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Birkat
Banim (Yevarechecha)
This lovely arrangement of the Priestly Blessing given
by parents to children on Shabbat and holidays was
composed by my friend Hazzan Sharon Jan Bernstein.
She has graciously given permission for me to include it here. It
includes an English translation as well, which
I am including here. If you are learning this, you only need to learn the
Hebrew, but the Hebrew and English
parts can be sung together in a beautiful harmony (ask me if you're curious).
Birkat Hamazon With Shabbat inclusions.
Havdalah
(Chant, then Debbie Friedman melody)
You can find additional information on zemirot
at the following locations (and probably many others):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemirot
http://www.shabat.co.il/howto/zemirot.htm
http://www.usy.org/songs
http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/ZEMIROT_(Jewish_Encyclopedia)
Below are some recordings of popular melodies for well-known zemirot. If you are assigned to learn one that has several melodies, you may use whichever one you like best.
Yah Ribon #1 (Traditional)
Yah Ribon #2 This is a modern version composed by Cantor Robbie Solomon of Safam fame.
Tzur Mishelo #2
This melody is an old Ladino song known as 'Los Bilbilicos' (The Nightingale) or
'La Rosa Enfloresce' (The Rose Blooms)
Tzur Mishelo #3 My friends refer to this one as the "drinking song" version--note how different it is from #2!
Tzur Mishelo #4
Very commonly sung in
Leading the Psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat
Yigdal #3 (Courtesy of Hazzan Sharon Bernstein)