Kulbak 6 אַן אַלטער ניגון - An Alter Nign / An Old Song Words: Leib Kvitko (1890-1952) Music: Emil Gorovets English summary: The landowner sends Nakhmen off to the fair, with money for oxen. Along the way, the shepherd’s song wafts over his path, and Nakhmen forgets his er- rand and his family. He stops to ask what such a treasure costs. He pays up and goes off, humming the tune that he’s bought. Then he spies a wagon with musicians singing a tune. They know how much their song is worth, and ask twice the price that he paid for the first. When he reaches the market, he hears the fine oxen lowing, and he begins to bargain. But there is nothing in his wallet. He comes home empty handed. His wife rewards him with a smack, and the landowner beats him. 7 איך בין אַ יי�ד - Ikh Bin a Yid / I am a Jew Words: Itsik Fefer (1900-1952) Music: Emil Gorovets The generations-old wine has strengthened me in my wanderings. The angry sword of pain and sorrow has not destroyed my treasure. My people, my faith and my flowering—it has not chained my freedom. From under the sword I’ve cried out: I am a Jew! The clever twists of Rabbi Akiva, the wis- dom of Isaiah’s words nourished my thirst and my love, and fought against hate. The zest of the Maccabbean heroes and Bar Kokhba’s blood boils in mine. From all the burnings at the stake I’ve cried out: I am a Jew! And may my enemies be pierced by spears, those who are preparing a grave for me. Be- neath the flag of freedom I’ll yet have no end of pleasure. I’ll plant my vineyards and be the architect of my fat. I’ll yet dance on my enemies’ graves. I am a Jew! 8 FEATURED POETS Izi Charik (1898—1937) was born in Zembin, Belarus, and began publishing Yiddish poetry in 1920. His most important contribution to Soviet Jewish literature, the pessi- mistic narrative poem “Mit Layb un Lebn” (“With Body and Soul,” 1928), portrays the life of the Soviet Jewish intelligentsia through the eyes of a young Jewish teacher whose grand hopes for rebuilding the shtetl are ultimately dashed. In June 1937, at the peak of his career, he was arrested and killed later that year, as part of the Great Purges that decimated the Soviet cultural elite.