We Sing We Stay Together: Shabbat Morning Service Prayers

By Richard Collis

We Sing We Stay Together; Shabbat Morning Service Prayers is a sing-along ENGLISH TEXT prayer book of the Shabbat (Saturday) morning service in synagogue. It is designed to make it even easier to learn the prayers (Artscroll Ashkenaz) when listening and singing along to the 64 prayer tracks available on all music streaming sites. It also demystifies with simple explanations of the meanings of the prayers and the service.
Our Jewish prayers are beautiful love songs; full of goodness, affection, adoration, hope, kindness and generosity. They are our DNA, even if we do not know them, because these prayers, our religion, have moulded the Jewish people; our way of thinking, education, who we are, and what we represent. Judaism is all about being good and positive for oneself, family, community, the wider world – all out of respect and love for Hashem. It fills me with gratitude, humility, and pride.
Our heritage is an intellectual, cultural, spiritual and religious blessing – but we need easy access.
I was never able to participate in the Shabbat morning service, but I loved those moments when the whole community comes together and sings a few short prayers with moving melodies.
Communal prayers are all about belonging, sharing, and that is only possible if we can all join in as equals; and for that we need clearly articulated words that are easy to learn and enjoyable to sing.
I dedicate this project of contributing more melodies for the Shabbat morning service prayers and writing a sing-along prayer book to all who love and care for Jewish Continuity, Judaism, Torah, and the Nation-State of the Jewish People, Israel; and so also to all our wonderful friends, the righteous among the nations.
Remember to remember that when we sing together, we stay together.
AM ISRAEL CHAI – the people of Israel live.
With love, and hope for our children,
Richard Collis

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Dec 31, 2019
• ISBN: 9781916111431

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Shabbat Shachrit (Part 1 of 2)

Shabbat Mussaf (Part 2 of 2)

* Artscroll, The Expanded Siddur (Wasserman Edition).

** Artscroll, Sabbath & Festivals, Interlinear Siddur (Shottenstein Edition).

Shabbat Shachrit (of the Dawn)

The first section of the Morning Service

Part 1 of 2

Track 01 Nishmat col chai The soul of every living being

Artscroll, Expanded: Pages 400–402, Interlinear pages 307–311.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS BEYOND OUR ABILITIES TO THANK HASHEM ENOUGH FOR ALL THE GOOD HE DOES FOR US, BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST.

Ni-shmat col chai, teva-rech et shim-cha, Adonai Eloheynou, veh-rou-ach col ba-sar

teh-fa-er oute-romem zich-reh-cha Mal-keh-nou ta-miyd.

Min ha-oh-lam veh-ad ha-oh-lam ah-ta El.

Ou-mi-bala-deyh-cha ain la-nou Meh-lech goh-el ou-moh-shiya, po-deh ou-matziyl

ou-meh-farnes ou-meh-ra-chem beh-chol et tzara veh-tzouka.

Ain la-nou Meh-lech eh-la ah-ta.

Elohey ha-rish-oniym veha-ah-cha-roniym, Eloha col bri-yot, Ah-don col toladot,

ha-meh-houlal beh-rov ha-tish-ba-chot, ha-meh-na-heg oh-lamo beh-cheh-sed ou-vriy-otav

beh-rach-amiym. Va-Adonai lo ya-noum veh-lo yi-shan ha-meh-orer yeh-sh-niym

veh-ha-meh-kiytz nir-da-miym, veh-ha-meh-siy-ach il-miym, veh-ha-ma-tiyr ah-sou-riym,

veh-ha-soh-mech nof-liym, veh-ha-zo-kef kfou-fiym.

Leh-cha leh-vad-cha ah-nach-nou moh-diym.

Ilou piy-nou maleh shiyra ka-yam, oul-sho-nenou rina ka-hamon