Ruah Shabbat - 4/30 - 8:00pm

Carlebach Inspired “Ruah Shabbat”

Join us at CBI on the last Friday night of each month for an energetic, uplifting service that will have you clapping and singing along (and maybe even dancing a little) from start to finish. Each service will feature the uplifting music of Shlomo Carlebach, combined with well known traditional Friday night melodies and other inspiring melodies, new and old, that are fun to sing and easy to pick up.

Our next Ruah Shabbat will take place

on Friday, April 30 at 8:00 pm in the Chapel

followed by an extra special dessert oneg.

Who was Carlebach?

In the late 1950’s, a rabbi by the name of Shlomo Carlebach began composing music for Jewish prayers. Ranging from energetic and exuberant to quiet and meditative, Carlebach’s melodies quickly became well known and widely sung in Jewish communities. Among Carlebach’s most well known compositions are the melodies frequently sung to V’haeir Einuenu, Am Yisrael Chai, Pitchu Li.

Carlebach’s Music

Part of the brilliance of Carlebach’s music, aside from its beauty, is how quickly people are able to pick them up. Those who hear a Carlebach melody for the first time, are often able to sing along after hearing it only once (some even find themselves singing along the first time). Carlebach’s melodies have a modern sound to them but are also strongly grounded in Jewish musical tradition. This synthesis of old and new has enabled Carlebach’s melodies to transcend institutional and denominational borders, frequently sung in summer camps, college campuses, and synagogues—Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Orthodox, and unaffiliated alike.

Carlebach’s Legacy

In addition to composing his own music, Carlebach has inspired a generation of Jewish composers to write melodies that inspire, energize and uplift communities with music that speaks both to people’s sense of tradition and modern sensibilities.

                           Niggun                      L´chu N´ranena                        Shiru Ladonai                         L´kha Dodi

                                                          Siddur Sim Shalom p. 254                  p. 254                                     p. 262