L'cha Dodi


CD Title: Around our Shabbat Table
Artist: Margie Rosenthal & Ilene Safyan

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Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Shamor vezachor bedibur echad, hishmi-anu E-l ham'yuchad. Hashem echad ushemo echad, leshem ul'tiferet velit'hilah.
'Safeguard' and 'Remember' - in a single uttererance the One and Only G-d made us hear. Hashem is One and His Name is One, for renown, for splendor, and for praise.
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Likrat Shabbat lechu venel'chah, ki hi mekor habrachah. Merosh mikedem nesuchah, sof ma-aseh, bemachshavah techilah.
To welcome the Sabbath, come let us go, for it is the source of blessing; from the beginning, from antiquity she was honored, last in deed, but first in thought.
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Mikdash melech, ir meluchah, kumi tz'i mitoch hahafechah, rav lach shevet be'eimek habacha--vehu yachamol alayich chemlah.
O Sanctuary of the King, royal City--arise and depart from amid the upheaval, too long have you dwelled in the valley of weeping. He will shower compassion upon you.
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Hitna'ari! meafar kumi! liveshi bigedei tifartech, ami! Al yad ben yishai, beit halachmi, karevah el nafshi gealah.
Shake off the dust--arise! Don your splendid clothes, My people, through the son of Yishai (Jesse), the Bethlehemite! Draw near to my soul--redeem it!
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Hitoreri, hitoreri, ki va orech! Kumi, ori, uri uri, shir daberi; kevod Hashem alayich niglah.
Wake up! Wake up! For your light has come, rise up and shine; awaken, awaken, utter a song, the glory of Hashem is revealed on you.
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Lo tevoshi velo tikalemi; mah tishtochachi, umah tehemi? bach yechesu aniyei ami, venivnetah ir al tillah.
Feel not ashamed, be not humiliated, why are you downcast? Why are you disconsolate? In you will My people's afflicted find shelter as the City is built upon its hilltop.
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Vehayu limeshisah shosayich, verachaku kol mevaleayich; yasis alayich Elokeicha, kimesos chatan al kalah.
May your oppressor be downtrodden, and may those who devoured you be cast far off. Your G-d will rejoice over you like a groom's rejoicing over his bride.
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Yamin usemol tifrotzi, ve'et Hashem ta'aritzi: al yad ish ben partzi, venismechah venagilah!
Rightward and leftward, you shall spread out mightily, and you shall extol the might of Hashem, through the man descended from Peretz, then we shall be glad and mirthful.
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!
 

Bo-i veshalom, ateret ba-alah; gam besimchah uvetzoholah. Toch emunei am segulah. Bo-i chalah! Bo-i chalah!
Enter in peace, O crown of her husband, even in gladness and good cheer, among the faithful of the treasured nation Enter, O bride! Enter, O bride!
 

Lecha dodi likrat kalah, penei Shabbat nekabelah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence, let us welcome!

 

 

L'cha Dodi


CD Title: Made In America 1970-1995
Artist: Michael Isaacson

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L'cha Dodi


CD Title: Shabbos in Shomayim
Artist: Shlomo Carlebach

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L'cha Dodi


CD Title: Shabbat Workshop
Artist: Cantor Stuart Binder

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